Greenbrier Minerals, LLC · Struck by powered moving object
The employee stepped out of manhole and onto the slope and was struck by a slope tractor traveling down the slope.
Coronado Coal LLC: 4 recorded fatalities controller
MSHA controller ID: 0109921
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Public-issuer link
Coronado Global Resources Inc. (CODQL) discloses mines under this controller in its SEC Dodd-Frank Section 1503 (EX-95) mine-safety filings.
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
12,691
citations
2,424
significant & substantial
$7,603,792
proposed penalties
$5,588,157
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,015,635 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Labor enforcement (WHD)
US Labor Department wage findings since 2019
5
labor cases
$85,978
back wages owed
540
employees affected
Violation types
Wage & hour (FLSA) (5)
Source: US DOL Wage and Hour Division enforcement records, matched by employer name and state.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
2,471
inspections on record
191,026
inspection hours
6.6
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.12,691 citations across 191,026 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
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A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2014-03-03.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, 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.$7.6M
proposed penalties
$6.1M
current assessed
$5.6M
paid to date
$465K
outstanding
11,890 assessments are final orders; 517 contested dockets.
Of $4.2M in penalties contested before the Commission, $2.7M was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.19.5%
significant & substantial
1.7%
high negligence or reckless
19.5%
reasonably likely or greater
27.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.4% none, 40.5% low, 57.4% moderate, 1.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2025
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.3.38
total case rate
1.20
days-away rate
0.070
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.28 | 1.87 | 0.000 |
| 2025 | 3.38 | 1.20 | 0.070 |
| 2024 | 3.71 | 1.01 | 0.067 |
| 2023 | 2.72 | 0.43 | 0.000 |
| 2022 | 3.34 | 1.11 | 0.000 |
| 2021 | 2.90 | 1.21 | 0.000 |
| 2020 | 2.45 | 0.98 | 0.000 |
| 2019 | 2.06 | 0.94 | 0.000 |
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Health sampling
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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.Respirable coal dust
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Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Last sampled: 2026-08-20
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Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
59,593
samples
11.81
dust max (mg/m3)
208
over MSHA ECV
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The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.9,380 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 50,213 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR16,224
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)14,588
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)11,636
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2026-08-144.9
silica avg (%)
3,667
samples
55.1
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1,027
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)812
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)594
Noise
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Last sampled: 2026-07-29
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.5%
over PEL
2,409
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)423
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR318
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)277
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3,077
citations taken to the federal commission · 24% of citations on record
- Settled 2,673 · 87%
- Stood as issued 33 · 1%
- Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 0%
- Still open 370 · 12%
88%
S&S designation survived the contest
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Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.of 1,371 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
37%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4.2M proposed, $2.7M after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2026-08-09. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.Largest penalties this controller contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEVA 2025-0021 | Settlement | Paez | 2024 | $223K → $134K |
| WEVA 2017-0633 | Settlement | McCarthy | 2018 | $75K → $30K |
| WEVA 2017-0423 | Settlement | McCarthy | 2017 | $69K → $35K |
| VA 2026-0003 | Settlement | Simonton | 2026 | $67K → $47K |
| WEVA 2018-0705 | Settlement | Bulluck | 2019 | $60K → $20K |
| WEVA 2019-0529 | Settlement | Lewis | 2020 | $54K → $24K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 3 fatalities · 42 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 158 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 163 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 83 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 69 non-fatal
- DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 65 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
39
2025
62 (1f)
2024
78 (1f)
2023
73
2022
61
2021
46
2020
36
2019
57
2018
59
2017
64 (1f)
2016
57 (1f)
2015
74
2014
35
2013
9
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Buchanan Mine #1 VA
- Lower War Eagle WV
- Powellton #1 Mine WV
- Muddy Bridge WV
- EAGLE NO 1 MINE WV
- Saunders Preparation Plant WV
- MOUNTAINEER POCAHONTAS NO 1 MINE WV
- Elklick Surface Mine WV
- North Fork Winifrede Deep Mine WV
- Mountaineer Pocahontas No 1 Prep Plant WV
- Kuhn Ridge WV
- Laurel Fork Mine WV
- Toney Fork Surface Mine WV
- Elk Lick Tipple WV
- Pollock Knob Surface Mine WV
- Pocahontas Mine WV
- Midland Trail Mine No 2 WV
- Mountaineer Pocahontas No 3 Mine WV
Fatalities under this controller
4 recorded
May 31, 2024
VA · Coal
utility man, errand boy, service truck operator
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Buchanan Minerals, LLC · Struck by falling object
Employee was struck-by a rock in the 2 Right crosscut of the 16 East Section, while traveling under unsupported roof.
February 3, 2017
WV · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Greenbrier Minerals, LLC · Fall from machine
Truck bed turned over while dumping after load failed to clear from bed. This caused the truck to tip up on passenger side tires-truck did not turn over or sustain any damage. Material was wet and damp and temp. was cold. Driver chose not to use bed treatment station provided by company. Trailer appeared to be loaded toward the front. Driver chose to jump from truck.
January 4, 2016
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Greenbrier Minerals, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
There were no witnesses to the event. Employee was found with right arm caught by the hold up roller of the remote discharge of the #1 conveyor. When found by crew members, employee was not responsive. Employee was transported to the surface when employee was pronounced deceased.
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Where Coronado Coal LLC stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.
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