Orchard Branch Mine Coal
Black Fire Coal Company LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Alan Weed
Manchester,
Clay County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519010
Orchard Branch Mine has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
35
citations
23
significant & substantial
$8,691
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,691 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
12
inspections on record
195
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 195 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Orchard Branch Mine has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$9K
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-12-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Orchard Branch Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.26 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 11 samples.
Health sampling
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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.Respirable coal dust
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Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.0.26
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.75
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-12-18.
Silica (quartz)
9.2
silica avg (%)
9.2
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-01-03.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-12-18.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Orchard Branch Mine
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.