S-20 Bevins Branch has $75K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2004–2014
Latest incident
May 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
207
citations
57
significant & substantial
$74,747
proposed penalties
$60,954
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,793 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
85
inspections on record
2,383
inspection hours
8.7
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.
207 citations across 2,383 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
S-20 Bevins Branch has $75K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 10 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.
$75K
proposed penalties
$64K
current assessed
$61K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
203 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-11-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at S-20 Bevins Branch shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 151 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
Employee had accessed the drill deck and stepped on a cover to cross the drive train to reach the master switch to turn the drill on. When he stepped on the cover, it flipped over causing him to fall onto the deck of the drill.
April 24, 2014KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was loading shot material into rock trucks. He stated he was prying on a rock and the teeth on the loader bucket slipped off the rock causing the endloader to shake him. During the shift he began to experience pain in his right hip. His first day off work was 4/28/14.
March 18, 2014KY · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee and 2 other employee's were moving a water pump from a muddy area that had already been pumped down to another location. The pump weighed approximately 75 pounds but muddy conditions made moving the pump more difficult. Later that day employee began experiencing pain in his lower back and down his right leg. Employee became a lost time on 5/5/2014.
EE was preparing to weld a DM45 drill jack pad on the bottom of the jack. He was moving the pad closer to the drill when he felt pain in his lower back. EE continued to work until 4/17/13 when he sought medical attention for pain in his back and leg. The doctor took him off work until 4/24/13.
2012 · 2 incidents
July 30, 2012KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
CAM Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
While changing a tire on a 785 rock truck finger were mashed between the lock ring and the bead seat of the wheel.
April 20, 2012KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee states "I was attempting to remove fan drive assembly from loader, and fan assembly would not come out. Removed channel holding assembly, still would not come out. Used come along to level assembly and removed last bolt with impact. I sit the impact and bolt down. After that I don't know exactly what happened. Fan assembly cut my thumb."
USING A CHAIN TO HOIST ROLLER ON TO THE FRAME ON A BULL DOZER, THE CHAIN BROKE STRIKING HIM ON THE HAND.
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