Mining Incidents

Shipley Branch Coal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Gordon, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519354

Shipley Branch has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $161 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Jul 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
24
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,662
proposed penalties
$2,501
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $161 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
5
inspections on record
130
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: 130 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Shipley Branch has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $161 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
$161
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-07-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Shipley Branch shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.13 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 10 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.
0.13
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.28
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-07-15.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-07-15.
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
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 6,226 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 24,267 15 1 618.1
2009 Q2 24,896 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 18,476 9 0 487.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

July 25, 2009 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was climbing up the ladder on a 777D haul truck, when he stated that his back gave out, causing him to fall about 5 feet to the ground.

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