Coal Branch No.1 Mine has $537K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 32 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2020–2025
Latest incident
Dec 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
685
citations
120
significant & substantial
$536,881
proposed penalties
$433,270
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $103,611 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
56
inspections on record
5,903
inspection hours
11.6
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.
685 citations across 5,903 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Coal Branch No.1 Mine has $537K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 32 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.
$537K
proposed penalties
$433K
current assessed
$433K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
669 assessments are final orders; 32 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Coal Branch No.1 Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.35 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 2,146 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
2025 Q4
27,287
33
2
1209.4
2025 Q3
35,391
20
1
565.1
2025 Q2
30,548
11
4
360.1
2025 Q1
34,201
18
7
526.3
2024 Q4
34,018
29
4
852.5
2024 Q3
33,585
26
5
774.2
2024 Q2
55,424
44
12
793.9
2024 Q1
41,212
25
3
606.6
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
35,711
25
2
700.1
2023 Q3
43,081
31
5
719.6
2023 Q2
40,612
14
3
344.7
2023 Q1
37,354
32
3
856.7
2022 Q4
33,563
13
3
387.3
2022 Q3
36,101
31
10
858.7
2022 Q2
37,254
35
8
939.5
2022 Q1
37,961
16
1
421.5
2021 Q4
35,919
39
6
1085.8
2021 Q3
34,061
30
6
880.8
2021 Q2
37,473
49
9
1307.6
2021 Q1
35,616
40
8
1123.1
2020 Q4
29,042
30
5
1033.0
2020 Q3
29,054
36
7
1239.1
2020 Q2
29,506
25
4
847.3
2020 Q1
13,142
26
2
1978.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2025 · 1 incident
December 3, 2025WV · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee stated EE was tightening a bolt on a belt clamp with channel locks, the bolt broke as EE was pulling it towards EE causing EE to hit EE's mouth losing EE's tooth. Employee had a root canal on EE's tooth on 03/16/2026
2022 · 1 incident
December 6, 2022WV · Coallw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helperHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockwell Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee stated EE was at the section tailpiece attempting to remove the water manifold from the waterline using a crib block to strike the manifold when EE's hand slipped mid swing, and EE mashed EE's right middle finger between the crib block and the cut off valve for the bull line.
2021 · 2 incidents
December 27, 2021WV · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Employee stated went to retrieve wedges, and started to walk away when a rock dislodged from the roof striking EE in the back, sliding to EE's legs pinning them to mine floor, employee yelled for help. Co-worker arrived first and removed the rock. Employee was brought to surface, transported to Hospital and diagnosed with a fractured vertebrae and continues to be off work.
June 30, 2021WV · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Rockwell Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee Stated they had adjusted the drill pot on a DDr13 roof bolter and was watching it while bolt partner raised the drill pot and got the tip of left pinky finger caught between the longarm and the drill pot. Employee got medical treatment on 7/12/21 and was placed on restricted duty.
Employee stated while attempting to remove the cat idler on the operator side it got stuck. When it freed up it fell on employee's right pinky finger smashing it causing employee to receive 2 stitches.
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