Mining Incidents

Lower Hutchinson Branch Surface Mine #1 Coal

Controlled by David L Huffman
Gilboa, Nicholas County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609155

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Dec 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
33
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,178
proposed penalties
$3,518
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 434 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,322 3 0 2269.3
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2008 · 2 incidents

December 1, 2008 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Spring Creek Energy Company, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was picking up a roller from the ground to place it on the bumper of the service truck, it rolled in his hand and hit his left leg above the knee.

August 10, 2008 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Spring Creek Energy Company, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injuried left middle and ring finger lifting brake drum into the loader bucket.