Long Fork Surface Mine has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2017–2018
Latest incident
Aug 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
35
citations
10
significant & substantial
$12,521
proposed penalties
$7,131
paid to date
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,390 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
28
inspections on record
665
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: 665 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Long Fork Surface Mine has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 0 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Long Fork Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 62 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
3,120
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,639
1
0
378.9
2025 Q2
110
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
1,215
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
1,481
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
905
2
0
2209.9
2024 Q2
1,836
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
1,530
0
0
0.0
Show 28 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
20
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
459
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
660
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
2,177
2
0
918.7
2022 Q4
1,404
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
30
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
272
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
1,179
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
123
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
90
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
78
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
114
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
486
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
2020 Q2
564
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
240
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1,043
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
0
0
0
2019 Q2
0
0
0
2019 Q1
10,571
2
1
189.2
2018 Q4
18,956
5
2
263.8
2018 Q3
15,422
1
1
64.8
2018 Q2
16,189
14
5
864.8
2018 Q1
14,188
2
0
141.0
2017 Q4
17,299
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
16,193
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
9,225
4
1
433.6
2017 Q1
2,778
2
0
719.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2018 · 2 incidents
August 28, 2018KY · Coalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was servicing a front end loader and was walking away from loader tripped and fell to the ground catching themselves with right hand to break fall.
The full compliance file on Long Fork Surface Mine
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