Harry's Branch Surface Mine safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections.
Safety activity
Machinery
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Accident happened 9/30/25. employee was attempting to put a drill steel back into the carousel of a hammer drill. The drill steel shifted, pinching the miner's hand between the steel and the clamp on the drill. The employee did not miss work until EE had to have surgery 10/27/25. EE is off work until doctor releases EE.
Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.
30 CFR 77.1110 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.
30 CFR 77.410(a)(1) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.
30 CFR 77.404(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $755.00 proposed penalty
Loading and haulage equipment; installations.
30 CFR 77.1605(d) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $504.00 proposed penalty
Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.
30 CFR 77.1110 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Accumulations of combustible materials.
30 CFR 77.1104 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Accumulations of combustible materials.
30 CFR 77.1104 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $336.00 proposed penalty
Flammable liquids; storage.
30 CFR 77.1103(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Travelways at surface installations.
30 CFR 77.205(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $336.00 proposed penalty
Loading and haulage equipment; installations.
30 CFR 77.1605(d) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Accumulations of combustible materials.
30 CFR 77.1104 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.
30 CFR 77.1109(d) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Loading and haulage equipment; installations.
30 CFR 77.1605(k) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Loading and haulage equipment; installations.
30 CFR 77.1605(d) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
84.0 on-site hours reported
Health Technical Investigation
11.0 on-site hours reported
Status change reports.
30 CFR 71.209(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Spot Inspection
7.5 on-site hours reported
Ground control; inspection and maintenance; general.
30 CFR 77.1004(b) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $336.00 proposed penalty
Dumping facilities.
30 CFR 77.1608(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Travelways at surface installations.
30 CFR 77.205(d) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Powered haulage
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Two employees from Lester's Steam Cleaning were steam cleaning their steam truck at the guard shack at the end of their shift. EE 2 by drivers' side door, EE 1 behind the truck at back bumper. EE 3 in a different steam truck, backed up to let traffic by coming off the hill and backed into other truck pinching EE 1 between the trucks.
Spot Inspection
24.0 on-site hours reported
Loading and haulage; general.
30 CFR 77.1600(b) · $151.00 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.