Buchanan Mine #1 safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections.
Safety activity
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 8.0 on-site hours reported
Machinery
Perm tot or perm prtl disablty
Accident narrative
The injured was drilling into the rib to install a rib bolt, when EE was bringing the drill head back toward EE, EE caught EE's right ring finger between the inner mast and inner carriage area of drill head and the drill station frame.
Hoisting
Accident only
Accident narrative
Bad relay on the brake control that did not let it get another voltage to release the brakes. Back in operation on 5/14/26 at 9:15 AM
Accumulation of combustible materials.
30 CFR 75.400 · $313.00 proposed penalty
Weekly examination.
30 CFR 75.364(g) · $177.00 proposed penalty
Weekly examination.
30 CFR 75.364(a)(1) · $177.00 proposed penalty
Smoking programs.
30 CFR 75.1702-1 · $177.00 proposed penalty
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 6.5 on-site hours reported
Face ventilation control devices.
30 CFR 75.330(b)(2) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Inspection and cover plates.
30 CFR 77.512 · $592.00 proposed penalty
Surface installations; general.
30 CFR 77.200 · $267.00 proposed penalty
Dust accumulations in surface installations.
30 CFR 77.202 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,968.00 proposed penalty
Accumulation of combustible materials.
30 CFR 75.400 · $1,818.00 proposed penalty
Accumulation of combustible materials.
30 CFR 75.400 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $4,047.00 proposed penalty
Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.
30 CFR 75.370(a)(1) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,219.00 proposed penalty
Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.
30 CFR 75.403 · $288.00 proposed penalty
Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.
30 CFR 75.1731(b) · $465.00 proposed penalty
Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.
30 CFR 75.1731(a) · $465.00 proposed penalty
Accumulation of combustible materials.
30 CFR 75.400 · $313.00 proposed penalty
Power wires and cables; insulation and protection.
30 CFR 75.517 · $288.00 proposed penalty
Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.
30 CFR 75.503 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,431.00 proposed penalty
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 8.0 on-site hours reported
Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.
30 CFR 75.503 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,431.00 proposed penalty
Disconnecting devices.
30 CFR 75.903 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $2,936.00 proposed penalty
Disconnecting devices.
30 CFR 75.903 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $2,936.00 proposed penalty
Sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).
Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.