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.
29 citations across 2,153 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Five Forks Mine has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-09.
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.
MSHA sampling at Five Forks Mine shows 100% of 180 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: 2026-07-14
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
180
samples
0.49
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.
134 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 46 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
BULLDOZER OPERATOR89
BACKHOE OPERATOR22
COAL TRUCK DRIVER22
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.
Five Forks Mine recorded 0.00 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
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
34
142,888
2025
33
261,753
2024
33
264,374
2023
35
288,829
2022
35
307,107
2021
34
300,093
2020
32
221,041
2019
30
183,475
2018
31
207,610
2017
33
334,580
2016
30
262,208
2015
27
194,714
2014
21
148,488
2013
17
93,822
2012
10
112,755
2011
7
2010
13
24,698
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Five Forks Mine sits in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 2.5% 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.
Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana · Population 37,047
2.5%
Mining share of county employment
$46,798
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
15,986
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
16,952
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
16,638
1
0
60.1
2025 Q3
18,106
2
0
110.5
2025 Q2
18,549
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
18,051
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
16,662
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
17,003
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
16,233
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
16,332
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
16,354
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
19,238
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
18,115
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
17,663
4
0
226.5
2022 Q4
19,691
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
17,907
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
16,907
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
16,884
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
15,335
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
17,736
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
16,680
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
15,969
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
16,936
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
15,947
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
15,272
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
16,332
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
16,253
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
16,250
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
16,623
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
17,529
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
14,214
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
16,164
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
18,410
2
0
108.6
2018 Q1
15,731
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
15,374
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
18,399
1
1
54.4
2017 Q2
19,024
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
21,143
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
18,906
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
18,434
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
16,334
1
0
61.2
2016 Q1
13,771
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
12,159
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
17,258
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
14,780
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
14,150
1
0
70.7
2014 Q4
14,071
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
14,411
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
12,410
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
7,201
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
8,915
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
9,613
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
10,340
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
10,173
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
10,131
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
4,238
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,195
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
2,850
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
3,400
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
3,559
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
3,622
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
3,929
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
3,691
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
2,993
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
9,032
8
2
885.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2019 · 1 incident
July 26, 2019LA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Technician was installing final drive on the 6020 excavator. While using the hytorq pump and wrench to torque bolts, EE caught thumb between the bolt and the hub, causing laceration to left thumb.
2017 · 1 incident
July 4, 2017LA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was dropping the belly pan on a D6 caterpillar dozer. The jack under the belly pan slipped as the pan bolts were removed from the frame. The right forearm was contacted as the belly pan fell from the jack. X-rays were negative for broken bones. The cut did not require stitches, however the doctor applied glue to protect the wound.
2013 · 1 incident
October 29, 2013LA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Two employees lifted a 30 gallon grease barrel on to the Fuel/Lube truck. The employee on the right side bumped the open door of the compartment and the barrel became unstable. When the employee on the left made a correction, his left small finger became pinched in between the bottom of the barrel and the floor of the truck. The finger required medical attention and five stitches.