No. 1 Surface Mine has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $19K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2018
Latest incident
Oct 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
55
citations
7
significant & substantial
$30,845
proposed penalties
$7,523
paid to date
24% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $23,322 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
51
inspections on record
2,180
inspection hours
2.5
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.
55 citations across 2,180 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
No. 1 Surface Mine has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $19K outstanding across 2 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$19K
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at No. 1 Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 161 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
5,476
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
5,950
2
0
336.1
2025 Q2
6,073
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,847
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
6,200
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
6,474
1
0
154.5
2024 Q2
6,476
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
6,574
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
5,956
3
1
503.7
2023 Q3
5,018
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
5,471
11
3
2010.6
2023 Q1
3,395
1
0
294.6
2022 Q4
5,852
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
5,163
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
5,066
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
3,893
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
608
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
560
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
2,008
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
6,929
1
0
144.3
2019 Q4
7,155
1
0
139.8
2019 Q3
7,449
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
7,936
1
0
126.0
2019 Q1
7,048
3
2
425.7
2018 Q4
5,044
1
0
198.3
2018 Q3
4,608
1
0
217.0
2018 Q2
4,228
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
4,370
2
0
457.7
2017 Q4
6,532
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
7,172
10
1
1394.3
2017 Q2
6,272
1
0
159.4
2017 Q1
6,367
5
0
785.3
2016 Q4
12,900
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
12,252
1
0
81.6
2016 Q2
12,782
1
0
78.2
2016 Q1
12,091
2
0
165.4
2015 Q4
11,052
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
12,991
1
0
77.0
2015 Q2
11,526
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
10,410
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
9,212
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
8,122
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
5,698
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
5,056
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
3,500
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
October 17, 2018WV · Coalauger helperFatality · MACHINERY
A 33 year old miner was attempting to move an auger steel with an onboard crane when a section of the auger struck ee chest. EE was transported by ambulance to a hospital where ee died.
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