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.
532 citations across 5,835 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Carnegie has $105K in proposed MSHA penalties and $31K outstanding across 14 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.
$105K
proposed penalties
$101K
current assessed
$69K
paid to date
$31K
outstanding
511 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
Of $23K in penalties contested before the Commission, $19K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
101citations taken to the federal commission · 19% of citations on record
Settled
97 · 96%
Stood as issued
4 · 4%
95%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 21 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
18%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$23K proposed, $19K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2024-02-06.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Carnegie shows 99% of 527 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2023-06-02, 3 years ago
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
527
samples
3.40
dust max (mg/m3)
3
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
137 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 390 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Carnegie recorded 8.93 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.
Injury rate, 2023
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
8.93
total case rate
4.47
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.17 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.32 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2023 *
8.93
4.47
0.000
2022
1.96
1.96
0.000
2019 *
5.90
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2026
4
2025
4
2024
5
2023
21
30,072
2022
37
88,462
2021
17
20,740
2020
1
2019
16
10,652
2018
8
9,748
2017
11
10,210
2011
8
12,511
2010
12
15,619
2009
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Carnegie sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2
1,909
2
0
1047.7
2026 Q1
1,928
1
0
518.7
2025 Q4
2,128
5
2
2349.6
2025 Q3
1,920
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
2,021
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,086
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
2,086
2
0
958.8
2024 Q3
2,332
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
2,496
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
4,195
1
0
238.4
2023 Q4
5,411
4
1
739.2
2023 Q3
4,056
1
0
246.5
2023 Q2
11,914
26
10
2182.3
2023 Q1
23,397
21
3
897.6
2022 Q4
27,358
24
1
877.3
2022 Q3
28,526
31
8
1086.7
2022 Q2
21,272
24
9
1128.2
2022 Q1
24,720
19
1
768.6
2021 Q4
16,475
6
2
364.2
2021 Q3
4,262
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
3,836
9
0
2346.2
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
2020 Q2
1,120
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
360
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
8,783
22
3
2504.8
2019 Q3
13,772
37
5
2686.6
2019 Q2
8,320
8
0
961.5
2019 Q1
3,000
3
2
1000.0
2018 Q4
3,000
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,560
8
1
5128.2
2018 Q2
4,773
23
3
4818.8
2018 Q1
6,240
30
7
4807.7
2017 Q4
5,720
98
10
17132.9
2017 Q3
7,350
25
4
3401.4
2017 Q2
1,442
40
3
27739.3
2017 Q1
641
2
0
3120.1
2011 Q4
0
0
0
2011 Q2
612
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
8,089
7
1
865.4
2010 Q4
5,723
6
3
1048.4
2010 Q3
3,950
3
2
759.5
2010 Q2
3,609
7
2
1939.6
2009 Q2
10
13
9
1300000.0
2009 Q1
0
9
4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file
2023 · 3 incidents
October 18, 2023KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Employee was helping take off a shuttle car canopy and was taking the bolts off the canopy leg. The canopy was being supported by a fork lift. Employee was taking off the last bolt of the canopy leg assembly accidentally twisted and fell catching employee's hand/finger between the canopy leg and buggy causing injury.
April 18, 2023KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was reaching to get a bolt plate and cut right index finger. The employee was wearing gloves when the accident occurred. The Employee required stitches in finger (5).
Mantrip backed through Fly pads and ran into another ride, were an employee, getting on another ride to go turn off water. Employee stated they didn't see other ride backing up and was struck in the lower right leg.
2022 · 1 incident
February 8, 2022KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Hot sunny day. Working under the new fan house blowing holes in a metal plate for a power center. Employee was using torches while wearing all PPE. When completed task, employee was walking out of fan housing. Hard hat feel of when employee went to duck under a 62 1/2 beam. employee struck head on beam resulting in a 2 1/2 laceration on top of head.
Helping the Electrician prepare a cable to re-enter into an entrance gland for a cutter motor on the continuous miner machine, the knife EE was using slipped out of the cable in a forceful motion cutting EE's right leg requiring sutures.
2017 · 1 incident
October 28, 2017KY · Coalcontinuous miner operator, coal mole operatorFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Operating miner when a large piece of draw rock fell from mine roof pinning employee to the floor. Resulting in fractures to back, nose and ribs. Lacerations to face and lip. Was hospitalized and later released.
2011 · 2 incidents
February 8, 2011KY · Coaldiscontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operatorFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
EE states that he was pulling on conveyor belt and felt a sting in his lower left side of stomach. He did not report this incident until 2/10/11. He worked complete shift on the 5th - Worked Mon 7th, Tues 8th, Wed 9th, when he left at noon complaining with stomach, but still did not mention any accident Sat 5th. He called the next day and made the above statement