Crucible Deep Mine has $269K in proposed MSHA penalties and $40K outstanding across 18 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2022–2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
424
citations
72
significant & substantial
$269,224
proposed penalties
$158,921
paid to date
59% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $110,303 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
40
inspections on record
2,764
inspection hours
15.3
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.
424 citations across 2,764 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Crucible Deep Mine has $269K in proposed MSHA penalties and $40K outstanding across 18 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.
$269K
proposed penalties
$199K
current assessed
$159K
paid to date
$40K
outstanding
365 assessments are final orders; 18 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Crucible Deep Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.54 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 1,703 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
34,835
32
7
918.6
2025 Q3
38,297
24
3
626.7
2025 Q2
35,803
19
1
530.7
2025 Q1
33,553
41
6
1221.9
2024 Q4
29,090
13
1
446.9
2024 Q3
31,195
28
3
897.6
2024 Q2
34,153
28
5
819.8
2024 Q1
31,444
30
7
954.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
28,797
26
6
902.9
2023 Q3
25,731
9
1
349.8
2023 Q2
30,323
19
5
626.6
2023 Q1
30,563
27
3
883.4
2022 Q4
28,287
29
6
1025.2
2022 Q3
28,919
27
6
933.6
2022 Q2
12,721
3
0
235.8
2022 Q1
528
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
800
3
0
3750.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
13 on file
2025 · 3 incidents
November 3, 2025WV · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
During a section move, employee was conducting housekeeping and picking up hinge pins. When employee was on their way to place the pin on the power center, they accidentally tripped on a hinge pin and got their hands caught between the hinge pins and power center causing injury.
May 13, 2025WV · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramaco Resources, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee opened an airlock door, and it blew shut, catching EE's hand between the doors.
March 21, 2025WV · Coalelectrician, linemanMACHINERY
Employee was using a grinder with a cutoff wheel, the grinder them jumped making contact with employee's left little finger. This contact caused a laceration that required suturing. The employee was wearing gloves at time of incident.
2024 · 5 incidents
June 27, 2024WV · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was pushing the roof bolter cable over to hang it and while pushing on the cable the employee's left hand slipped causing the left hand to strike a roof bolt plate resulting in a laceration. The employee was wearing gloves at time of incident.
June 5, 2024WV · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was working on a belt move and installing structure. A top cradle accidentally fell over causing employee's finger to become caught between a top cradle bracket and the structure rail causing injury.
February 17, 2024WV · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was cutting some tape with a razor knife and accidentally cut right hand.
2023 · 3 incidents
August 11, 2023WV · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ramaco Resources, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was using a slate bar to remove a rock and the bar slipped pinching EE's left ring finger causing a fracture on the tip. Employee was wearing gloves at the time of occurrence.
Employee was removing rock from the continuous miner, at which time the rock slipped striking EE's left index finger causing a laceration. Employee was wearing gloves at the time of incident.
Employee was loading supplies when they felt a strain in their right shoulder. Employee went to LRMC and was x-rayed and released to return to work the next shift. Employee went for follow up on 12/28/2022 and was ordered to see a orthopedic and was written off work effective 01/03/2023 resulting in days away from work.
October 25, 2022WV · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorFALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Employee was injured when a piece of draw rock fell and struck EE's right hand.
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