Ned's Branch Surface Mine has $60K in proposed MSHA penalties and $28K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2022–2024
Latest incident
Sep 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
128
citations
42
significant & substantial
$59,510
proposed penalties
$30,749
paid to date
52% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $28,761 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
19
inspections on record
1,128
inspection hours
11.4
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.
128 citations across 1,128 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ned's Branch Surface Mine has $60K in proposed MSHA penalties and $28K 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.
$60K
proposed penalties
$59K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$28K
outstanding
121 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Ned's Branch Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.08 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 111 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
Excavator was feeding a burn pile on a clearing operation and got to close to pile igniting the rear of the excavator machine was a total loss no persons injured.
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