TOM BAILEY BRANCH SURFACE MINE has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2024–2026
Latest incident
Mar 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
43
citations
3
significant & substantial
$11,154
proposed penalties
$10,852
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $302 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
11
inspections on record
565
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: 565 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
TOM BAILEY BRANCH SURFACE MINE has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 1 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at TOM BAILEY BRANCH SURFACE MINE shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.18 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 73 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
14,644
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
13,337
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
18,359
8
0
435.8
2025 Q1
17,291
11
1
636.2
2024 Q4
19,861
3
0
151.0
2024 Q3
20,542
11
1
535.5
2024 Q2
19,035
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
14,149
6
0
424.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
6,668
3
1
449.9
2023 Q3
1,943
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2026 · 1 incident
March 23, 2026WV · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was climbing up on a 360 Excavator to grease it and lost EE's balance, falling backwards hitting EE's back on the boom jack of the excavator
2024 · 2 incidents
September 27, 2024WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ed Coal, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee was shoveling track on a dozer and stepped into a hole and fell. Employee stated EE did not see hole.
April 4, 2024WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ed Coal, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was putting drill steel on drill up on mask. EE slipped and drill steel rolled over on EE's leg and pinched it on the mask of the drill.
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