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Edward A Asbury: 3 recorded fatalities controller

MSHA controller ID: C03440

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Fatalities
3
Total incidents
188
Mines on record
26
Years on record
1985–2026
Public-issuer link

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. (CLF) discloses mines under this controller in its SEC Dodd-Frank Section 1503 (EX-95) mine-safety filings.

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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
7,062
citations
1,556
significant & substantial
$4,348,945
proposed penalties
$2,487,856
paid to date
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,861,090 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1,516
inspections on record
57,674
inspection hours
12.2
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.
7,062 citations across 57,674 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ 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.
5
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2017-08-14.
On record since 2010.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, 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.
$4.3M
proposed penalties
$2.7M
current assessed
$2.5M
paid to date
$236K
outstanding
6,808 assessments are final orders; 464 contested dockets.
Of $3.5M in penalties contested before the Commission, $1.9M was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
22.4%
significant & substantial
4.4%
high negligence or reckless
22.4%
reasonably likely or greater
33.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.5% none, 40.4% low, 54.6% moderate, 4.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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.
2.90
total case rate
1.45
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below 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 0.00 0.00 0.000
2025 2.90 1.45 0.000
2024 1.31 1.31 0.000
2023 2.08 2.08 0.000
2022 0.74 0.74 0.000
2021 1.69 1.69 0.000
2020 3.71 1.86 0.000
2019 1.85 1.23 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
ⓘ 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
ⓘ 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: 2026-08-19
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
10,260
samples
12.50
dust max (mg/m3)
22
over MSHA ECV
ⓘ 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.
3,353 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 6,907 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR3,870
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)1,481
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)1,370

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2026-07-31
5.7
silica avg (%)
572
samples
44.0
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR251
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)112
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)82
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ 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: 2026-07-22
2%
over PEL
981
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)145
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER118
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR99
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ 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.
2,470 citations taken to the federal commission · 35% of citations on record
  • Settled 2,384 · 97%
  • Stood as issued 42 · 2%
  • Still open 44 · 2%
80%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ 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 1,065 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
47%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3.5M proposed, $1.9M 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 2026-07-23. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
Contested penalties
ⓘ 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 2012-1380 Settlement Simonton 2013 $145K → $8K
WEVA 2012-1769 Settlement Rae 2014 $140K → $40K
WEVA 2012-59 Settlement Paez 2014 $69K → $45K
WEVA 2025-0554 Settlement Young 2026 $64K → $10K
WEVA 2011-1672 Settlement Harner 2014 $63K → $12K
WEVA 2012-629 Settlement Simonton 2013 $60K → $1K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
1
2025
4
2024
2
2023
4
2022
1
2021
3
2020
4
2019
4
2018
2
2017
3
2016
5
2015
2
2014
6
2013
6
2012
6
2011
7 (1f)
2010
9
2009
8
2008
9
2007
6
2006
10
2005
4
2004
6 (1f)
2003
7
2002
5
2001
4
2000
1
1998
1
1997
10
1996
4
1995
7
1994
3
1993
3
1992
12 (1f)
1991
11
1990
3
1989
2
1988
1
1987
1
1985
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

3 recorded
July 27, 2011 WV · Coal superintendent Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Superior Processing, Inc. · Contact with electrical current

Employee was welding two pipes together at an elevated location when an apparent electrocution happened. He was working in a confined location and was probably wet with sweat.

February 10, 2004 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BATTERY POWERED, TRACK MOUNTED MANTRIP. UPON ENTERING THE MINE, THE WHEELS OF THE MANTRIP APPARENTLY LOCKED UP AND THE VEHICLE BECAME OUT OF CONTROL. THE MANTRIP STRUC K A METAL DOOR AND THE DOOR STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE.

July 27, 1992 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Timco Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

55061S OPERATING THE OFF-STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HIS HEAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SHUTTLE CAR AND THE MINE ROOF.

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Where Edward A Asbury 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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