Dry Branch has $206K in proposed MSHA penalties and $84K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2011
Latest incident
Feb 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
186
citations
95
significant & substantial
$205,843
proposed penalties
$62,621
paid to date
30% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $143,222 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
48
inspections on record
1,532
inspection hours
12.1
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.
186 citations across 1,532 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Dry Branch has $206K in proposed MSHA penalties and $84K outstanding across 2 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.
$206K
proposed penalties
$147K
current assessed
$63K
paid to date
$84K
outstanding
178 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-12-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Dry Branch shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 98 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
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