Evolution Coal
Potomac-North, Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Justin L Simmons; Alexander J Woods
Bayard,
Grant County,
WV
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609577
Evolution has $3K 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
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
19
citations
10
significant & substantial
$2,691
proposed penalties
$2,691
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
23
inspections on record
569
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 569 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Evolution has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Evolution shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 84 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.10
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.60
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
84
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-04-14.
Silica (quartz)
15.7
silica avg (%)
41.4
silica max (%)
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-04-24.
Noise
0%
over PEL
31
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-11-20.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 6,451 | 1 | 0 | 155.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 6,746 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 6,422 | 6 | 4 | 934.3 |
| 2025 Q1 | 6,512 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 6,832 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 4,532 | 1 | 0 | 220.7 |
| 2024 Q2 | 4,507 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 7,507 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 6,559 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 5,845 | 1 | 0 | 171.1 |
| 2023 Q2 | 5,649 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 5,546 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 5,508 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 5,263 | 1 | 0 | 190.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 3,179 | 2 | 1 | 629.1 |
| 2022 Q1 | 3,958 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,657 | 1 | 1 | 376.4 |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,258 | 1 | 0 | 442.9 |
| 2021 Q2 | 3,360 | 2 | 2 | 595.2 |
| 2021 Q1 | 4,122 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 2,895 | 1 | 1 | 345.4 |
| 2020 Q3 | 2,685 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 3,800 | 2 | 1 | 526.3 |
| 2020 Q1 | 4,173 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Evolution
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.