Mining Incidents

S-23 Harmonds Branch Coal

Controlled by Jeffery A Hoops
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519464

S-23 Harmonds Branch has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 1 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 2010
46
citations
14
significant & substantial
$16,193
proposed penalties
$14,689
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,504 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
19
inspections on record
388
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: 388 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

S-23 Harmonds Branch has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 1 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-04-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at S-23 Harmonds Branch shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 40 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.
0.12
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.83
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
40
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-04-26.
Silica (quartz)
11.1
silica avg (%)
11.1
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-09-17.
Noise
0%
over PEL
28
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-04-26.
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
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 1,386 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 418 1 0 2392.3
2016 Q1 396 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,443 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,136 1 0 318.9
2015 Q2 3,288 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,421 1 0 703.7
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,310 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,214 3 0 933.4
2012 Q1 16,080 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 16,674 3 1 179.9
2011 Q3 16,302 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 14,955 8 5 534.9
2011 Q1 15,245 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 14,469 18 7 1244.0
2010 Q3 14,013 11 1 785.0
2010 Q2 15,023 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0

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 S-23 Harmonds Branch

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.