A miner sustained fatal injuries when the personnel carrier on which the miner was a passenger overturned. Another miner riding on the personnel carrier accidentally actuated the emergency stop causing the personnel carrier to drift backwards down a grade.
American Metals & Coal International Inc.; POSCO-NCR Coal Ltd; JAZ Ventu controller
MSHA controller ID: 0106323
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
494
citations
91
significant & substantial
$180,706
proposed penalties
$162,206
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
387
inspections on record
12,151
inspection hours
4.1
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.494 citations across 12,151 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$181K
proposed penalties
$162K
current assessed
$162K
paid to date
$287
outstanding
470 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 7 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 22 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 18 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 12 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 12 non-fatal
- HOISTING 5 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
10
2024
32
2023
25 (1f)
2022
13
2021
4
2020
6
2019
2
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
1 recorded
Allegheny Metallurgical, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
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