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Sly Branch Energy Inc: 2 MSHA citations Coal

Sly Branch Energy Inc · Underground
Controlled by Pamela J Allen
Hunter, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517679

Sly Branch Energy Inc has $196 in proposed MSHA penalties and $196 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
1995
Latest incident
Dec 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$196
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $196 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
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Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
9
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: 9 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sly Branch Energy Inc has $196 in proposed MSHA penalties and $196 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.
$196
proposed penalties
$196
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$196
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-06-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. F Taylor Mining Corp 1995 to 1999
  2. Sly Branch Energy Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sly Branch Energy Inc sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1995 · 3 incidents

December 14, 1995 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F Taylor Mining Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS WORKING WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES IN PREPARATION FOR A "BELT MOVE". HE WAS HELPING ROLL OUT THE BELTLINE. WHILE DOING SO HE MUST HAVE TWISTED WRONG, STRAINING A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

October 4, 1995 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
F Taylor Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WORKING THE TAILPIECE OF THE #2 BELTLINE (PICKING ROCK FROM DUMP). A PIECE OF SLATE KICKED UP FROM THE BELT AS IT WAS BEING DISCHARGED FROM TAILPIECE, STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT LEG WHIC H WAS AGAINST THE CHUTE OF THE TAILPIECE. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS UNTIL 10-11-95 AT WHICH TIME IT WAS X-RAYED.

June 30, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
F Taylor Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

EE WAS PULLING DOWN CAP COALTHAT HAD STUCK TOTHETOP PREPARING TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT IN DOING SO A SMALL PIECE OF COAL GOT INTO HIS EYE HE DIDNT REALIZE IT HAD STAYED IN EYE AT TIME IT BECAME IRRITATED EARLY NEXT MORNING IT WAS REMOVED AT AEYE CLINIC