Cumberland, Harlan County,
KY
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519798
S-29 Cave Branch has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2016–2017
Latest incident
Dec 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
22
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,677
proposed penalties
$228
paid to date
6% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,449 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
19
inspections on record
543
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: 543 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-29 Cave Branch has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 5 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
$3K
current assessed
$228
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-11-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at S-29 Cave Branch shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.09 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 41 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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q3
0
0
0
2018 Q2
2,801
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
17,595
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
17,595
7
0
397.8
2017 Q3
17,765
3
0
168.9
2017 Q2
23,084
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1
23,080
2
1
86.7
2016 Q4
22,946
2
0
87.2
2016 Q3
5,267
8
2
1518.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2017 · 1 incident
December 8, 2017KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
While working on a track on H9 HWM the fork loader set fork down on top of the track. There was a slate bar laying on the track, when the fork hit the slate bar. It came up and struck employee in the mouth/bottom lip area.
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