Mining Incidents

Mine No 2 Coal

Harman Branch Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Hung Q Nguyen
Caretta, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609207

Mine No 2 has $349K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 58 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2009–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
773
citations
161
significant & substantial
$348,642
proposed penalties
$249,023
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $99,619 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
116
inspections on record
5,999
inspection hours
12.9
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.
773 citations across 5,999 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine No 2 has $349K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 58 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.
$349K
proposed penalties
$250K
current assessed
$249K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
758 assessments are final orders; 58 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No 2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.33 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 1,104 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.
0.33
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.64
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
1,104
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-18.
Silica (quartz)
4.0
silica avg (%)
8.9
silica max (%)
69
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-04-30.
Noise
0%
over PEL
130
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-04-22.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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 8,003 12 1 1499.4
2025 Q3 4,658 14 3 3005.6
2025 Q2 7,350 7 1 952.4
2025 Q1 7,789 9 1 1155.5
2024 Q4 11,123 10 0 899.0
2024 Q3 10,110 8 1 791.3
2024 Q2 12,211 13 1 1064.6
2024 Q1 10,934 7 0 640.2
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 11,814 13 2 1100.4
2023 Q3 9,593 4 0 417.0
2023 Q2 11,013 8 0 726.4
2023 Q1 11,775 6 0 509.6
2022 Q4 9,379 4 0 426.5
2022 Q3 8,982 20 4 2226.7
2022 Q2 7,887 11 2 1394.7
2022 Q1 8,663 13 0 1500.6
2021 Q4 9,623 10 3 1039.2
2021 Q3 8,322 16 2 1922.6
2021 Q2 6,512 16 1 2457.0
2021 Q1 6,972 16 2 2294.9
2020 Q4 6,465 14 1 2165.5
2020 Q3 4,640 16 2 3448.3
2020 Q2 7,775 6 0 771.7
2020 Q1 3,494 3 1 858.6
2019 Q4 7,660 4 0 522.2
2019 Q3 8,020 21 4 2618.5
2019 Q2 11,491 17 1 1479.4
2019 Q1 13,013 23 4 1767.5
2018 Q4 16,369 14 0 855.3
2018 Q3 11,965 5 0 417.9
2018 Q2 11,251 15 4 1333.2
2018 Q1 11,291 24 8 2125.6
2017 Q4 8,840 27 6 3054.3
2017 Q3 4,958 10 3 2016.9
2017 Q2 7,817 14 0 1791.0
2017 Q1 5,254 9 1 1713.0
2016 Q4 2,193 15 7 6839.9
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 616 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,052 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 884 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,993 27 5 4505.3
2014 Q3 5,917 11 4 1859.1
2014 Q2 6,500 8 5 1230.8
2014 Q1 5,506 4 1 726.5
2013 Q4 9,828 5 2 508.8
2013 Q3 8,153 21 9 2575.7
2013 Q2 9,166 29 11 3163.9
2013 Q1 8,400 11 3 1309.5
2012 Q4 9,508 18 5 1893.1
2012 Q3 8,182 25 7 3055.5
2012 Q2 9,495 12 1 1263.8
2012 Q1 9,576 5 0 522.1
2011 Q4 7,781 9 1 1156.7
2011 Q3 6,859 10 6 1457.9
2011 Q2 7,413 14 6 1888.6
2011 Q1 7,532 14 3 1858.7
2010 Q4 5,962 5 3 838.6
2010 Q3 6,007 5 1 832.4
2010 Q2 6,244 6 0 960.9
2010 Q1 6,019 12 3 1993.7
2009 Q4 7,745 15 5 1936.7
2009 Q3 4,169 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 7,861 8 2 1017.7
2008 Q3 10,130 7 4 691.0
2008 Q2 10,063 16 4 1590.0
2008 Q1 3,428 3 2 875.1
2007 Q4 5,598 5 1 893.2
2007 Q3 4,209 1 1 237.6
2007 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2026 · 1 incident

February 19, 2026 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harman Branch Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee went into con x 2 to get a box of belt splices. After picking up the box, they turned around to exit the con x and felt pain in left knee. Employee went for medical treatment.

2024 · 1 incident

August 20, 2024 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Harman Branch Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was helping to move a trailer car loaded with timbers. The EE was located behind the trailer. As the scoop was pushing the car backwards, the car suddenly moved towards the inby rib. This movement caught the employee's right foot between the car and the mine floor injuring EE's right foot.

2023 · 1 incident

September 25, 2023 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harman Branch Mining Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee doing regular activity while shoveling belt and felt pain in lower back.

2020 · 1 incident

August 12, 2020 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Harman Branch Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was bringing the steel out of the hole. EE reached to grab the steel to keep from falling on ground & instead of hitting the lever to run the steel on out EE accidentally hit the rotation and a burr on the steel caught EE's glove and wrapped EE's arm up in steel.

2018 · 1 incident

August 27, 2018 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harman Branch Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured Person stated while changing out a bottom roller IP hung one side and went to pull up to hook other side and the side IP first hooked came off causing the bottom roller to strike IP in right side. There was no witness and IP didn't tell nobody till next day.

2013 · 1 incident

December 17, 2013 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Harman Branch Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Electrician /Mechanic kneel down and turned around and felt his knee hurting. EE had prior surgery on his knee before employment at mine. EE said that he had forgotten to wear his knee brace. The EE said he would RTW the next day. He did not go to hospital after leaving mine property.

2011 · 2 incidents

December 1, 2011 WV · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harman Branch Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Miner helper went to pick up miner cable to move out of haul way, hurting his back.

August 10, 2011 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harman Branch Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

Electrician/mechanic was change a tire on std shuttle car, when he went to put wedge under tire, the tire fell off the shuttle car hub and landing on Electricians ankle. Electrician continued working on wheel until he completed job then leaving to outside to go home.

2009 · 1 incident

October 7, 2009 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harman Branch Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Hanging cable - sprained shoulder muscle.

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The full compliance file on Mine No 2

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.