Alpheus Coal Refuse Disposal Facility has $490K in proposed MSHA penalties and $31K outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1997–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
330
citations
108
significant & substantial
$489,901
proposed penalties
$359,293
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $130,608 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
98
inspections on record
2,303
inspection hours
14.3
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.
330 citations across 2,303 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Alpheus Coal Refuse Disposal Facility has $490K in proposed MSHA penalties and $31K outstanding across 8 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$490K
proposed penalties
$391K
current assessed
$359K
paid to date
$31K
outstanding
295 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Alpheus Coal Refuse Disposal Facility shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.18 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 58 samples.
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.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4
17,760
16
2
900.9
2025 Q3
531
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
1,069
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
5,927
4
3
674.9
2024 Q4
14,940
6
2
401.6
2024 Q3
18,510
1
0
54.0
2024 Q2
14,868
18
5
1210.7
2024 Q1
17,526
3
0
171.2
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
18,382
34
10
1849.6
2023 Q3
18,056
52
23
2879.9
2023 Q2
17,302
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
28,064
5
1
178.2
2022 Q2
25,656
4
0
155.9
2022 Q1
23,026
12
4
521.2
2021 Q4
744
3
0
4032.3
2019 Q2
0
0
0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q3
0
0
0
2018 Q2
0
0
0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
0
0
0
2017 Q3
0
0
0
2017 Q2
0
0
0
2015 Q3
1,560
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,450
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
3,023
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
5,581
2
0
358.4
2014 Q3
3,085
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
0
2
0
2013 Q4
0
1
1
2013 Q3
2,880
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
5,075
3
0
591.1
2013 Q1
2,440
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
4,054
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
3,120
12
4
3846.2
2012 Q2
6,250
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
10,842
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
4,846
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
4,072
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
10
8
8
800000.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2025 · 1 incident
October 20, 2025WV · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was walking to hang up fuel nozzle after refueling the dozer and slipped in the mud and tried catching themselves and hurt their left shoulder.
2022 · 1 incident
April 29, 2022WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
Taishan Coal, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee stated they was dropping plates on #3 clean coal press when hoodie jacket pocket got caught on the dog slide. They reached to pull pocket free, when middle left finger became pinched between the dogs. The pinch caused a laceration requiring 5 stitches. Employee did not miss any work and returned to normal work duties.
2012 · 1 incident
February 22, 2012WV · Coalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Welding a plug on the outside of a chute. The weld broke and a piece of metal came loose and struck the top right of his head causing a laceration. Employee failed to correctly use personal protective equipment he removed his hard hat to weld. Sought medical treatment at Beckley Arh ER received 6 staples in top right of head.
ELECTRICIAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A RELAY. THEY HAD KILLED MAIN BREAKER. MAIN WAS A BOTTOM FEED BREAKER. ELECTRICIAN REACHED DOWN IN LINE SIDE OF THE BREAKER AND SHORTED IT OUT.
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