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MOUNTAIN ENERGY #1: 87 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by Dale E Stanley
Norton, Wise County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4404181

MOUNTAIN ENERGY #1 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $211 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Nov 1985
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
87
citations
28
significant & substantial
$11,293
proposed penalties
$11,082
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $211 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See MOUNTAIN ENERGY RESOURCES INC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
54
inspections on record
962
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: 962 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MOUNTAIN ENERGY #1 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $211 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$211
outstanding
87 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
32.2%
significant & substantial
3.4%
high negligence or reckless
32.2%
reasonably likely or greater
26.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.2% low, 79.3% moderate, 3.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at MOUNTAIN ENERGY #1 shows 100% of 56 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Last sampled: 2026-08-03
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
56
samples
0.54
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘ 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.
56 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER26
  • MINE FOREMAN/MINE MANAGER6
  • UTILITY MAN6

Noise
ⓘ 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: 2026-08-03
0%
over PEL
38
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER15
  • MINE FOREMAN/MINE MANAGER6
  • UTILITY MAN4
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ 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 by year
ⓘ 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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2026 100% 4
2024 100% 4
2023 100% 4
2022 100% 4
2021 100% 2
2020 100% 4
2019 100% 1
2018 100% 4
2017 100% 5
2016 100% 2
2012 100% 2
2008 100% 8
2007 100% 6
2006 100% 2
2005 100% 1
2003 100% 3
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2026 0% 4
2024 0% 2
2023 0% 2
2022 0% 2
2021 0% 2
2020 0% 2
2018 0% 2
2017 0% 4
2016 0% 1
2012 0% 2
2008 0% 6
2007 0% 6
2006 0% 2
2005 0% 1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Cumberland Collieries Inc 1975 to 1979
  2. Cumberland Collieries Inc 1979 to 1992
  3. Cumberland Collieries Inc 1992 to 1996
  4. Cumberland Collieries Inc 1996 to 2003
  5. Elite Tipples, Inc. 2003 to 2005
  6. Mountain Energy Resources Inc 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 4
2023 5
2022 6
2021 3
2020 5
2019 4
2018 5
2017 4
2016 3
2015 2
2014 3
2013 3
2012 2
2011 3
2010 4
2009 3
2008 2
2007 3
2006 1
2005 0
2004 0
2003 1
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MOUNTAIN ENERGY #1 sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ 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.
Wise County, Virginia · Population 35,727
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$50,740
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2 575 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 615 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 715 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 680 2 0 2941.2
2024 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 780 0 0 0.0
Show 83 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 770 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 690 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 830 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,760 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,310 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,000 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,700 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,000 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,000 2 0 400.0
2022 Q1 5,000 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 650 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,360 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,360 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,470 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,665 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,700 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,740 1 0 574.7
2020 Q1 1,785 2 0 1120.4
2019 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 742 1 0 1347.7
2019 Q2 1,955 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 620 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,560 1 0 641.0
2018 Q3 1,285 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,185 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,705 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,445 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,700 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,680 1 0 595.2
2016 Q4 1,540 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 765 1 0 1307.2
2016 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 800 1 0 1250.0
2015 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 940 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,080 1 0 925.9
2014 Q1 1,047 2 0 1910.2
2013 Q4 1,100 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,440 2 0 1388.9
2013 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 320 5 1 15625.0
2012 Q4 475 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 538 2 1 3717.5
2012 Q2 675 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,008 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,350 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,385 1 0 722.0
2011 Q2 1,420 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,376 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,284 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,980 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,904 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,381 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,544 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 335 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,128 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,572 3 3 1908.4
2008 Q3 1,208 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,316 2 0 1519.8
2008 Q1 1,206 2 1 1658.4
2007 Q4 1,178 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,684 3 1 1781.5
2007 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,200 2 1 1666.7
2006 Q4 1,326 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 0 2 1
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 1,620 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

November 20, 1985 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland Collieries Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS REMOVING3PLASTIC COVERINGFROM A STOCKPILE OF COAL. THE PLASTIC WAS BEING HELD IN PLACE BY USING TIRES & BLACK COAL FOR INTO AS EE PULLED TO FREE PLASTIC IT TORE CUAISNG HIM TO FALL BA CKWARDS. ATTEMP7ING TO CATCH HIMSELF HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT HAND & SPRAINED HIS RIGHT WRIST.