Highwall Park Surface Mine Coal
Monument Mining, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Bobby Justus
Bramwell,
Mercer County,
WV
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609612
Highwall Park Surface Mine has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
38
citations
8
significant & substantial
$12,684
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,684 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2024
7
inspections on record
271
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: 271 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Highwall Park Surface Mine has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13K outstanding across 1 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.$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$13K
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Highwall Park Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.48 mg/m3 (91% compliant) across 47 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.0.48
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.79
dust max (mg/m3)
91%
within 1.5 mg/m3
47
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-17.
Silica (quartz)
4.8
silica avg (%)
11.9
silica max (%)
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-02.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-11-05.
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 | 6,758 | 10 | 0 | 1479.7 |
| 2025 Q3 | 8,541 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 9,583 | 12 | 3 | 1252.2 |
| 2025 Q1 | 7,152 | 7 | 1 | 978.7 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,057 | 3 | 0 | 1458.4 |
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 Highwall Park Surface Mine
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.