Gausdale, Whitley County,
KY
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518276
Powers Branch has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Apr 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
66
citations
20
significant & substantial
$4,401
proposed penalties
$4,401
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
43
inspections on record
999
inspection hours
n/a
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: 999 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Powers 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
63 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-11-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Powers Branch shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.55 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 152 samples.
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.
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
JEEP OPERATOR WAS OPERATING JEEP AND LOST HIS HAT AND LIGHT AND HIT A RIB WITH HIS HEAD. HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE HAD 24 STITCHES ABOVERIGHT EYE. KEPT OVERNIGHT.
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