Mining Incidents

CONSOL Energy Inc controller

MSHA controller ID: C00692

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Fatalities
73
Total incidents
20006
Mines on record
173
Years on record
1983–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
87,834
citations
27,119
significant & substantial
$59,741,779
proposed penalties
$43,188,553
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,553,226 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23,877
inspections on record
1,134,286
inspection hours
7.7
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.
87,834 citations across 1,134,286 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.
$59.7M
proposed penalties
$43.2M
current assessed
$43.2M
paid to date
$56K
outstanding
86,285 assessments are final orders; 1,971 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2025
3
2024
119
2023
106
2022
90
2021
106
2020
76
2019
133 (1f)
2018
157
2017
144
2016
66

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

73 recorded
August 29, 2019 PA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

The employee was walking off the face at the G1HG longwall section. As employee passed the head gate drive, the previously bolted and meshed rib unexpectedly failed and the material struck employee resulting crushing type injuries.

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