Mine #4 has $236K in proposed MSHA penalties and $222K outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2020
Latest incident
Nov 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
751
citations
145
significant & substantial
$236,191
proposed penalties
$11,877
paid to date
5% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $224,314 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
48
inspections on record
6,005
inspection hours
12.5
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.
751 citations across 6,005 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine #4 has $236K in proposed MSHA penalties and $222K outstanding across 8 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.
$236K
proposed penalties
$234K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$222K
outstanding
634 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Mine #4 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.38 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 374 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
2,684
25
4
9314.5
2025 Q3
5,979
18
2
3010.5
2025 Q2
4,535
18
4
3969.1
2025 Q1
3,120
39
10
12500.0
2024 Q4
0
35
8
2024 Q3
1,190
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
360
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
10,427
9
5
863.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4
13,382
28
3
2092.4
2022 Q3
12,253
18
1
1469.0
2021 Q1
5,880
54
11
9183.7
2020 Q4
4,480
38
5
8482.1
2019 Q4
7,200
98
16
13611.1
2019 Q3
7,200
74
17
10277.8
2019 Q2
7,200
25
8
3472.2
2019 Q1
7,200
7
2
972.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2020 · 1 incident
November 25, 2020KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was using a knife to cut belt and the knife slid causing injury to hand.
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