Mining Incidents

NO 1 STRIP Coal

COBRA MINING, INC. · Surface
Controlled by Jason A Kitzmiller
Lonaconing, Allegany County, MD  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1800391

NO 1 STRIP has $28K 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
7
Years on record
1987–2019
Latest incident
Feb 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
142
citations
63
significant & substantial
$28,411
proposed penalties
$28,411
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
88
inspections on record
2,660
inspection hours
5.3
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.
142 citations across 2,660 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

NO 1 STRIP has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
142 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at NO 1 STRIP shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.19 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 375 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.
0.19
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.52
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
375
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-05-06.
Silica (quartz)
9.5
silica avg (%)
52.5
silica max (%)
21
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-05-13.
Noise
5%
over PEL
180
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-10-29.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 2,614 1 0 382.6
2024 Q4 4,484 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,453 1 0 224.6
2024 Q2 5,331 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,641 2 0 430.9
2023 Q4 7,204 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,039 7 2 1389.2
Show 87 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 5,627 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,312 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,981 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,126 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 8,212 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 8,414 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 9,702 2 2 206.1
2021 Q3 7,744 3 2 387.4
2021 Q2 7,757 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,642 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,320 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,194 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,157 1 1 193.9
2020 Q1 4,614 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,754 3 1 799.1
2019 Q3 3,877 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,743 1 1 210.8
2019 Q1 6,307 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,860 4 0 583.1
2018 Q3 8,145 5 0 613.9
2018 Q2 7,025 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 8,278 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 7,308 1 0 136.8
2017 Q3 6,378 3 2 470.4
2017 Q2 5,665 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,374 1 1 228.6
2016 Q4 6,624 1 0 151.0
2016 Q3 7,568 5 4 660.7
2016 Q2 5,828 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6,597 2 0 303.2
2015 Q4 6,190 2 2 323.1
2015 Q3 4,941 1 1 202.4
2015 Q2 4,980 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,559 1 0 219.3
2014 Q4 7,759 1 0 128.9
2014 Q3 7,679 3 1 390.7
2014 Q2 8,507 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 7,455 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 9,187 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8,448 2 0 236.7
2013 Q2 9,118 1 0 109.7
2013 Q1 8,557 2 1 233.7
2012 Q4 8,549 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 11,278 10 8 886.7
2012 Q2 11,065 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 10,770 4 3 371.4
2011 Q4 13,296 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 12,688 7 2 551.7
2011 Q2 7,233 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 10,479 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,984 11 6 1575.0
2010 Q3 8,018 1 0 124.7
2010 Q2 5,333 7 7 1312.6
2010 Q1 4,530 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,771 4 1 1060.7
2009 Q3 4,340 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,533 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,712 2 0 538.8
2008 Q4 5,816 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,344 2 2 374.3
2008 Q2 3,972 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,852 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,130 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,286 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,567 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,504 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,524 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,338 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,797 5 1 2782.4
2004 Q2 2,029 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,083 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,910 1 0 523.6
2003 Q3 1,390 3 2 2158.3
2003 Q2 1,582 2 1 1264.2
2003 Q1 2,183 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,882 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,043 1 0 489.5
2002 Q2 1,790 3 3 1676.0
2002 Q1 1,384 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 1,200 14 4 11666.7
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 5,280 2 1 378.8
2000 Q3 5,500 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,610 1 0 178.3
2000 Q1 3,150 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2019 · 1 incident

February 8, 2019 MD · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator OTHER
Beechwood Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was entering Dill 112. It was extremely windy causing door to slam on employee's hand. Fractured right middle finger and laceration requiring 2 stitches.

1999 · 1 incident

1994 · 1 incident

May 17, 1994 MD · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

CLIMBING OUT OF A TANK AND STEPPED DOWN ON A BOARD WHICH FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE.

1993 · 1 incident

September 14, 1993 MD · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SETTING DOWN A 50 LB BAG & FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN HIS BACK.

1992 · 1 incident

March 20, 1992 MD · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CARRYING AN OIL CAR UP THE LADDER OF HIS LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE AND APPARENTLY PULLED A GROIN MUSCLE.

1988 · 1 incident

1987 · 1 incident

June 15, 1987 MD · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Buffalo Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BELLY PAN OF A 922 WAS BEING HELD IN PLACE WITH A CHAIN WHEN LAST BOLT WAS REMOVED PAN SLIPPED AND PINNED FOOT OF MECHANIC BETWEEN GROUND AND ON ARIR WRRENCH

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The full compliance file on NO 1 STRIP

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.