Mill Branch Coal Corp. operator
Controlled by
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
MSHA operator ID: P23653
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 227
- Mines on record
- 11
- Years on record
- 1997–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3,163
citations
926
significant & substantial
$3,042,429
proposed penalties
$1,867,988
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,174,441 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
809
inspections on record
33,926
inspection hours
9.3
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.3,163 citations across 33,926 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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.$3.0M
proposed penalties
$2.1M
current assessed
$1.9M
paid to date
$198K
outstanding
3,107 assessments are final orders; 228 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-02-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 44 non-fatal
- DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 43 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 31 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 27 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 19 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 17 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2015
26
2014
31
2013
41
2012
9
2011
8
2010
18
2009
10
2008
13
2007
4
2006
1
2005
10
2004
1
2003
7
2002
15
2001
14
2000
6
1999
6
1998
5
1997
2
Mines on record
- D-10 Dorchester VA
- OSAKA VA
- NORTH FORK #6 VA
- Looney Creek Taggart Mine VA
- Guest Mtn. No. 5 VA
- Bluff Spur Mine VA
- Derby Wilson Mine VA
- Low Splint A Mine VA
- Mine No. 3 VA
- Mine No. 2 VA
- Mine No 1 VA
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