Rolling Thunder Mine has $147K in proposed MSHA penalties and $99K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2024–2026
Latest incident
Jun 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
189
citations
25
significant & substantial
$147,303
proposed penalties
$45,368
paid to date
31% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $101,935 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
30
inspections on record
4,111
inspection hours
4.6
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.
189 citations across 4,111 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Rolling Thunder Mine has $147K in proposed MSHA penalties and $99K 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.
$147K
proposed penalties
$144K
current assessed
$45K
paid to date
$99K
outstanding
134 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Rolling Thunder Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.51 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 1,371 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
33,429
15
1
448.7
2025 Q3
39,804
19
5
477.3
2025 Q2
37,556
21
4
559.2
2025 Q1
40,130
8
0
199.4
2024 Q4
33,958
2
0
58.9
2024 Q3
37,658
23
2
610.8
2024 Q2
42,088
27
3
641.5
2024 Q1
43,775
2
0
45.7
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
35,913
6
0
167.1
2023 Q3
25,002
4
0
160.0
2023 Q2
4,208
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
0
0
0
2007 Q2
0
0
0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
0
0
0
2006 Q3
0
0
0
2006 Q2
0
0
0
2006 Q1
0
3
2
2005 Q4
0
0
0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
November 8, 2025WV · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossFatality · INUNDATION
A water inundation occurred on the No. 1 Section in the No. 1 Face near spad 1717. Resulted in a Fatal injury. Rescue crews located the fatally injured person on 11/13/2025.
Reportable incidents
6 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2026 · 1 incident
June 2, 2026WV · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee stated that they were in the #5 entry installing the last row of roof bolts, while manually bending a roof bolt, they stated that they felt a "pop" in right shoulder.
A non-injury roof fall was discovered in the intersection at the #5 crosscut on Yankee Mains (No. 5 belt) in the N0. 4 entry. The fall was approximately 20' x 20' x 10' thick.
July 24, 2025WV · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE stated that while operating the 21SC shuttle car being loaded by the continuous mining machine, the bumper of the CM came in to contact with load end of the shuttle car. When the car operator pulled away, this caused the dump in to be raised slightly then fall suddenly, jarring the car operator resulting in EE's head hitting EE's head on canopy.
Nicholas-Contura, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE stated that EE had lifted the shield on the #1 battery operated 4-wheeler, the panel slipped out of EE's hand causing the panel to fall on EE's left index finger.
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