What are Maple Eagle East Deep Mine's MSHA penalties?

Maple Eagle East Deep Mine has $151 in proposed MSHA penalties on record, with $0 currently outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

What is the respirable coal dust exposure at Maple Eagle East Deep Mine?

MSHA sampling at Maple Eagle East Deep Mine shows 99% of 99 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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Maple Eagle East Deep Mine: 28 MSHA citations Coal

Panther Creek Mining LLC · Underground

Controlled by Sev.en Global Investments a.s.

Elk Ridge, Fayette County, WV · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4609416

Maple Eagle East Deep Mine has $151 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2026

citations

significant & substantial

$151

proposed penalties

$151

paid to date

100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

See Panther Creek Mining LLC's full MSHA compliance history →

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2014

inspections on record

216

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: 216 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

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.

$151

proposed penalties

$151

current assessed

$151

paid to date

outstanding

1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-04.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Violation severity profile

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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.

3.6%

significant & substantial

0.0%

high negligence or reckless

3.6%

reasonably likely or greater

39.3%

permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs

Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 75.0% low, 25.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.

Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

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.

Last sampled: 2026-09-02

99%

within 1.5 mg/m3

samples

2.30

dust max (mg/m3)

over MSHA ECV

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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.

13 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 86 by the operator.

Most-sampled occupations

CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR38
ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)32
SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)24

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2026-07-28

9.3

silica avg (%)

samples

13.0

silica max (%)

Most-sampled occupations

CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2
ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)2
SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)2

See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise

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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.

Last sampled: 2026-07-20

10%

over PEL

samples

Most-sampled occupations

SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)4
CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2
ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)2

See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.

Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Ownership history

Maple Coal Co., LLC 2011 to 2016
Seminole Coal Resources, LLC 2016 to 2019
Murray Maple Eagle Coal, LLC 2019 to 2020
Panther Creek Mining LLC 2020 to present

Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Workforce and production

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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.

Year	Employees	Coal produced (tons)
2026	7	14,352
2020	0
2019	0
2015	0
2014	0
2013	0
2012	0

Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Local economic context

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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.

Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987

3.0%

Mining share of county employment

$52,672

Median household income

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

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	Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2	5,007	1	199.7
2026 Q1	3,644	0	0.0
2020 Q1	0	0
2019 Q4	0	0
2019 Q3	0	0
2019 Q2	0	0
2015 Q4	0	0
2015 Q3	0	0

Show 13 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2	0	0	0
2015 Q1	0	0	0
2014 Q4	0	0	0
2014 Q3	0	0	0
2014 Q2	0	0	0
2014 Q1	0	0	0
2013 Q4	0	0	0
2013 Q2	0	0	0
2013 Q1	0	0	0
2012 Q4	0	0	0
2012 Q3	0	0	0
2012 Q2	0	0	0
2012 Q1	0	0	0

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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Maple Eagle East Deep Mine has $151 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

MSHA sampling at Maple Eagle East Deep Mine shows 99% of 99 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Silica (quartz)

Maple Eagle East Deep Mine sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% of county employment.

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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.