Buchanan Minerals, LLC safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections across the current mine portfolio.
Safety activity
Preshift examination at fixed intervals.
Buchanan Mine #1 · 440485630 CFR 75.360(g) · $209.00 proposed penalty
Nonpermissible diesel-powered equipment; electrical system design and performance requirements.
Buchanan Mine #1 · 440485630 CFR 75.1910(j) · $226.00 proposed penalty
Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.
Buchanan Mine #1 · 440485630 CFR 75.1731(a) · $1,037.00 proposed penalty
Air quality.
Buchanan Mine #1 · 440485630 CFR 75.321(a)(1) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Spot Inspections
Buchanan Mine #1 · 4404856103(i) · 7.5 on-site hours reported
Installation of main mine fans.
Buchanan Mine #1 · 440485630 CFR 75.310(a)(4) · $209.00 proposed penalty
Other safeguards.
Buchanan Mine #1 · 440485630 CFR 75.1403 · $245.00 proposed penalty
Dust disease of lungs
Buchanan Mine #1 · 4404856Occupatnal illness not deg 1-6
Accident narrative
Exposure to Coal Mine Dust
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections
Buchanan Mine #1 · 44048569.0 on-site hours reported
Handtools (nonpowered)
Buchanan Mine #1 · 4404856No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
The injured was attempting to cut a piece of mine belt to be used as skirting material. While using both hands on the utility knife, EE lost EE's balance and slipped, and while EE's arm was stretched out to catch self, EE's left wrist contacted the knife causing a laceration, which required 3 sutures to close.
Dust disease of lungs
Buchanan Mine #1 · 4404856Occupatnal illness not deg 1-6
Accident narrative
Exposure to Coal Mine Dust
Hoisting
Buchanan Mine #1 · 4404856Accident only
Accident narrative
The Contrary Service hoist (8 Vent) PLC Controller program was corrupted and had to be reprogrammed.
Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.
Buchanan Mine #1 · 440485630 CFR 75.512 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Accumulation of combustible materials.
Buchanan Mine #1 · 440485630 CFR 75.400 · $432.00 proposed penalty
Handling of materials
Buchanan Mine #1 · 4404856Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Employee carried a 5 gal bucket of Power Train approximately 25 feet from the 8 vent bottom sand storage area to EE's tram and as EE lifted and twisted to get the can up to fill EE's tram EE felt a sharp pain in EE's lower back.
Accumulation of combustible materials.
Buchanan Mine #1 · 440485630 CFR 75.400 · $193.00 proposed penalty
Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.
Buchanan Mine #1 · 440485630 CFR 75.512 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.
Buchanan Mine #1 · 440485630 CFR 75.503 · $366.00 proposed penalty
Spot Inspections
Buchanan Mine #1 · 4404856103(i) · 8.0 on-site hours reported
Permanent splicing of trailing cables.
Buchanan Mine #1 · 440485630 CFR 75.604(b) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $504.00 proposed penalty
Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.
Buchanan Mine #1 · 440485630 CFR 75.1731(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $5,144.00 proposed penalty
Methane monitors.
Buchanan Mine #1 · 440485630 CFR 75.342(a)(4) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $592.00 proposed penalty
Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record.
Buchanan Mine #1 · 440485630 CFR 77.800-2 · $209.00 proposed penalty
Minimum requirements for bathing facilities, change rooms, and sanitary flush toilet facilities.
Buchanan Mine #1 · 440485630 CFR 71.402(a) · $883.00 proposed penalty
Loading and haulage equipment; installations.
Buchanan Mine #1 · 440485630 CFR 77.1605(d) · $151.00 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.
Status is from the current MSHA Mines snapshot, not the selected reporting period. Closed records can retain their last reported controller/operator.
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.