Prairie State Energy Campus Management Inc: 2,752 MSHA citations controller
MSHA controller ID: 0076273
Prairie State Energy Campus Management Inc has had no fatalities among 431 reportable incidents since 2008. MSHA has proposed $2.2M in penalties since 2009, with $112K outstanding.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 431
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2008–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
2,752
citations
503
significant & substantial
$2,161,626
proposed penalties
$1,557,382
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $604,244 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Labor enforcement (WHD)
US Labor Department wage findings since 2020
1
labor cases
$14,908
back wages owed
1
employees affected
Source: US DOL Wage and Hour Division enforcement records, matched by employer name and state.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
623
inspections on record
71,539
inspection hours
3.8
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.2,752 citations across 71,539 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.$2.2M
proposed penalties
$1.7M
current assessed
$1.6M
paid to date
$112K
outstanding
2,600 assessments are final orders; 128 contested dockets.
Of $1.1M in penalties contested before the Commission, $577K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-08-27.
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.18.8%
significant & substantial
5.0%
high negligence or reckless
18.8%
reasonably likely or greater
21.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.2% low, 83.8% moderate, 5.0% 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 and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year. Employment reports reach back to 1983, but those earlier years come from MSHA's archived file format and are not used in rates.6.34
total case rate
4.08
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.98 cases per 100 workers.
| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6.34 | 4.23 | 0.000 |
| 2025 | 6.34 | 4.08 | 0.000 |
| 2024 | 6.45 | 4.67 | 0.000 |
| 2023 | 4.05 | 3.15 | 0.000 |
| 2022 | 6.79 | 4.30 | 0.000 |
| 2021 | 6.96 | 3.59 | 0.000 |
| 2020 | 4.94 | 3.09 | 0.000 |
| 2019 | 4.26 | 1.95 | 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: 2026-10-01
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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
27,021
samples
5.23
dust max (mg/m3)
29
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.3,858 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 23,163 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)11,556
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR6,755
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)5,639
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2026-09-222.7
silica avg (%)
1,487
samples
12.0
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)622
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR439
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)313
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: 2026-09-16
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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.10%
over PEL
872
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)191
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR151
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)143
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.
384
citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
- Settled 341 · 89%
- Stood as issued 1 · 0%
- Still open 42 · 11%
70%
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 281 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
46%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1.1M proposed, $577K 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 2026-09-23. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE 2024-0046 | Settlement | Bulluck | 2025 | $86K → $36K |
| LAKE 2024-0048 | Settlement | Bulluck | 2025 | $86K → $48K |
| LAKE 2024-0047 | Settlement | Bulluck | 2025 | $68K → $48K |
| LAKE 2017-0096 | Settlement | McCarthy | 2018 | $41K → $22K |
| LAKE 2025-0132 | Settlement | Simonton | 2025 | $33K → $13K |
| LAKE 2017-0284 | Settlement | Bulluck | 2017 | $30K → $3K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 128 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 75 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 52 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 51 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 43 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 31 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
16
2025
33
2024
33
2023
21
2022
37
2021
35
2020
26
2019
31
2018
20
2017
32
2016
37
2015
23
2014
19
2013
27
2012
17
2011
11
2010
6
2009
5
2008
2
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Where Prairie State Energy Campus Management Inc 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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