Big Branch No 1 Belt Mine has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2007–2009
Latest incident
Sep 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
171
citations
54
significant & substantial
$47,529
proposed penalties
$41,668
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,861 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
28
inspections on record
1,804
inspection hours
9.5
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
171 citations across 1,804 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Big Branch No 1 Belt Mine has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$48K
proposed penalties
$42K
current assessed
$42K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
170 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-12-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Big Branch No 1 Belt Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.42 mg/m3 (89% compliant) across 27 samples.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
ⓘRespirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ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
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2012 Q2
0
0
0
2012 Q1
942
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
3,154
4
2
1268.2
2011 Q3
4,819
2
0
415.0
2011 Q2
4,951
2
1
404.0
2011 Q1
5,514
10
1
1813.6
2010 Q4
5,062
5
1
987.8
2010 Q3
5,677
12
5
2113.8
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2
5,710
6
2
1050.8
2010 Q1
5,092
3
0
589.2
2009 Q4
5,107
4
2
783.2
2009 Q3
4,992
8
6
1602.6
2009 Q2
4,462
6
2
1344.7
2009 Q1
4,766
25
6
5245.5
2008 Q4
4,387
11
1
2507.4
2008 Q3
4,643
12
6
2584.5
2008 Q2
5,567
21
6
3772.2
2008 Q1
5,589
19
7
3399.5
2007 Q4
4,849
8
5
1649.8
2007 Q3
4,929
1
0
202.9
2007 Q2
4,401
11
1
2499.4
2007 Q1
4,946
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
3,248
1
0
307.9
2006 Q3
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2009 · 4 incidents
September 1, 2009WV · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee and a co-worker had been rock dusting and they were pulling the duster hose through the man door, at break 37. Employee stepped on a pile of slate and fell.
Working on stoppings, crossing over gob pile, stepped on loose rock, rock went out from under foot and to keep from falling on top of some H beams, EE grabbed a hanging roof bolt and pulled shoulder. Accident 6/14/08 never became reportable until 7/9/08.
2007 · 1 incident
June 6, 2007WV · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
He was sitting in truck at lunch time and blacked out and fell from passenger side of truck and hit the ground.
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