Data / Mines / Kentucky / Kentucky River Loading
Kentucky River Loading: 135 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Kentucky River Loading is an active coal (bituminous) processing facility in Perry County, Kentucky, operated by Pine Branch Mining LLC with 10 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1513495). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 135 citations and orders there with $24,680 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1513495
- Status
- Active since October 1, 1985
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Facility
- County
- Perry County, Kentucky
- Nearest town
- Hazard
- Operator
- Pine Branch Mining LLC
- Parent company
- Sev.en Global Investments A.s.
- Employees
- 10
- MSHA field office
- Hazard KY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 135
- Significant and substantial
- 21 (15.6%)
- Closure orders
- 5
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $24,680
- Amount paid so far
- $24,680
- Inspections
- 33
- Inspector hours on site
- 1,294
- Citations per inspection
- 4.09 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 23, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 34 ($5,711 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25 | 5 | $4,713 | 0 |
| 2023 | 35 | 5 | $6,182 | 0 |
| 2024 | 37 | 7 | $7,560 | 0 |
| 2025 | 27 | 4 | $5,017 | 0 |
| 2026 | 11 | 0 | $1,208 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Kentucky River Loading
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 18 |
| 30 CFR 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 17 |
| 30 CFR 77.1104 | Surface coal mines, safety | 11 |
| 30 CFR 77.200 | Surface coal mines, safety | 9 |
| 30 CFR 77.410 | Surface coal mines, safety | 8 |
| 30 CFR 77.205 | Surface coal mines, safety | 7 |
| 30 CFR 77.502 | Surface coal mines, safety | 7 |
| 30 CFR 77.1110 | Surface coal mines, safety | 6 |
| 30 CFR 77.400 | Surface coal mines, safety | 6 |
| 30 CFR 77.202 | Surface coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 77.516 | Surface coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 50.10 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 4 |
| 30 CFR 77.208 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.904 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 2 |
Other open mines in Perry County, Kentucky
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Branch 2 | Blue Diamond Coal Co. | Perry County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 82 | 1,871 |
| No. 77 | Blue Diamond Coal Co. | Perry County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 58 | 957 |
| E4-2 | Management Consulting Services LLC | Perry County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 385 |
| East Mac & Nellie | Pine Branch Mining LLC | Perry County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 82 | 258 |
| Preparation Plant | Perry County Resources | Perry County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 100 |
| No. 76 Plant | Blue Diamond Coal Co. | Perry County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 32 | 96 |
| Combs Branch Job | Pine Branch Mining LLC | Perry County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 13 | 63 |
| No. 64 Plant | Blue Diamond Coal Co. | Perry County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 6 |
| Liberty Management #8 | Liberty Management, LLC. | Perry County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 5 |
| Bear Branch E3-1 | Blue Diamond Coal Co. | Perry County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 1 |
| Rowdy Gap Mine | Pine Branch Mining LLC | Perry County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.