CHECKMATE POWELLTON has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2023–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
165
citations
38
significant & substantial
$59,120
proposed penalties
$56,718
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,402 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.
165 citations across 2,226 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
CHECKMATE POWELLTON has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$59K
proposed penalties
$57K
current assessed
$57K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
160 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-21.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 100%
67%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
54%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $2K 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 2024-11-13.
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 CHECKMATE POWELLTON shows 100% of 536 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: 2025-04-21
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
536
samples
1.52
dust max (mg/m3)
0
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.
82 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 454 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.
CHECKMATE POWELLTON recorded 6.39 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.
Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ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.
6.39
total case rate
5.32
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.16 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 3.51 cases per 100 workers that year.
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
3
2025
5
2024
88
179,885
2023
21
22,902
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
CHECKMATE POWELLTON sits in Boone County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 10.1% 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.
Boone County, West Virginia · Population 21,312
10.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,152
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
A non-injury roof fall was discovered in the scoop roadway 2 breaks inby punch out. Spad #382 across from fall in the belt entry. Fall measured approximately 25 feet long x 16 feet wide x 5 feet high. Fall has been timbered off and danger signs posted on all approaches. This mine is in non-producing status.
A non-injury roof fall was discovered on the #2 Section 1 brk inby spad no. 575. Fall measured approximately 25 feet long x 15 feet wide x 8 feet high. Fall has been timbered off and danger signs posted on all approaches. This mine is in non-producing status.
A non-injury roof fall was discovered during the weekly examination on the # 2 Section near spad no. 581. Fall measured approximately 60 feet long x 20 feet wide x 14 feet high. Fall has been timbered off and danger signs posted on all approaches. This mine is in non-producing status.
2024 · 7 incidents
September 30, 2024WV · Coalscoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Loading top rollers for conveyor belt into scoop insert and felt pain in abdomen. Injured continued to work up until 08/12/2024. Safety Department was notified on 08/19/2024 that injured has a hernia (unrepaired) diagnosis. Injured returned to work on 08/19/2024. Standard time charge of 50 days applies.
Employee was assisting in unloading supplies when a pallet of block on the fork lift hit the water line causing it to fall, striking the employee on the left ankle and track rail.
Employee was watching 8" Poly Pipe as Motor was pulling it up the track entry when the tail of the pipe swung around striking the employee in the left leg.
March 4, 2024WV · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Employee was inching up to install a rib bolt when the canopy struck a cable bolt popping the nut off causing it to fly off and strike the employee in the upper lip.
2023 · 1 incident
December 19, 2023WV · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was walking down the entry and slipped on a ledge hurting their left knee. This was a file only accident and the employee continued to work until 6-22-2024. This is now a Lost Time.