Goretown Mine has $84K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1999–2016
Latest incident
Mar 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
239
citations
59
significant & substantial
$83,611
proposed penalties
$67,597
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,014 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
94
inspections on record
1,704
inspection hours
14.0
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.
239 citations across 1,704 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Goretown Mine has $84K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 4 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.
$84K
proposed penalties
$69K
current assessed
$68K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
238 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-03.
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
12,300
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
12,522
6
0
479.2
2025 Q2
13,034
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
12,294
9
3
732.1
2024 Q4
12,915
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
12,300
11
0
894.3
2024 Q2
12,127
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
11,913
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
11,584
15
5
1294.9
2023 Q3
11,332
8
2
706.0
2023 Q2
11,844
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
11,428
4
3
350.0
2022 Q4
8,268
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
9,510
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
9,259
2
1
216.0
2022 Q1
10,568
11
0
1040.9
2021 Q4
10,277
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
9,665
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
11,061
10
3
904.1
2021 Q1
10,485
4
0
381.5
2020 Q4
9,839
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
10,293
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
11,762
4
1
340.1
2020 Q1
10,841
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
9,284
7
1
754.0
2019 Q3
10,810
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
11,138
3
0
269.3
2019 Q1
9,675
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
8,554
4
0
467.6
2018 Q3
8,929
6
0
672.0
2018 Q2
9,667
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
9,989
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
10,125
1
0
98.8
2017 Q3
9,807
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
9,943
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
10,637
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
7,326
1
1
136.5
2016 Q3
8,960
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
8,674
1
0
115.3
2016 Q1
6,346
2
0
315.2
2015 Q4
8,291
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
6,021
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
6,856
3
2
437.6
2015 Q1
8,149
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
9,225
3
0
325.2
2014 Q3
9,771
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
10,229
1
0
97.8
2014 Q1
10,261
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
11,223
1
0
89.1
2013 Q3
10,951
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
10,630
1
0
94.1
2013 Q1
9,567
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
10,618
2
1
188.4
2012 Q3
8,979
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
10,118
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
11,599
3
2
258.6
2011 Q4
12,674
2
0
157.8
2011 Q3
10,335
1
0
96.8
2011 Q2
9,450
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
8,194
1
0
122.0
2010 Q4
9,033
2
0
221.4
2010 Q3
9,992
2
1
200.2
2010 Q2
10,099
1
0
99.0
2010 Q1
8,844
5
2
565.4
2009 Q4
10,335
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
13,037
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
13,180
4
2
303.5
2009 Q1
14,082
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
16,055
5
2
311.4
2008 Q3
16,271
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
16,024
1
1
62.4
2008 Q1
15,168
3
0
197.8
2007 Q4
14,208
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
17,211
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
18,703
1
0
53.5
2007 Q1
17,095
6
3
351.0
2006 Q4
14,366
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
15,448
2
1
129.5
2006 Q2
15,393
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
14,687
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,630
9
2
5521.5
2005 Q3
14,635
18
7
1229.9
2005 Q2
18,096
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
17,823
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
18,901
7
1
370.4
2004 Q3
17,234
14
9
812.3
2004 Q2
22,055
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
20,282
4
1
197.2
2003 Q4
19,239
1
0
52.0
2003 Q3
20,940
1
0
47.8
2003 Q2
18,762
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
15,590
3
0
192.4
2002 Q4
15,024
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
8,750
1
0
114.3
2002 Q2
13,966
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
15,395
1
0
65.0
2001 Q4
19,310
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
10,020
2
1
199.6
2001 Q2
9,715
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
11,471
3
0
261.5
2000 Q4
16,952
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
11,778
6
0
509.4
2000 Q2
7,168
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,320
3
1
694.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
2016 · 1 incident
March 8, 2016SC · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SC Rock, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee was standing on the concrete at the wash plant spraying off the concrete pad with a water hose. The pad had some fine silt on it. EE said EE turned right and EE's left foot slipped out from under EE. Reported EE's fall to foreman and continued to work for the next 2 days. On 3/11/2016 EE came to work that morning and said EE went to ER.
2013 · 1 incident
June 28, 2013SC · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOTHER
was helping to work on a water truck and a gust of wind blew dust behind his safety eye wear into his eye.
2012 · 1 incident
February 20, 2012SC · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was walking up the steps at the fuel depot to get oil for his Off-Road truck, when his foot did not catch the step all the way, causing him to fall forward. At that time he put his hands down to catch his fall, bending his left wrist backwards. After sending the employee to Doctor's Care, it was determined that he sprained his left wrist.
2011 · 2 incidents
June 20, 2011SC · Metal/Non-Metaloutside foreman, leadmanMACHINERY
EE started a/c unit and a piece of debris flew out and hit him in right eye. Due to the fact the EE was in an enclosed cab, he was not required to wear safety glasses.
June 14, 2011SC · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)OTHER
Employee was cleaning off uniform, when a gust of wind blew a foreign object into his left eye. Employee had eye protection on at the time of the incident according to employee and witnesses.
EE was lifting a 90lb. dragline bucket tooth over the top of the tailgate of the welding truck, The tooth slipped out of the left hand and fell on the right hand, Hand was between the tooth and the top of the tailgate.
2006 · 1 incident
May 10, 2006SC · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Operator was exiting the dragline to evaluate a new setup. He stepped down off the dragline & turned his ankle in loose soil. The loose soil was from dozer work left behind by first shift clean up of work area.
2001 · 2 incidents
September 20, 2001SC · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
EE HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT HIS EYES BURNING. HE HAS SUFFERED UV BURNS IN THE PAST. MINER WAS INSTRUCTED NOT TO LOOK AT THE ARC ON HIS RETURN.
2000 · 1 incident
August 30, 2000SC · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE MOVING THE DRAG LINE CHAIN, CHAIN LINK BROKE OFF THE DRAG LINE CHAIN AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON SHIN AND ANKLE.
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