Mining Incidents

Maria Cantwell; Bonnie R Ryan; Brian R Rich controller

MSHA controller ID: 0174120

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
35
Mines on record
6
Years on record
2023–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
258
citations
73
significant & substantial
$344,186
proposed penalties
$152,586
paid to date
44% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $191,600 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
131
inspections on record
3,991
inspection hours
6.5
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.
258 citations across 3,991 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.
$344K
proposed penalties
$191K
current assessed
$153K
paid to date
$39K
outstanding
199 assessments are final orders; 23 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2026
6
2025
10
2024
13 (1f)
2023
6

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
January 29, 2024 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Reading Anthracite Company · Struck against a moving object

Truck driver was found unresponsive in the cab of EE's overturned truck at the bottom of the feed ramp drop off. There were no witnesses to the accident. Investigation is still pending.

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