Black Hawk has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2012–2017
Latest incident
May 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
26
citations
4
significant & substantial
$5,385
proposed penalties
$5,385
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
41
inspections on record
1,108
inspection hours
2.3
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.
26 citations across 1,108 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Black Hawk has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Black Hawk shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 208 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
1,678
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
152
1
0
6578.9
2025 Q2
0
0
0
2025 Q1
0
0
0
2024 Q4
0
0
0
2024 Q3
0
0
0
2024 Q2
0
0
0
2024 Q1
0
1
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
554
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
621
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
1,041
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
2,090
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
681
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
0
0
0
2022 Q2
602
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
528
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
952
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
956
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
1,242
1
0
805.2
2021 Q1
1,040
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
1,018
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,303
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,570
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
1,999
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
744
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
3,426
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
5,199
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
8,543
1
0
117.1
2018 Q4
8,253
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
9,649
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
10,202
3
0
294.1
2018 Q1
10,552
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
7,132
1
0
140.2
2017 Q3
11,289
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
11,356
3
2
264.2
2017 Q1
12,354
3
0
242.8
2016 Q4
10,907
2
1
183.4
2016 Q3
10,450
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
11,203
2
0
178.5
2016 Q1
13,014
1
0
76.8
2015 Q4
13,527
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
17,908
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
18,323
2
0
109.2
2015 Q1
20,126
1
1
49.7
2014 Q4
18,578
1
0
53.8
2014 Q3
17,967
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
16,590
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
16,551
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
12,826
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
12,572
1
0
79.5
2013 Q2
13,120
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
18,457
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
16,082
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
9,369
1
0
106.7
2012 Q2
3,483
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2017 · 1 incident
May 24, 2017IL · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was getting off of the dozer and slipped, striking employee's left shin on the push arm of the dozer. Employee continued working until 5-31-2017.
Employee was operating a John Deere 850J dozer clearing brush when the dozer traveled onto a stump and fell off, causing him to strike his left shoulder against the inside of the dozer cab. The first day of work missed was 7/13/2012.
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