Mining Incidents

Sang Branch Coal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Big Laurel, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518178

Sang Branch has $3K 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
5
Years on record
2002–2003
Latest incident
Mar 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
30
citations
11
significant & substantial
$2,811
proposed penalties
$2,811
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
18
inspections on record
213
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: 213 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sang Branch has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-03-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Sang Branch shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.17 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 20 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.
0.17
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.65
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-05-30.
Silica (quartz)
19.4
silica avg (%)
29.3
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-02-14.
Noise
0%
over PEL
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-05-08.
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
2003 Q2 10,444 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 15,448 9 1 582.6
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 588 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 15,850 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 18,424 8 4 434.2
2001 Q4 7,843 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 23,880 13 6 544.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2003 · 3 incidents

March 26, 2003 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE STARTED FORWARD WITH DOZER, THE DOZER SLIPPEDOUT OF GEAR, THE EE HIT THE BRAKES CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CAB OF THE DOZER NOTE: EE RECEIVED 9 STITCHES IN HIS HEAD.

March 24, 2003 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GETTING OFF A DOZER WHEN HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON THE PUSH ARM CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS KNEE.

2002 · 2 incidents

March 4, 2002 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE BACKED OVER A ROCK AND WHEN THE DOZER HIT, THE EE COMPALINED OF PAIN IN NECK AND BACK.

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The full compliance file on Sang 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.