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Smith Branch Plant Coal

DTE Smith Branch LLC · Facility

Controlled by DTE Energy Company

Pineville, Wyoming County, WV · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 4608854

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2003
Latest incident: Apr 2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2002

citations

significant & substantial

$1,941

proposed penalties

$1,433

paid to date

74% of proposed penalties paid to date — a $508 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2001

inspections on record

489

inspection hours

n/a

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.

Rate withheld: 489 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3	0	3
2008 Q1	640	0	0.0
2007 Q4	7,507	4	532.8
2007 Q3	7,483	5	668.2
2007 Q2	7,529	0	0.0
2007 Q1	7,396	0	0.0
2006 Q4	7,333	0	0.0
2006 Q3	6,718	0	0.0

Show 23 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2	7,277	1	1	137.4
2006 Q1	7,371	5	2	678.3
2005 Q4	7,520	0	0	0.0
2005 Q3	7,538	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	7,599	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	7,492	0	0	0.0
2004 Q4	7,162	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	7,491	0	0	0.0
2004 Q2	6,226	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	3,314	0	0	0.0
2003 Q4	5,516	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	7,780	0	0	0.0
2003 Q2	9,555	0	0	0.0
2003 Q1	8,782	0	0	0.0
2002 Q4	8,278	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	8,689	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	8,371	2	0	238.9
2002 Q1	8,211	3	0	365.4
2001 Q4	6,919	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	7,583	0	0	0.0
2001 Q2	4,080	0	0	0.0
2001 Q1	560	0	0	0.0
2000 Q4	600	0	0	0.0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

April 5, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Dte Smith Branch Llc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS DRIVING A SHAFT OUT OF A BEARING. HE WAS HOLDING A 2X4 BOARD OVER THE END OF THE SHAFT. WHEN THE BOARD WAS STRUCK BY A HAMMER, IT KICKED SIDEWAYS AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BOAR D AND THE SIDE OF THE VIBRATOR.