Data / Mines / West Virginia / Dry Branch Surface Mine
Dry Branch Surface Mine: 108 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Dry Branch Surface Mine is an active coal (bituminous) surface mine in Mcdowell County, West Virginia, operated by Extra Energy, Inc. with 97 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4609395). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 108 citations and orders there with $209,291 in proposed penalties, and 10 accident reports were filed there, with 8 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4609395
- Status
- Active since December 1, 2015
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Mcdowell County, West Virginia
- Nearest town
- Anawalt
- Operator
- Extra Energy, Inc.
- Parent company
- Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
- Employees
- 97
- MSHA field office
- Beckley Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 108
- Significant and substantial
- 12 (11.1%)
- Closure orders
- 6
- High negligence or reckless
- 6
- Proposed penalties
- $209,291
- Amount paid so far
- $83,768
- Inspections
- 20
- Inspector hours on site
- 932
- Citations per inspection
- 5.40 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 10
- Injury and illness cases
- 8
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- September 30, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 10 ($6,366 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26 | 2 | $40,563 | 1 |
| 2023 | 50 | 3 | $44,281 | 0 |
| 2024 | 15 | 4 | $118,008 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | $1,516 | 0 |
| 2026 | 12 | 2 | $4,923 | 4 |
Standards cited most at Dry Branch Surface Mine
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 54 |
| 30 CFR 77.1007 | Surface coal mines, safety | 10 |
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 10 |
| 30 CFR 77.208 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.205 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.1000 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.1004 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1713 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.410 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1110 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1604 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.513 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1109 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 48.31 | Training of miners | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1607 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Dry Branch Surface Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 6 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 2 |
What the accident reports at Dry Branch Surface Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 3 |
| Fire | 2 |
| Handling of materials | 2 |
| Fall of face/rib/pillar/side/highwall | 1 |
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Dry Branch Surface Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 3 |
| Bulldozer | 1 |
| Trucks | 1 |
| Shovel | 1 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
| Load-haul-dump | 1 |
Other open mines in Mcdowell County, West Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berwind Deep Mine | Ramaco Resources, LLC | Mcdowell County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 124 | 1,360 |
| Laurel Fork Mine | Ramaco Resources, LLC | Mcdowell County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 55 | 1,063 |
| Mine No. 44 | Twin State Mining, Inc. | Mcdowell County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 120 | 523 |
| Sewell Mine B | Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. | Mcdowell County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 33 | 496 |
| No 1 | Sally Ann Coal Company Inc | Mcdowell County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 2 | 430 |
| Edm No. 1 Mine | Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. | Mcdowell County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 4 | 312 |
| Mine No. 32 | Lo Down Energy, Inc. | Mcdowell County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 22 | 296 |
| Alpheus Coal Refuse Disposal Facility | Taishan Coal LLC | Mcdowell County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 12 | 247 |
| Mine No 2 | Harman Branch Mining, Inc. | Mcdowell County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 12 | 189 |
| Caretta #3 Mine | RS Mining Inc | Mcdowell County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 6 | 185 |
| Bishop Impoundment Area | Chestnut Land Holdings, LLC | Mcdowell County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 16 | 169 |
| No.32 | Justice Energy Company, Inc. | Mcdowell County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 98 |
| Eckman Surface Mine | Extra Energy, Inc. | Mcdowell County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 95 | 96 |
| Superior Cleaning Plant | Superior Processing, Inc. | Mcdowell County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 15 | 81 |
| Johnnycake Mine No. 1 | Phillips Management Firm LLC | Mcdowell County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 4 | 72 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.