Elk Creek has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Jan 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
38
citations
11
significant & substantial
$9,949
proposed penalties
$9,949
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
24
inspections on record
339
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 339 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Elk Creek has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
0
0
0
2025 Q3
0
0
0
2025 Q2
0
0
0
2025 Q1
0
0
0
2024 Q4
0
0
0
2024 Q3
0
6
2
2024 Q2
0
0
0
2024 Q1
10
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
0
0
0
2023 Q3
0
1
0
2023 Q2
722
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
1,128
1
1
886.5
2022 Q4
1,245
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
1,151
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
1,392
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
1,277
2
2
1566.2
2021 Q4
1,155
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
1,125
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
460
2
0
4347.8
2021 Q1
761
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
1,302
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,434
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,040
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
884
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
338
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
0
0
0
2019 Q2
0
7
2
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q3
372
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
448
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
378
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
272
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
50
17
4
340000.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2024 · 1 incident
January 25, 2024NC · Metal/Non-Metalstone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock rolled down the Sherpa onto the splitter table; employee was not able to move fast enough to get hand out of the way.
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