Persimmon Branch Surface Mine has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $12K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2011–2021
Latest incident
Oct 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
166
citations
63
significant & substantial
$53,137
proposed penalties
$41,480
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,657 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
43
inspections on record
2,127
inspection hours
7.8
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.
166 citations across 2,127 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Persimmon Branch Surface Mine has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $12K 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.
$53K
proposed penalties
$53K
current assessed
$41K
paid to date
$12K
outstanding
165 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-06-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Persimmon Branch Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.21 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 230 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
2023 Q1
1,070
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
1,836
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
8,986
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
20,633
6
3
290.8
2022 Q1
20,965
1
1
47.7
2021 Q4
21,769
4
1
183.7
2021 Q3
16,686
2
0
119.9
2021 Q2
23,193
5
1
215.6
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2021 Q1
19,513
3
1
153.7
2020 Q4
12,731
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
6,238
1
0
160.3
2020 Q2
8,988
2
0
222.5
2020 Q1
16,870
4
0
237.1
2019 Q4
15,667
13
4
829.8
2019 Q3
18,979
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
20,516
14
6
682.4
2019 Q1
19,324
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
20,771
8
3
385.2
2018 Q3
14,036
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
16,202
6
1
370.3
2018 Q1
16,048
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
16,897
5
1
295.9
2017 Q3
16,544
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
14,254
4
1
280.6
2017 Q1
12,975
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
12,371
19
10
1535.8
2016 Q3
3,771
15
6
3977.7
2016 Q2
0
0
0
2016 Q1
54
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
787
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,796
23
15
12806.2
2015 Q2
1,008
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,107
1
1
903.3
2014 Q4
1,894
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
4,477
2
1
446.7
2014 Q2
4,908
1
0
203.7
2014 Q1
4,831
2
1
414.0
2013 Q4
3,332
1
1
300.1
2013 Q3
3,900
2
1
512.8
2013 Q2
3,523
2
0
567.7
2013 Q1
3,146
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
12,308
4
1
325.0
2012 Q3
22,258
3
0
134.8
2012 Q2
21,496
2
0
93.0
2012 Q1
22,493
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
18,641
4
0
214.6
2011 Q3
14,309
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
12,829
7
3
545.6
2011 Q1
1,984
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
0
0
0
2010 Q2
0
0
0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
0
0
0
2009 Q3
0
0
0
2009 Q2
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2021 · 1 incident
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