Mining Incidents

FULTON RUN: 26 MSHA citations Coal

ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY · Underground
Controlled by J Clifford Forrest III
Shelocta, Indiana County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3610410

FULTON RUN has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $487 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
May 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
26
citations
2
significant & substantial
$4,203
proposed penalties
$3,716
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $487 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
30
inspections on record
1,633
inspection hours
1.6
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.
26 citations across 1,633 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

FULTON RUN has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $487 outstanding across 1 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$487
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-04.
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.
8.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
8.7%
reasonably likely or greater
34.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 78.3% low, 21.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Still open 1 · 100%
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 2026-04-15.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
PENN 2026-0057 Decision pending
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at FULTON RUN shows 100% of 616 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: 2026-08-20
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
616
samples
3.50
dust max (mg/m3)
1
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.
112 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 504 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • MOBILE BRIDGE OPERATOR194
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR145
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)127

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2026-07-20
2.8
silica avg (%)
27
samples
5.6
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • MOBILE BRIDGE OPERATOR10
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR8
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)7

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.

Last sampled: 2026-05-21
0%
over PEL
33
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)5
  • MOBILE BRIDGE OPERATOR4
  • CLERK/TIMEKEEPER3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2026 100% 193
2025 100% 299
2024 100% 112
2023 100% 12
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2026 2.3 16
2025 3.5 8
2024 3.4 3
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2026 0% 16
2025 0% 2
2024 0% 9
2023 0% 6
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

FULTON RUN 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.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 2.63 cases per 100 workers that year.
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.
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.
Ownership history
  1. Rosebud Mining Company 2022 to present
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 30 101,366
2025 26 105,243
2024 7 2,889
2023 2
2022 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

FULTON RUN sits in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Indiana County, Pennsylvania · Population 83,213
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,739
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 14,127 4 0 283.1
2026 Q1 18,928 2 1 105.7
2025 Q4 18,191 1 0 55.0
2025 Q3 14,377 3 0 208.7
2025 Q2 15,138 2 0 132.1
2025 Q1 11,538 5 1 433.4
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 7,453 3 0 402.5
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,652 4 0 522.7
2024 Q1 2,406 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,322 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 161 1 0 6211.2
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

May 26, 2026 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The haulage system was backing up when the back MBC operator notice there was waterline on the low structure and instructed the operators to pull in by. The injured employee had EE's foot outside of the operator's compartment when EE moved the MBC and crushed part of EE's foot between the MBC and the rib/bottom. This resulted in broken bones in EE's foot and a lost time injury.