Pine Branch Coal Sales Inc operator
Controlled by
David A Duff
MSHA operator ID: P02121
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 238
- Mines on record
- 7
- Years on record
- 1984–2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
520
citations
163
significant & substantial
$110,342
proposed penalties
$105,295
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,047 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
315
inspections on record
9,865
inspection hours
5.3
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.520 citations across 9,865 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$110K
proposed penalties
$105K
current assessed
$105K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
520 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 56 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 42 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 41 non-fatal
- DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 32 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 21 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 20 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2012
8
2011
5
2010
8
2009
8
2008
2
2007
7
2006
13
2005
11
2004
7
2003
8
2002
9
2001
15
2000
9
1999
11
1998
12
1997
12
1996
10
1995
9
1994
41
1993
4
1992
8
1991
7
1990
5
1989
5
1988
1
1987
2
1984
1
Mines on record
- #20 Strip Job KY
- Combs Branch Job KY
- Jakes Branch Job KY
- Pads Branch Washer KY
- Hoyt Tipple KY
- #1 Prep Plant KY
- Haddock Fork Job KY
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