citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 617 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Pegs Branch has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-05-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Pegs Branch shows 100% of 40 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
Health sampling
ⓘ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
ⓘ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.
Last sampled: 2018-05-14, 8 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
40
samples
1.23
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
35 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 5 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2017
9
63,626
2016
0
2015
2
6,792
2014
15
49,336
2013
6
3,966
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Pegs Branch sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2017 Q4
8,065
2
0
248.0
2017 Q3
7,794
4
1
513.2
2017 Q2
2,080
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
1,525
1
0
655.7
2016 Q3
0
0
0
2016 Q2
0
0
0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
240
2
0
8333.3
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2015 Q3
240
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
0
0
0
2015 Q1
192
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
276
1
0
3623.2
2014 Q3
7,462
4
1
536.0
2014 Q2
5,233
2
2
382.2
2014 Q1
5,426
2
1
368.6
2013 Q4
3,628
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
50
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2017 · 3 incidents
November 21, 2017KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee installing starter in drill, which was on the side of the road. EE couldn't get access to crane and had to lift and install starter by hand. EE pulled a muscle in lower left back area.
August 17, 2017KY · Coaloutside foreman, leadmanMACHINERY
DALCO CORPORATION · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
miner was attempting to insert a steel pin in the shank of the auger steel, when the carriage moved just slightly, catching employee's right thumb, resulting in the miner having surgery to put metal pins in employee's thumb, and employee returned from the hospital on the same. day.
August 8, 2017KY · Coalauger operator, auger crew supervisorMACHINERY
DALCO CORPORATION · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Auger operator was handling auger steel and the middle finger of EE's left hand was caught between two pieces of steel, resulting in the miner losing one inch off the end of middle finger.
On 6/12/14 employee called in & said his back was hurting & couldn't work. He thought it was a pre existing injury of his sciatic nerve from 2008, he called back on 6/23/14 & said he wanted an accident report filled out due to jarring in a rock truck. He was off several days before reporting that he was injured at work.