Holden No 22 Preparation Plant has $358K in proposed MSHA penalties and $233K outstanding across 11 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
31
Years on record
1983–2020
Latest incident
May 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
531
citations
203
significant & substantial
$358,053
proposed penalties
$121,783
paid to date
34% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $236,270 gap.
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.
531 citations across 5,246 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Holden No 22 Preparation Plant has $358K in proposed MSHA penalties and $233K outstanding across 11 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.
$358K
proposed penalties
$355K
current assessed
$122K
paid to date
$233K
outstanding
511 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
Of $52K in penalties contested before the Commission, $48K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-23.
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.
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.
30citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Settled
11 · 37%
Stood as issued
17 · 57%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 7%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 22 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
2%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$49K proposed, $48K after decisions · industry: 39%
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 2024-11-07.
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.
MSHA sampling at Holden No 22 Preparation Plant shows 99% of 304 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: 2026-06-16
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
304
samples
1.98
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.
251 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 53 by the operator.
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.
Holden No 22 Preparation Plant 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 West Virginia, coal mining averaged 3.89 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.
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
Year
Employees
2026
22
2025
19
2024
24
2023
22
2022
17
2021
24
2020
19
2019
22
2018
22
2017
21
2016
23
2015
26
2014
30
2013
32
2012
33
2011
33
2010
32
2009
32
2008
33
2007
31
2006
29
2005
22
2004
12
2003
11
2002
11
2001
9
2000
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Holden No 22 Preparation Plant sits in Logan County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 6.6% 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.
Logan County, West Virginia · Population 31,826
6.6%
Mining share of county employment
$47,237
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
15,201
5
3
328.9
2026 Q1
14,659
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
11,488
9
0
783.4
2025 Q3
12,410
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
11,821
12
1
1015.1
2025 Q1
13,359
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
13,157
5
0
380.0
2024 Q3
13,559
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
16,525
9
2
544.6
2024 Q1
15,833
4
0
252.6
2023 Q4
13,750
8
3
581.8
2023 Q3
13,412
10
1
745.6
2023 Q2
13,359
1
1
74.9
2023 Q1
13,408
3
0
223.7
2022 Q4
9,931
1
0
100.7
2022 Q3
8,858
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
8,922
7
1
784.6
2022 Q1
9,531
4
1
419.7
2021 Q4
7,637
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
6,585
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
6,946
3
0
431.9
2021 Q1
7,513
1
1
133.1
2020 Q4
5,973
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
5,948
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
5,837
4
0
685.3
2020 Q1
5,707
4
1
700.9
2019 Q4
6,690
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
7,818
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
8,875
2
0
225.4
2019 Q1
9,780
5
0
511.2
2018 Q4
7,718
5
0
647.8
2018 Q3
7,593
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
7,964
8
4
1004.5
2018 Q1
8,617
3
1
348.1
2017 Q4
6,540
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
6,493
1
0
154.0
2017 Q2
6,373
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
7,846
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
5,662
1
0
176.6
2016 Q3
5,725
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
6,097
2
0
328.0
2016 Q1
8,003
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
7,303
4
1
547.7
2015 Q3
7,179
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
7,844
2
1
255.0
2015 Q1
8,925
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
8,481
2
0
235.8
2014 Q3
9,260
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
10,652
2
1
187.8
2014 Q1
10,934
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
10,349
3
1
289.9
2013 Q3
9,815
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
10,817
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
10,550
4
2
379.1
2012 Q4
10,308
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
10,466
2
0
191.1
2012 Q2
11,054
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
11,368
2
1
175.9
2011 Q4
11,358
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
10,832
3
2
277.0
2011 Q2
10,514
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
11,345
6
5
528.9
2010 Q4
10,495
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
10,327
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
10,893
9
2
826.2
2010 Q1
11,113
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
10,001
8
2
799.9
2009 Q3
9,573
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
10,167
4
0
393.4
2009 Q1
12,136
4
0
329.6
2008 Q4
11,290
1
0
88.6
2008 Q3
11,725
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
12,303
8
6
650.2
2008 Q1
12,088
2
2
165.5
2007 Q4
10,533
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
10,403
2
0
192.3
2007 Q2
10,277
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
11,074
6
2
541.8
2006 Q4
9,649
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
9,712
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
10,042
2
1
199.2
2006 Q1
9,487
4
2
421.6
2005 Q4
8,132
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
7,285
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
7,493
1
0
133.5
2005 Q1
8,487
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
8,368
1
1
119.5
2004 Q3
6,996
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,952
9
6
1131.8
2004 Q1
7,191
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,744
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
6,790
4
2
589.1
2003 Q2
8,375
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
6,773
2
0
295.3
2002 Q4
10,050
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
7,105
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
7,598
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
6,926
3
0
433.2
2001 Q4
7,074
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,728
1
0
366.6
2001 Q2
8,679
2
1
230.4
2001 Q1
2,268
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
6,162
4
1
649.1
2000 Q3
5,407
1
0
184.9
2000 Q2
5,530
11
2
1989.2
2000 Q1
5,071
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
31 on file
2020 · 1 incident
May 16, 2020WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mechanic used a chain as a puller to replace center bushings and chain broke and hit mechanic in the mouth. The lip was split open and employee was taken to hospital where it was sewn back up. Mechanic tried to come back to work the next scheduled work day but was advised to take a few days off with pay to let it start healing.
2018 · 1 incident
April 16, 2018WV · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Traveling (walking) across ground tripped on a rock and loose material and twisted knee. EE was carrying tools to the pick up truck. He worked until he had surgery on 9/21/11 and began missing work 9/22/11.
2010 · 1 incident
May 19, 2010WV · Coalelectrician, linemanELECTRICAL
An employee was using an impact wrench to tighten a carriage bolt into a screen. He saw the bolt turning so he used his right thumb to push the bolt back into the hole. (He was on the oppsite side of the screen.) and the edge of the bolt head caught his right index finger causing a laceration.
EE CLIMBED DOWN FROM SUCTION LINE OF SUMP PUMP (4'H) AND STEPPED ON A VALVE AND JUMPED ONTO FLOOR. HE LANDED ONHIS FEET AND LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR AND HIS HEAD STRUCK CONCRETE CAUSING A CUT OVER LEFT EYE.
January 3, 2005WV · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The employee call the supervisor on this job on January 9, 2005, to report this accident, he did not mention anything to him on the date he said it happened and continued to work that shift as well as every day that week. The employee said that his knees were sore, he was pulling the hose for grout down the hill and hurt his knee.
Coal-Mac LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTING A CONTRACT EMPLOYEE AS TO THE PROPER OPERATION OF A BACKHOE. WHILE BEGINNING TO SWITCH POSITIONS IN THE MACHINE, EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST THE SEAT BY USING THE DOOR FRAME TO PULL SEAT INTO POSITION. DURING THIS THE CONTRACT EE CLOSED THE DOOR, INJURING THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS.
WHILE THE EE WAS OPERATING THE MUSTANG LOADER, CLEANING TRACKS, THE LOADER TURNED OVER. THE EE'S LEG CAME OUT OF THE PROTECTED AREA THUS RESULTING IN A FRACTURED ANKLE. HE WAS WEARING A SEAT B ELT.
EE WAS WASHING DOWN VIBRATOR FLOOR WHEN HE PULLED ON WATER HOSE. THE HOSE WAS CAUGHT ON VIBRATOR & HE PULLED MUSCLER IN HIS BACK. ACCIDENT NOT REPORTED UNTIL 8-27-98. AT THAT POINT NO TIME WAS LOST & NO MEDICAL NECESSARY. RECENTLY, EE WENT TO DR. (9-17-98) & MISSED THAT DAYS WORK.
January 21, 1998WV · Coalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING MINE BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE, TH KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT EMPLOYEES LEFT THUMB. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED STITCHES TO INJURED THUMB.
Talon Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE THE EE WAS ASSISTING ON REPAIRS TO THE DANIALS WASH BOX A CHAIN SLIPPED & HIS ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SHAFT & THE HAND RAIL. ATHE WASH BOX WAS BE ENERGIZED.
1991 · 2 incidents
August 26, 1991WV · Coalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE WALKING ALONG A WALKWAY, HE TRIPPED OVER A WATER HOSE CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL ON THE WALKWAY INJURING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, ARM AND LOWER BACK.