Crucible Deep Mine has $275K in proposed MSHA penalties and $44K outstanding across 19 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
466
citations
83
significant & substantial
$275,319
proposed penalties
$161,930
paid to date
59% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $113,389 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.
466 citations across 2,981 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Crucible Deep Mine has $275K in proposed MSHA penalties and $44K outstanding across 19 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.
$275K
proposed penalties
$205K
current assessed
$162K
paid to date
$44K
outstanding
399 assessments are final orders; 19 contested dockets.
Of $138K in penalties contested before the Commission, $68K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-10.
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.
50citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
Settled
46 · 92%
Stood as issued
1 · 2%
Still open
3 · 6%
72%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 36 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
51%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$138K proposed, $68K 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 2026-07-19.
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 Crucible Deep Mine shows 99% of 1,847 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: 2026-08-19
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
1,847
samples
1.69
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.
259 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 1,588 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.
Crucible Deep Mine recorded 2.81 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.
2.81
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
2.81
0.00
0.000
2024
6.36
3.18
0.000
2023
5.20
0.00
0.000
2022 *
5.68
2.84
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
68
226,893
2025
57
239,761
2024
52
273,155
2023
53
270,631
2022
29
125,027
2021
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Crucible Deep Mine 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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2
42,638
37
6
867.8
2026 Q1
35,857
29
6
808.8
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
40
6
1192.1
2024 Q4
29,090
13
1
446.9
2024 Q3
31,195
27
2
865.5
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
34,153
28
5
819.8
2024 Q1
31,444
30
7
954.1
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