Caretta Impoundment/Refuse Areas has $16K 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
8
Years on record
1984–2014
Latest incident
May 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
113
citations
22
significant & substantial
$16,405
proposed penalties
$16,405
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
146
inspections on record
2,305
inspection hours
4.9
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.
113 citations across 2,305 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Caretta Impoundment/Refuse Areas has $16K 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
109 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Caretta Impoundment/Refuse Areas shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.13 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 136 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
5,193
1
0
192.6
2025 Q3
5,612
3
0
534.6
2025 Q2
6,313
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
5,311
1
0
188.3
2024 Q4
6,461
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
5,834
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
5,897
2
0
339.2
2024 Q1
5,469
3
0
548.5
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
4,484
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
3,699
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
3,190
5
0
1567.4
2023 Q1
3,813
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
3,765
5
1
1328.0
2022 Q3
2,811
2
0
711.5
2022 Q2
3,135
5
0
1594.9
2022 Q1
4,258
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
4,967
11
4
2214.6
2021 Q3
2,813
4
0
1422.0
2021 Q2
2,532
1
0
394.9
2020 Q1
3,548
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
5,297
4
1
755.1
2019 Q3
6,514
5
0
767.6
2019 Q2
5,535
5
0
903.3
2019 Q1
4,870
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
4,912
1
0
203.6
2018 Q3
3,200
8
0
2500.0
2018 Q2
2,983
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
3,209
2
0
623.2
2017 Q4
3,003
1
0
333.0
2017 Q3
3,000
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
3,362
8
1
2379.5
2017 Q1
343
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
0
0
0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
0
0
0
2012 Q3
0
0
0
2012 Q2
0
0
0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
0
0
0
2011 Q3
0
0
0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
0
0
0
2010 Q2
0
0
0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
0
0
0
2009 Q3
0
0
0
2009 Q2
0
0
0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
0
0
0
2008 Q3
0
0
0
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2007 Q3
0
0
0
2007 Q2
0
0
0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
0
0
0
2006 Q3
0
0
0
2006 Q2
0
0
0
2006 Q1
0
0
0
2005 Q4
0
0
0
2005 Q3
0
0
0
2005 Q2
0
0
0
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
0
0
0
2004 Q3
0
0
0
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
0
0
0
2003 Q3
0
0
0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q2
0
0
0
2000 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2014 · 1 incident
May 16, 2014WV · Coalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE STATED WHEN HE THREW A SWITCH HE FELL AND FELT PAIN IN BACK OF LEG
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