Mining Incidents

Wynn Branch #1 Coal

Guage, Breathitt County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518218

Wynn Branch #1 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $231 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
2000–2001
Latest incident
Oct 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
20
citations
14
significant & substantial
$2,557
proposed penalties
$2,326
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $231 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
480
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: 480 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wynn Branch #1 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $231 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
$2K
paid to date
$231
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-07-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Wynn Branch #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.16 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 78 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.
0.16
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.16
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
78
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-06-18.
Noise
11%
over PEL
28
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-06-11.
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 Q4 1,850 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,363 1 0 157.2
2003 Q2 24,822 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 24,430 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 25,182 1 0 39.7
2002 Q3 24,817 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 21,796 4 1 183.5
2002 Q1 24,859 1 1 40.2
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 24,237 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 25,155 5 5 198.8
2001 Q2 25,309 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 26,083 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 23,972 5 5 208.6
2000 Q3 28,144 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 24,648 3 2 121.7
2000 Q1 23,711 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2001 · 3 incidents

October 5, 2001 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Miller Brothers Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS SETTING ON THE FILL WHEN A ROCK TRUCK BACKED INTO OPERATORS DOZER. OPERATOR COMPLAINED OF NECK, BACK & LEG PAIN. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

September 28, 2001 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Miller Brothers Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS OPERATING A LOADER AND HIT A ROCK WITH HIS BUCKET PRETTY HARD. WHEN HE DID THIS ITJERKED HIS NECK. HE COMPLAINED OF NECK AND BACK PAIN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

February 15, 2001 KY · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miller Brothers Coal Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM ROCK TRUCK. EE SLIPPED ON STEP NEXT TO BUMPER OF THE ROCK TRUCK, CAUSING HIM TO LAND ON THE GROUND.

2000 · 1 incident

May 8, 2000 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miller Brothers Coal Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE JUST COMPLETED A SHOT AND WAS GETTING INTO HIS TRUCK WITH MUD ON HIS FEET. HE SLIPPEDAND FELL, BREAKING HIS RIGHT LEG.

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The full compliance file on Wynn Branch #1

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.