Cane Branch Coal LLC: 143 MSHA citations operator
Controlled by
Kenneth L Farley
MSHA operator ID: 0095305
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
143
citations
72
significant & substantial
$37,585
proposed penalties
$5,997
paid to date
16% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $31,588 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
18
inspections on record
1,300
inspection hours
11.0
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.143 citations across 1,300 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.$38K
proposed penalties
$38K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$32K
outstanding
140 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-08-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.51.4%
significant & substantial
2.1%
high negligence or reckless
51.4%
reasonably likely or greater
16.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.7% none, 16.4% low, 80.7% moderate, 2.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2009
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.3.35
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.16 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
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.
Last sampled: 2010-07-22, 16 years ago
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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.95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
122
samples
4.07
dust max (mg/m3)
61 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 61 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR62
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)15
- SCOOP CAR OPERATOR7
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2010-06-02, 16 years ago6.3
silica avg (%)
5
samples
8.0
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR5
Noise
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Last sampled: 2010-01-27, 16 years ago
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.12%
over PEL
17
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)6
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR4
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2009
1
Mines on record
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Where Cane Branch Coal LLC stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.
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