Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING HIGHWALL DRILL, WHEN MATERIAL FELL FROM HIGHWALL STRIKING CAB OF DRILL, FATALLY INJURING EMPLOYEE.
Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc operator
Controlled by
Donn A Chickering
MSHA operator ID: P01832
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
354
citations
202
significant & substantial
$58,635
proposed penalties
$54,708
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,927 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
155
inspections on record
2,871
inspection hours
12.3
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.354 citations across 2,871 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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.$84K
proposed penalties
$70K
current assessed
$70K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
340 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-10-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 fatality · 6 non-fatal
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 74 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 58 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 38 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 36 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2001
18
2000
31
1999
33
1998
25 (1f)
1997
18
1996
18
1995
17
1994
12 (1f)
1993
16
1992
6
1991
9
1990
10
1989
5
1988
6
1987
7
1986
5
1985
9
1984
7
1983
4
Mines on record
- Road Creek Mine #1 KY
- Three Mile Mine #1 KY
- Pettys Fork Mine #1 KY
- Rob Fork Processing KY
- Elswick Fork #1 KY
- Walker Branch Mine KY
- F-9 Prater Branch KY
- Bent Mountain Surface Mine #2 KY
- Inferno #6 KY
- Elkhorn Loading Facility KY
- Sandlick Loadout KY
- Beverly Ann Preparation Plant KY
- Gum Branch Mine #1 KY
- Job #11 Prater Fork Strip KY
- Raccoon Plant KY
- Terry Fork Mine #1 KY
- Newsome Branch Mine #1 KY
- Blackburn Branch Mine #1 KY
- Flatwoods Mine #1 KY
- J & M #1 Surface Mine KY
- No 3 Mine KY
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
January 31, 1994
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Branham & Baker Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
DECEASED WAS CUTTING A TREE,THE TREE SPLIT AND FELL AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.KILLING HIM INSTANTLY.
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