Trace Branch Splint Mine
Coal
Cumberland,
Harlan County,
KY
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Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519974
Trace Branch Splint Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2025–2026
- Latest incident
- Jun 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2025
4
significant & substantial
$4,705
proposed penalties
68% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,516 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2025
2.5
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.
28 citations across 1,139 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Trace Branch Splint Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Trace Branch Splint Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.48 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 309 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.
Most recent sample: 2026-06-26.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2026-05-28.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2026-06-09.
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 |
28,070 |
4 |
1 |
142.5 |
| 2025 Q3 |
7,197 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 |
5,852 |
1 |
0 |
170.9 |
| 2025 Q1 |
480 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2026 · 1 incident
Bluegrass Natural Resources, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was making a splice in a 480V trailing cable, whenever EE's knife slipped from the jacket of the splice, resulting in a small laceration in EE's right hand.
2025 · 1 incident
Employee was checking a water pump and lost balance and put a hand down to catch themselves on the pump. The pump was sitting in a wire cage, and the wire cut their right pinky finger. The laceration required two stitches to close the wound.
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