Upper Big Branch Surface Mine
Coal
Twilight,
Boone County,
WV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608924
Upper Big Branch Surface Mine has $918 in proposed MSHA penalties and $98 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
- 2002
- Latest incident
- Jun 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
5
significant & substantial
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $98 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
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: 96 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Upper Big Branch Surface Mine has $918 in proposed MSHA penalties and $98 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.
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-05-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Upper Big Branch Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 4 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: 2002-05-29.
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 |
| 2003 Q2 |
3,948 |
4 |
3 |
1013.2 |
| 2003 Q1 |
4,296 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 |
11,442 |
2 |
2 |
174.8 |
| 2002 Q3 |
14,300 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 |
12,538 |
1 |
0 |
79.8 |
| 2002 Q1 |
9,416 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2002 · 1 incident
Progress Coal · Struck against a moving object
EE WAS SEATED IN THE 730 ROCK TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING AND BEING LOADED BY THE 3600 HITACHI EXCAVATOR. HE STATES A LG. ROCK FELL FROM THE BUCKET OF THE EXCAVATOR INTO THE BED OF HIS TRUCK, JARRI NG HIM AND KNOCKING HIS GLASSES OFF HIS FACE. HEALSO STATES HE REC'D ADD'L JOLTS FROM LG. ROCKS THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE SHIFT. EE DID NOT EXPERIENCE PAIN UNTIL AFTER THE SHIFT AND ALS
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