Mining Incidents

Zack's Branch Surface Mine Coal

Montito Resources · Surface
Controlled by Geoff Coady
Panther, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4609629

Zack's Branch Surface Mine has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
13
citations
3
significant & substantial
$11,288
proposed penalties
$541
paid to date
5% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,747 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
15
inspections on record
107
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: 107 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Zack's Branch Surface Mine has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$541
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-07-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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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