Employee was setting a post at 24xcut in 7 South #6 track entry, to barricade off an area of concern. While tightening up a post a piece of rock dislodged from the upper portion of the rib and fell striking the employee. The employee suffered fatal injuries as a result of this event.
Core Natural Resources Inc controller
MSHA controller ID: 0189840
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2025
4,721
citations
527
significant & substantial
$2,552,433
proposed penalties
$1,126,563
paid to date
44% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,425,870 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2025
1,346
inspections on record
57,729
inspection hours
8.2
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.4,721 citations across 57,729 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.$2.6M
proposed penalties
$2.1M
current assessed
$1.1M
paid to date
$995K
outstanding
3,614 assessments are final orders; 119 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 56 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 48 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 45 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 37 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 27 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
102 (1f)
2025
168
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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- LEER MINE WV
- Mountaineer II Mine WV
- Itmann No 5 WV
- Robena Preparation Plant PA
- Itmann No.5 Plant WV
- Leer Prep Plant WV
- Beckley Pocahontas Plant WV
- Meigs #31 Mine OH
Fatalities under this controller
1 recorded
May 19, 2026
PA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC · Struck by falling object
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