Mining Incidents

Alliance Resource Partners LP controller

MSHA controller ID: C15455

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Fatalities
37
Total incidents
9150
Mines on record
41
Years on record
1996–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
69,430
citations
17,302
significant & substantial
$46,304,017
proposed penalties
$36,298,818
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,005,199 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16,483
inspections on record
1,038,450
inspection hours
6.7
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
69,430 citations across 1,038,450 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$46.3M
proposed penalties
$36.8M
current assessed
$36.3M
paid to date
$480K
outstanding
67,383 assessments are final orders; 1,972 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2026
95
2025
228 (1f)
2024
242
2023
302 (1f)
2022
133 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

37 recorded
November 6, 2025 WV · Coal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Mettiki Coal WV, LLC · Struck by powered moving object

The victim was fatally injured when ejected from the operator's compartment of a diesel scoop after the scoop was struck by a locomotive that had lost control of a trip of supplies along the 41 Butt track haulage.

March 18, 2023 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Hamilton County Coal, LLC · Struck by falling object

The fatally injured miner and co-workers were in the process of building cribs during recovery of a longwall shield when unconsolidated rocks fell through the roof mesh and struck the miner.

August 17, 2022 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Tunnel Ridge, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A miner was fatally injured when the supply car on which they were sitting was struck by a locomotive, causing them to fall where they were crushed between the coupler and deck of the supply car.

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