Mining Incidents

S-22 Long Branch Coal

Controlled by Jeffery A Hoops
East Point, Johnson County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519226

S-22 Long Branch has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $116 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2008–2012
Latest incident
Apr 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
44
citations
20
significant & substantial
$10,263
proposed penalties
$10,147
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $116 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
35
inspections on record
1,034
inspection hours
4.3
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.
44 citations across 1,034 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

S-22 Long Branch has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $116 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$116
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-09-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at S-22 Long Branch shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.18 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 50 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.
0.18
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.37
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
50
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-05-16.
Silica (quartz)
22.5
silica avg (%)
45.4
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-05-19.
Noise
7%
over PEL
28
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-10-30.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 1 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 406 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,444 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,453 2 1 815.3
Show 29 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 961 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 864 1 0 1157.4
2013 Q3 14,043 2 1 142.4
2013 Q2 16,589 6 3 361.7
2013 Q1 18,026 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 12,997 2 0 153.9
2012 Q3 16,754 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 14,314 3 1 209.6
2012 Q1 5,575 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,346 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 1 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 15,737 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 29,572 3 1 101.4
2009 Q2 29,492 12 6 406.9
2009 Q1 32,193 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 30,289 5 5 165.1
2008 Q3 23,469 6 2 255.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2012 · 1 incident

2008 · 2 incidents

October 18, 2008 KY · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving rock truck and raised bed to dump and the truck jerked and twisted his back. Started missing work on 1/15/2009.

September 11, 2008 KY · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was stepping out of office and step was missing and she twisted her knee.

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The full compliance file on S-22 Long Branch

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