Mining Incidents

Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF) controller

MSHA controller ID: 0121101

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
147
Mines on record
11
Years on record
2015–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
2,183
citations
438
significant & substantial
$1,642,369
proposed penalties
$430,808
paid to date
26% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,211,561 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
851
inspections on record
30,559
inspection hours
7.1
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.
2,183 citations across 30,559 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.
$1.6M
proposed penalties
$1.4M
current assessed
$431K
paid to date
$954K
outstanding
2,147 assessments are final orders; 51 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2019
1
2017
35
2016
102
2015
9

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Mines on record

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