Elklick Surface Mine has $95K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2019–2024
Latest incident
Jan 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
187
citations
40
significant & substantial
$94,791
proposed penalties
$67,481
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $27,310 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
27
inspections on record
1,392
inspection hours
13.4
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.
187 citations across 1,392 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Elklick Surface Mine has $95K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 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.
$95K
proposed penalties
$67K
current assessed
$67K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
160 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Elklick Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.09 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 120 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
EE had dismounted from excavator when they got to the ground level, EE was going to walk to the mechanic's truck to get out of the rain. The EE stepped into a hole and sprained an ankle. EE continued working regular job through 5/23/24 and had surgery on 5/24/24. EE returned to work on Restricted Duty on the next working day after surgery, 5/28/24.
2019 · 1 incident
October 24, 2019WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Was grinding weld down when a spec of material entered the eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses and face shield
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