HWM No. 3 has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2012–2022
Latest incident
Dec 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
62
citations
28
significant & substantial
$15,901
proposed penalties
$11,420
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,481 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
33
inspections on record
986
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 986 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
HWM No. 3 has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 5 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at HWM No. 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.22 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 59 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
9,826
1
0
101.8
2025 Q3
10,468
2
0
191.1
2025 Q2
8,616
2
0
232.1
2025 Q1
10,613
4
0
376.9
2024 Q4
8,527
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
6,699
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
3,300
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
4,919
2
1
406.6
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
4,505
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
2,928
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
13,667
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
11,154
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
6,535
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
1,411
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
5,283
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
5,920
7
0
1182.4
2021 Q4
2,308
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
0
0
0
2015 Q1
0
3
0
2014 Q4
5,540
4
2
722.0
2014 Q3
5,694
2
1
351.2
2014 Q2
5,926
1
1
168.7
2014 Q1
2,276
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
5,419
11
10
2029.9
2013 Q3
7,803
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
6,345
3
1
472.8
2013 Q1
7,495
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
5,209
7
3
1343.8
2012 Q3
6,703
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
7,030
6
3
853.5
2012 Q1
5,698
2
2
351.0
2011 Q4
907
1
0
1102.5
2011 Q3
0
1
1
2011 Q2
0
0
0
2011 Q1
0
3
3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2022 · 1 incident
December 30, 2022WV · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramaco Resources, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was carrying a highwall miner cat pad and placed the pad down quickly landing on EE's index finger.
Stepping off loader and slipped falling to ground.
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