Tea Branch Surface Mine Coal
Little Seam Mining Company, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Thomas D Little Jr
Pageton,
Mcdowell County,
WV
·
NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4609477
Tea Branch Surface Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
7
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,143
proposed penalties
$841
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $302 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
16
inspections on record
260
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 260 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Tea Branch Surface Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$841
paid to date
$302
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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MSHA sampling at Tea Branch Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.27 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 14 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.27
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.93
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-08-09.
Noise
0%
over PEL
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-06-20.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 3,921 | 1 | 0 | 255.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3,712 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 3,682 | 2 | 0 | 543.2 |
| 2025 Q1 | 3,412 | 2 | 1 | 586.2 |
| 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 | |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q2 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 11,689 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 6,457 | 1 | 0 | 154.9 |
| 2014 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q1 | 4,137 | 1 | 1 | 241.7 |
| 2013 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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