SPRING BRANCH Coal
TENNCO INC.
· Underground
Controlled by
Jack Stump; Michael Runyon
Kimper,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1510394
SPRING BRANCH has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
114
citations
41
significant & substantial
$31,485
proposed penalties
$15,641
paid to date
50% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $15,844 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
42
inspections on record
1,125
inspection hours
10.1
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.114 citations across 1,125 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
SPRING BRANCH has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$31K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$16K
outstanding
111 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-02-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at SPRING BRANCH shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.74 mg/m3 (79% compliant) across 39 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.74
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.96
dust max (mg/m3)
79%
within 1.5 mg/m3
39
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-10-06.
Silica (quartz)
8.4
silica avg (%)
12.1
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-10-10.
Noise
0%
over PEL
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-08-26.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 296 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 725 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 5,937 | 17 | 5 | 2863.4 |
| 2008 Q3 | 23,113 | 48 | 19 | 2076.8 |
| 2008 Q2 | 18,098 | 27 | 9 | 1491.9 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,172 | 8 | 6 | 6825.9 |
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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