Smith Branch No. 1 has $78K in proposed MSHA penalties and $28K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2006
Latest incident
Jul 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
66
citations
28
significant & substantial
$78,229
proposed penalties
$25,089
paid to date
32% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $53,140 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
38
inspections on record
853
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 853 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Smith Branch No. 1 has $78K 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.
$78K
proposed penalties
$53K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$28K
outstanding
65 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-07-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Smith Branch No. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.18 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 41 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
Mud seam fell out of highwall, big rock hit cab of drill killing employee.
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