Cedar Grove Mine No 3 has $130K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2023–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
341
citations
74
significant & substantial
$130,388
proposed penalties
$119,730
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,658 gap.
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.
341 citations across 3,207 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2023-02-13.
On record since 2023.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Cedar Grove Mine No 3 has $130K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 3 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.
$130K
proposed penalties
$130K
current assessed
$120K
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
300 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $15K in penalties contested before the Commission, $15K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-01.
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.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 14%
Stood as issued
1 · 14%
Still open
5 · 71%
100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
4%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$15K proposed, $15K 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 2026-06-30.
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 Cedar Grove Mine No 3 shows 100% of 1,892 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: 2026-08-14
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
1,892
samples
1.70
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.
248 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 1,644 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.
Cedar Grove Mine No 3 reported liberating 28 metric tons of methane to EPA in 2023.
Methane emissions (EPA-reported)
ⓘMethane figures are what the operator reported to EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (subpart FF), collected at facility level. Only EPA facilities that resolve to a single MSHA mine record are shown, and the CO2-equivalent applies the GWP-25 factor EPA's published data uses.
Cedar Grove Mine No 3 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 3.89 cases per 100 workers that year.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024
2.24
1.12
0.000
2023
5.65
4.24
0.000
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
72
277,480
2025
73
585,606
2024
77
567,734
2023
60
432,037
2022
31
53,859
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Cedar Grove Mine No 3 sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% 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.
Logan County, West Virginia · Population 31,826
6.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,237
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
Roof fall while pillaring on the 002 section in #8 Entry Crosscut 15 fell on the continuous miner, agencies were notified an action plan submitted, the continuous miner was recovered from the fall area
2024 · 2 incidents
May 16, 2024WV · Coalsection foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift bossDUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Employee was trying to lift a small knack toolbox upon a 4-wheeler to move it up when as EE lifted, EE felt sharp pain in lower back. EE was taken by ambulance to hospital and taken off work due to the injury.
2023 · 4 incidents
December 21, 2023WV · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorSTRIKING OR BUMPING
Employee was exiting the mantrip and struck their left elbow against canopy post, They sought treatment for it during vacation 12/29/23 and was taken off work.
October 24, 2023WV · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerPOWERED HAULAGE
EE was watching cathead as it was being moved with scoop, it came unhooked and EE told Co-Worker to back up scoop, when backing scoop up Co-Worker hit EE in both legs resulting in a torn muscle in the left leg below knee.
October 9, 2023WV · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Employee installed the outside bolt on the 4th row in the crosscut, while holding the steel EE dropped the pot to swing it in. As the pot dropped it came in contact with the steel EE was holding causing the 4 foot drill steel to penetrate EE's right boot resulting in a fracture to a toe and laceration to the foot