Spring Branch #2
Coal
Premium,
Letcher County,
KY
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518287
Spring Branch #2 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2002
- Latest incident
- Apr 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
63
significant & substantial
$11,658
proposed penalties
25% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,783 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
10.8
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.
116 citations across 1,075 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Spring Branch #2 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K 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.
112 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-04-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Spring Branch #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 1.13 mg/m3 (84% compliant) across 19 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.
Most recent sample: 2002-12-27.
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 |
| 2003 Q2 |
1,075 |
5 |
3 |
4651.2 |
| 2003 Q1 |
3,468 |
19 |
15 |
5478.7 |
| 2002 Q4 |
4,422 |
36 |
21 |
8141.1 |
| 2002 Q3 |
2,334 |
23 |
14 |
9854.3 |
| 2002 Q2 |
12,958 |
8 |
2 |
617.4 |
| 2002 Q1 |
17,155 |
17 |
5 |
991.0 |
| 2001 Q4 |
2,600 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 |
2,130 |
4 |
1 |
1877.9 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2002 · 4 incidents
April 11, 2002
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Cook & Sons Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. HE WAS SWINGING BOOM TO PUT UP MIDDLE BOLT WHEN HE LET THE BOOM DOWN ON HIS LEFT KNEE.
January 26, 2002
KY · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Cook & Sons Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE PUSHING ON LEVER TO LOWER CANOPY HAD SLIPPED OFF AND STRIKING THE DRILL POT SLIDE LEVER RUNNING THE DRILL POT OUT MASHED THE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND THAT WAS RESTING ON THE DRILL POT.
Cook & Sons Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
ROOF BOLTER STARTED CABLE REEL AND CABLE HIT RIGHT LEG CAUSING HIM TO FALL BUMPING HEAD BRUISING KNEE AND HEAD AND NECK.
January 8, 2002
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cook & Sons Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
PULLING ON MINER CABLE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
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The full compliance file on Spring Branch #2
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.