Rausch Creek Coal Mining Branchdale LLC has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $118 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2016
Latest incident
Aug 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
34
citations
8
significant & substantial
$3,665
proposed penalties
$3,547
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $118 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
58
inspections on record
1,496
inspection hours
2.3
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.
34 citations across 1,496 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Rausch Creek Coal Mining Branchdale LLC has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $118 outstanding across 0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$118
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-12-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Rausch Creek Coal Mining Branchdale LLC shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.13 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 125 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
0
0
0
2025 Q3
0
0
0
2025 Q2
0
0
0
2025 Q1
0
0
0
2024 Q4
0
0
0
2024 Q3
0
0
0
2024 Q2
0
0
0
2024 Q1
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
0
0
0
2023 Q3
0
0
0
2023 Q2
0
0
0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
0
0
0
2022 Q3
0
0
0
2022 Q2
0
0
0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
0
0
0
2021 Q3
0
0
0
2021 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
2020 Q2
0
0
0
2020 Q1
600
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
0
0
0
2019 Q3
0
0
0
2019 Q2
2,392
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
6,853
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
5,473
1
0
182.7
2018 Q3
6,216
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
5,604
1
0
178.4
2018 Q1
6,953
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
6,898
1
0
145.0
2017 Q3
8,408
1
0
118.9
2017 Q2
7,863
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
10,542
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
9,386
1
0
106.5
2016 Q3
10,416
1
0
96.0
2016 Q2
9,772
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
9,116
1
0
109.7
2015 Q4
10,902
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
9,173
4
3
436.1
2015 Q2
2,547
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
3,785
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
3,703
1
0
270.1
2014 Q3
3,149
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
3,657
1
0
273.4
2014 Q1
2,407
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
3,339
1
0
299.5
2013 Q3
2,279
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
3,075
2
1
650.4
2013 Q1
2,595
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
2,238
1
1
446.8
2012 Q3
1,858
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
2,389
1
0
418.6
2012 Q1
2,747
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
2,582
3
0
1161.9
2011 Q3
1,936
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,661
1
1
602.0
2011 Q1
1,718
1
1
582.1
2010 Q4
1,579
3
1
1899.9
2010 Q3
610
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
760
2
0
2631.6
2010 Q1
863
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
754
1
0
1326.3
2009 Q3
389
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
650
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,120
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
737
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
889
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
700
1
0
1428.6
2008 Q1
455
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
882
1
0
1133.8
2007 Q3
635
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
905
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
710
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,040
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
1,000
1
0
1000.0
2006 Q2
1,040
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1,240
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
720
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
550
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
1,320
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
1,560
1
0
641.0
2004 Q4
2,194
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
960
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,760
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,040
1
0
961.5
2003 Q4
1,040
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2016 · 1 incident
August 2, 2016PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Working on dragline climbing down the ladder to put tools away ladder kicked out grabbed a hold of the railing pulled the muscles in shoulder tried to work 5 more months on therapy, pain got too bad went for surgery 1-25-17 still out.
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