Highwall Miner #1 has $82K in proposed MSHA penalties and $41K outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2006–2014
Latest incident
Nov 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
219
citations
84
significant & substantial
$82,290
proposed penalties
$41,404
paid to date
50% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $40,886 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
65
inspections on record
1,799
inspection hours
12.2
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.
219 citations across 1,799 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Highwall Miner #1 has $82K in proposed MSHA penalties and $41K outstanding across 8 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.
$82K
proposed penalties
$82K
current assessed
$41K
paid to date
$41K
outstanding
213 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Highwall Miner #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 105 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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4
2,978
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,864
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
2,774
1
0
360.5
2025 Q1
2,483
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
2,514
4
4
1591.1
2024 Q3
1,747
3
1
1717.2
2024 Q2
1,600
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
3,276
3
0
915.8
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
3,668
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
3,896
3
0
770.0
2023 Q2
4,050
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
499
5
1
10020.0
2022 Q4
1,019
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
1,126
3
3
2664.3
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
0
0
0
2021 Q3
0
0
0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
2020 Q2
0
0
0
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q4
363
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
2,584
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
2,758
4
0
1450.3
2019 Q1
2,522
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
3,506
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
3,754
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
3,665
1
0
272.9
2018 Q1
3,715
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
4,589
12
2
2614.9
2017 Q3
4,526
15
5
3314.2
2017 Q2
5,544
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
5,001
10
5
1999.6
2016 Q4
5,023
2
0
398.2
2016 Q3
4,011
16
3
3989.0
2016 Q2
3,568
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
3,837
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
6,197
5
0
806.8
2015 Q3
5,344
5
0
935.6
2015 Q2
4,871
1
0
205.3
2015 Q1
3,605
4
0
1109.6
2014 Q4
7,633
1
0
131.0
2014 Q3
10,254
3
0
292.6
2014 Q2
10,913
4
1
366.5
2014 Q1
7,732
5
1
646.7
2013 Q4
9,664
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
5,822
4
0
687.0
2013 Q2
0
0
0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
0
0
0
2012 Q3
0
0
0
2012 Q2
0
0
0
2011 Q2
0
0
0
2011 Q1
2,000
2
1
1000.0
2010 Q4
1,077
25
15
23212.6
2010 Q3
8,227
14
11
1701.7
2010 Q2
1,493
1
0
669.8
2010 Q1
529
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
3,846
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
4,137
10
3
2417.2
2009 Q2
6,691
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
8,815
9
5
1021.0
2008 Q4
8,738
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
2,805
1
1
356.5
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2007 Q3
0
0
0
2006 Q4
0
0
0
2006 Q3
1,310
7
5
5343.5
2006 Q1
0
0
0
2005 Q4
8,662
25
13
2886.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2014 · 1 incident
November 28, 2014VA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanELECTRICAL
EE was attempting to reset a 995 volt breaker which had tripped and when he latched the breaker I a flash occurred within the breaker causing buns to right wrist & forearm & right side of face treated at Pikeville Medical Center then was released.
Beating track pin in miner, pin chipped striking injured person in left thigh.
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