HWM #73 has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $755 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2013–2025
Latest incident
Apr 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
73
citations
18
significant & substantial
$53,014
proposed penalties
$17,032
paid to date
32% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $35,982 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
58
inspections on record
1,688
inspection hours
4.3
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.
73 citations across 1,688 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
HWM #73 has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $755 outstanding across 7 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.
$53K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$755
outstanding
69 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at HWM #73 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.18 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 122 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
4,288
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
4,539
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
6,133
2
0
326.1
2025 Q1
5,694
3
0
526.9
2024 Q4
5,224
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
6,558
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
4,532
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
5,904
1
0
169.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
7,971
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
6,858
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
7,423
2
0
269.4
2023 Q1
6,266
1
1
159.6
2022 Q4
7,348
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
6,912
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
4,477
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
4,143
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
6,129
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
4,439
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
2,575
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
3,503
3
0
856.4
2020 Q4
1,188
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
2020 Q2
3,571
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
5,962
4
1
670.9
2019 Q4
8,134
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
7,418
4
1
539.2
2019 Q2
6,933
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
7,474
6
0
802.8
2018 Q4
8,164
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
9,672
8
4
827.1
2018 Q2
9,784
1
0
102.2
2018 Q1
8,723
15
5
1719.6
2017 Q4
7,397
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
9,202
1
0
108.7
2017 Q2
6,906
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
5,737
3
1
522.9
2016 Q4
5,627
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,521
1
0
284.0
2016 Q2
0
0
0
2016 Q1
4,383
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
3,891
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
5,214
1
0
191.8
2015 Q2
702
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
2,530
1
0
395.3
2014 Q4
4,564
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
5,379
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
5,900
1
0
169.5
2014 Q1
10,427
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
6,773
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
7,532
1
0
132.8
2013 Q2
10,983
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
9,271
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
13,639
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
14,190
2
1
140.9
2012 Q2
15,864
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
13,470
1
0
74.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2025 · 1 incident
April 14, 2025KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE attempted to lift DEF fluid and experienced severe lower back pain. EE requested to be taken to Hospital. MSHA Inspector interviewed EE and recommend this to be a reportable accident. EE also spoke to Superintendent and Foreman.
Employee was attempting to tighten bolts on a cutterhead module of a Highwall Miner when the wrench slipped and employee fell to the ground breaking right leg.
2016 · 1 incident
September 7, 2016KY · Coalelectrician, linemanMACHINERY
EE was attempting to install anchor pin and pin moved and mashed left pinkie finger between anchor pin and the Highwall Mine removing it at the first joint.
Holding roller chain with hammer while another employee was attempting to knock out a connecting link with a hammer and a sliver of metal struck employee under his safety glasses
While knocking pins out of the Right Angle Conveyor of the Pasco Highwall Miner with a slate bar the the pins came out causing the slate bar to strike the employee in the hand and face.
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