Dry Branch Surface Mine safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections.
Safety activity
Spot Inspection
5.0 on-site hours reported
Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.
30 CFR 77.1606(c)
Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.
30 CFR 77.1606(c)
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
63.0 on-site hours reported
Handling of materials
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Employee was raising gate to allow vehicle off property. The gate broke and hit EE's right hand, breaking 2 fingers and cut hand.
Spot Inspection
3.0 on-site hours reported
Other
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
The employee bent forward and subsequently experienced pain and numbness in the lower back and legs.
Handtools (nonpowered)
No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Employee was using a pry bar to adjust hoist cylinder, when the bar slipped and struck EE's mouth and broke a tooth.
Hazard training.
30 CFR 48.31(b) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $2,569.00 proposed penalty
Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.
30 CFR 77.410(a)(1) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $959.00 proposed penalty
Hazard training.
30 CFR 48.31(b) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $2,312.00 proposed penalty
Hazard training.
30 CFR 48.31(b) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $610.00 proposed penalty
Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.
30 CFR 77.410(c) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $267.00 proposed penalty
Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.
30 CFR 77.1606(c) · $165.00 proposed penalty
Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.
30 CFR 77.1109(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.
30 CFR 77.1606(c) · $165.00 proposed penalty
Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.
30 CFR 77.1110 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.
30 CFR 77.1606(c) · $226.00 proposed penalty
Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.
30 CFR 77.410(b) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,037.00 proposed penalty
Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.
30 CFR 77.1606(c) · $226.00 proposed penalty
Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.
30 CFR 77.1606(c) · $245.00 proposed penalty
Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.
30 CFR 77.1606(c) · $245.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
76.0 on-site hours reported
Handtools (nonpowered)
No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Employee was using a sledgehammer to remove a tooth from a spare bucket. EE was struck by a small piece of metal, and it took stitches to close the wound.
Loading and haulage equipment; installations.
30 CFR 77.1605(d) · $504.00 proposed penalty
Sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).
Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.