EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND OVERTURNED. THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE VICTIM WAS TRAPPED UNDER THE TRUCK. THE VICTIM WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE BODY WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE BREATHITT COUNTY CORONER & THEN TO FRANKFORT FOR AUTOPSY.
Miller Bros Coal LLC operator
Controlled by
Clearwater Natural Resources LP
MSHA operator ID: 0062183
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
703
citations
307
significant & substantial
$509,953
proposed penalties
$376,707
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $133,246 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
165
inspections on record
7,275
inspection hours
9.7
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.703 citations across 7,275 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.$510K
proposed penalties
$454K
current assessed
$377K
paid to date
$77K
outstanding
698 assessments are final orders; 19 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-12-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 9 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 10 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 10 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 10 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2009
6
2008
13
2007
7
2006
15 (1f)
2005
4
Mines on record
- Hampton Branch Mine KY
- Shutte #1 KY
- S-12 Calhoun KY
- Laurel Fork Surface KY
- T-10 Sunny-Knott KY
- S-22 Long Branch KY
- Job 21 KY
- Spurlock #5 Surface Mine KY
- Buckeye Surface KY
- Bear Fork KY
- Evans Fork Job KY
- Trap Branch Job KY
- Kelly Fork Job KY
- Job 17 (North) KY
- MT-11 Surface Mine WV
- MT-34/Peg Fork WV
- Combs Branch Job KY
Fatalities under this operator
1 recorded
May 23, 2006
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Miller Bros Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
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