BRIERFIELD has $2K 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
2
Years on record
2022–2024
Latest incident
Apr 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
11
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,254
proposed penalties
$2,254
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
18
inspections on record
158
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 158 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
BRIERFIELD has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-05-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
8,510
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
7,575
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
7,831
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
6,339
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
7,217
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
8,178
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
7,061
1
1
141.6
2024 Q1
8,043
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
10,481
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
9,942
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
9,415
3
1
318.6
2023 Q1
9,432
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
9,271
2
0
215.7
2022 Q3
6,840
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
6,570
1
0
152.2
2022 Q1
4,615
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
3,755
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
3,941
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
3,086
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
2,033
4
1
1967.5
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2024 · 1 incident
April 25, 2024AL · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee suffered a neck strain requiring 3 days of restricted duty when the rear bumper of the employee's front end loader struck the ground while reversing. This was due to the employee operating in an unauthorized area next to a ramp in a manner in which the employee could not control the loader.
2022 · 1 incident
October 28, 2022AL · Metal/Non-Metalutility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was attempting to remove a guard from a portable cone crusher in order to clean the area with a skidsteer and injured their neck. This was a re-aggravation of an injury originally received in a car crash years prior. Employee was placed on restricted duty until 3/6/23 when they underwent surgery to repair the damages.
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