Pollock Knob Surface Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2015
Latest incident
Dec 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
10
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,349
proposed penalties
$896
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $453 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
34
inspections on record
1,110
inspection hours
0.9
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.
10 citations across 1,110 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Pollock Knob Surface Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 1 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$896
paid to date
$453
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Pollock Knob Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.11 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 138 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
10,313
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
10,978
4
0
364.4
2025 Q2
2,952
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
100
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
0
0
0
2024 Q3
0
0
0
2024 Q2
0
0
0
2024 Q1
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
0
0
0
2023 Q3
0
0
0
2023 Q2
0
0
0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
0
0
0
2022 Q3
0
0
0
2022 Q2
0
0
0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
0
0
0
2021 Q3
0
0
0
2021 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q1
700
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
2,012
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
2020 Q2
0
0
0
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q4
0
0
0
2019 Q3
0
0
0
2019 Q2
0
0
0
2019 Q1
10,496
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
9,135
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
10,207
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
19,909
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
24,378
1
0
41.0
2017 Q4
25,243
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
28,380
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
25,091
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
21,954
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
13,679
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
7,755
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
14,170
4
0
282.3
2016 Q1
12,624
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
12,859
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
13,987
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
18,836
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
6,310
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,180
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2015 · 1 incident
December 22, 2015WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was changing oil in a Komatsu front end loader. Upon finishing, EE was closing a lid which struck him on the right middle finger, causing a laceration on that finger.
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