Bull Branch Surface Mine has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $15K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2022–2024
Latest incident
Jun 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
81
citations
21
significant & substantial
$33,518
proposed penalties
$16,069
paid to date
48% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,449 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
14
inspections on record
842
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 842 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bull Branch Surface Mine has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $15K outstanding across 1 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$15K
outstanding
81 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Bull Branch Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.30 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 115 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
Employee was setting up light plant, adjusting bulbs to shine onto parking lot area. When employee was coming down off berm employee slipped and fell, tried to break fall with left arm, resulting in fracture.
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