Data / Mines / West Virginia / Davy Branch Mine
Davy Branch Mine: 621 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Davy Branch Mine is an active coal (bituminous) underground mine in Logan County, West Virginia, operated by Aracoma Coal Inc with 112 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4609574). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 621 citations and orders there with $333,944 in proposed penalties, and 20 accident reports were filed there, with 18 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4609574
- Status
- Active since September 14, 2020
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Logan County, West Virginia
- Nearest town
- Logan
- Operator
- Aracoma Coal Inc
- Parent company
- Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- Employees
- 112
- MSHA field office
- Logan WV Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 621
- Significant and substantial
- 108 (17.4%)
- Closure orders
- 2
- High negligence or reckless
- 3
- Proposed penalties
- $333,944
- Amount paid so far
- $298,836
- Inspections
- 34
- Inspector hours on site
- 3,882
- Citations per inspection
- 18.26 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 20
- Injury and illness cases
- 18
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- November 3, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 10 ($27,272 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 | 123 | 30 | $66,816 | 3 |
| 2023 | 109 | 14 | $71,307 | 5 |
| 2024 | 114 | 27 | $69,899 | 2 |
| 2025 | 108 | 14 | $69,008 | 4 |
| 2026 | 167 | 23 | $56,914 | 4 |
Standards cited most at Davy Branch 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 75.400 | Underground coal mines, safety | 68 |
| 30 CFR 75.512 | Underground coal mines, safety | 50 |
| 30 CFR 75.1731 | Underground coal mines, safety | 43 |
| 30 CFR 75.503 | Underground coal mines, safety | 39 |
| 30 CFR 75.604 | Underground coal mines, safety | 36 |
| 30 CFR 75.202 | Underground coal mines, safety | 35 |
| 30 CFR 75.517 | Underground coal mines, safety | 27 |
| 30 CFR 75.220 | Underground coal mines, safety | 25 |
| 30 CFR 75.342 | Underground coal mines, safety | 24 |
| 30 CFR 75.370 | Underground coal mines, safety | 22 |
| 30 CFR 75.1725 | Underground coal mines, safety | 19 |
| 30 CFR 75.1403 | Underground coal mines, safety | 18 |
| 30 CFR 75.515 | Underground coal mines, safety | 12 |
| 30 CFR 75.1107-16 | Underground coal mines, safety | 11 |
| 30 CFR 75.523-3 | Underground coal mines, safety | 9 |
Injury and illness cases at Davy Branch Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 9 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 9 |
What the accident reports at Davy Branch Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Machinery | 4 |
| Dust disease of lungs | 3 |
| Powered haulage | 3 |
| Fall of roof or back | 3 |
| Handling of materials | 3 |
| Slip or fall of person | 2 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 2 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Davy Branch Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Load-haul-dump | 2 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 2 |
| Rock or roof bolting machine | 1 |
| Mancar | 1 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 1 |
| Machine | 1 |
| Continuous miner | 1 |
Other open mines in Logan County, West Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountaineer II Mine | Mingo Logan Coal LLC | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 310 | 1,930 |
| Lynn Branch No. 2 Mine | Aracoma Coal Inc | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 168 | 1,373 |
| Stonecoal Branch Mine No. 2 | Ramaco Resources, LLC | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 131 | 1,201 |
| No. 2 Gas | Ramaco Resources, LLC | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 97 | 835 |
| Muddy Bridge | Coal Mac East | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 787 |
| Michael Powellton Deep Mine | Ramaco Resources, LLC | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 49 | 687 |
| Eagle No 1 Mine | Coal Mac East | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 666 |
| Eagle Seam Deep Mine | Ramaco Resources, LLC | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 8 | 510 |
| Crucible Deep Mine | Ramaco Resources, LLC | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 61 | 493 |
| Cedar Grove Mine No 3 | Aracoma Coal Inc | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 70 | 403 |
| Powellton #1 Mine | Coal Mac East | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 22 | 395 |
| Holden #22 Surface | Coal Mac Inc | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 14 | 343 |
| Cub Branch Surface | Coal Mac Inc | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 277 |
| Jireh | Jet Coal Company Inc | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 56 | 259 |
| Elk Creek Plant | Ramaco Resources, LLC | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 64 | 249 |
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.