Colmar has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2021–2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
76
citations
13
significant & substantial
$43,239
proposed penalties
$33,672
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,567 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
31
inspections on record
1,125
inspection hours
6.8
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.
76 citations across 1,125 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Colmar has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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.
$43K
proposed penalties
$39K
current assessed
$34K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
69 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Colmar shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.09 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 109 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
Employee was helping set up Highwall Miner when they walked around front left track, when a mud ball fell from highwall and busted on ground throwing debris, hitting employee in groin area.
2024 · 1 incident
November 4, 2024KY · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was driving down haul road in personal vehicle when employee met an employee from the day shift crew leaving work early coming up the haul road. Employee coming down the haul road was in the center of the road striking the day shift's employee vehicle in the driver's side front.
2022 · 3 incidents
December 27, 2022KY · Coalblaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkeySLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was getting out of the bed of EE's work truck when EE went to step to the ground from the rear bumper location, employee foot slipped due to the ground being froze and slick causing EE to fall and hitting EE's left knee on the ground.
July 26, 2022KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
EE was operating 980M Caterpillar Frontend Loader cleaning up loose material in the pit area, when bucket became lodged in solid material. When EE went to back up the bucket became dislodged from the solid material and slammed EE down, causing the seat to bottom out on the seat frame.
Employee was climbing off grader when the wind blew the grader door hit employee in back knocking employee off grader onto ground, landed flat on back, knocking the breath out of employee.
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