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Laurel Branch Surface safety activity

MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections.

2025-01-01 – 2026-10-28Database snapshot · 2026-10-28

Safety activity

  1. Regular Safety and Health Inspection

    inspectionRecord F01A207

    50.5 on-site hours reported

  2. Loading and haulage equipment; installations.

    violationRecord 8309436

    30 CFR 77.1605(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  3. Loading and haulage equipment; installations.

    violationRecord 8309435

    30 CFR 77.1605(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  4. Handtools (nonpowered)

    accidentRecord 220260070016

    Days restricted activity only

    Accident narrative

    EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING PIN KNOCKER WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER AND THE SLEDGE HAMMER STRUCK THE PIN KNOCKER AND IT GLANCED OFF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON WRIST

  5. 103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio

    inspectionRecord F000B29

    3.8 on-site hours reported

  6. Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.

    violationRecord 8309433

    30 CFR 77.1109(c)(1) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  7. Insulating mats at power switches.

    violationRecord 8309432

    30 CFR 77.513 · $336.00 proposed penalty

  8. Surface installations; general.

    violationRecord 8309431

    30 CFR 77.200 · $151.00 proposed penalty

  9. Slip or fall of person

    accidentRecord 220253290024

    Days away from work only

    Accident narrative

    EMPLOYEE WENT TO GET IN ROCKTRUCK PLACED A FOOT ON BOTTOM STEP AND BOTH HANDS ON HANDRAIL TO PULL THEMSELVES UP LADDER, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK, PUT FEET BACK ON GROUND AND FELL BACK ON THEIR BACKSIDE BECAUSE OF PAIN THEY FELT IN LOWER BACK

  10. Regular Safety and Health Inspection

    inspectionRecord F000B27

    119.5 on-site hours reported

  11. Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections

    inspectionRecord F000B1D

    9.0 on-site hours reported

  12. Machinery

    accidentRecord 220252250005

    Days restricted activity only

    Accident narrative

    EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD A DOZER ROLLER FRAME ONTO ROLLBACK AND WAS STANDING AT WINCH SPOOL ON BED OF TRUCK WHEN CHAIN BROKE AND CAUSED THE WINCH CABLE TO RECOIL BACK STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT HAND

  13. Loading and haulage equipment; installations.

    violationRecord 8309419

    30 CFR 77.1605(d) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  14. Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.

    violationRecord 8309418

    30 CFR 77.410(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,126.00 proposed penalty

  15. Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.

    violationRecord 8309417

    30 CFR 77.1606(c) · $3,022.00 proposed penalty

  16. Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.

    violationRecord 8309416

    30 CFR 77.1606(c) · $313.00 proposed penalty

  17. Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.

    violationRecord 9882600

    30 CFR 77.404(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $2,503.00 proposed penalty

  18. Loading and haulage equipment; installations.

    violationRecord 9882189

    30 CFR 77.1605(d) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  19. Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.

    violationRecord 9882188

    30 CFR 77.1606(c) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $2,312.00 proposed penalty

  20. Loading and haulage equipment; installations.

    violationRecord 9882187

    30 CFR 77.1605(d) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  21. Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.

    violationRecord 9882186

    30 CFR 77.1606(c) · $697.00 proposed penalty

  22. Loading and haulage equipment; installations.

    violationRecord 9882185

    30 CFR 77.1605(d) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  23. Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.

    violationRecord 9882184

    30 CFR 77.1606(c) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $2,312.00 proposed penalty

  24. Loading and haulage equipment; installations.

    violationRecord 9882183

    30 CFR 77.1605(d) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  25. Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.

    violationRecord 9272101

    30 CFR 77.404(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,126.00 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.