SHM-14 has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2015–2019
Latest incident
Apr 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
91
citations
21
significant & substantial
$15,880
proposed penalties
$10,096
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,784 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
61
inspections on record
1,439
inspection hours
6.3
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.
91 citations across 1,439 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
SHM-14 has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 4 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
88 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at SHM-14 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 111 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
0
0
0
2025 Q3
0
1
0
2025 Q2
768
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
3,527
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
4,303
2
0
464.8
2024 Q3
4,579
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
5,628
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
4,359
1
0
229.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
4,531
2
0
441.4
2023 Q3
4,667
2
0
428.5
2023 Q2
5,110
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
5,904
2
0
338.8
2022 Q4
6,687
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
6,566
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
5,112
1
0
195.6
2022 Q1
9,060
9
2
993.4
2021 Q4
0
0
0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
2020 Q2
0
0
0
2020 Q1
634
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
866
3
0
3464.2
2019 Q3
1,156
5
1
4325.3
2019 Q2
191
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
2,084
1
0
479.8
2018 Q3
2,464
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
2,435
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
2,627
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,308
3
0
1299.8
2017 Q3
0
0
0
2017 Q2
583
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
4,479
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
2,882
2
1
694.0
2016 Q3
2,310
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
796
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
1,050
2
0
1904.8
2015 Q3
565
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,616
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,562
2
1
1280.4
2014 Q4
2,018
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,905
3
0
1574.8
2014 Q2
2,305
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
1,758
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
2,827
1
0
353.7
2013 Q3
2,485
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
3,213
1
1
311.2
2013 Q1
3,079
5
1
1623.9
2012 Q4
1,734
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
2,011
9
2
4475.4
2012 Q2
1,426
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
3,173
1
1
315.2
2011 Q4
623
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
3,651
9
2
2465.1
2011 Q2
3,651
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
4,610
3
2
650.8
2010 Q4
3,404
2
1
587.5
2010 Q3
2,633
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
2,663
5
2
1877.6
2010 Q1
1,955
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
2,099
4
3
1905.7
2009 Q3
3,209
10
1
3116.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2019 · 1 incident
April 11, 2019WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The injured employee was on a small ladder working on the highwall miner hose reel. The base of the ladder kicked out and the employee fell injuring right shoulder.
Employee was helping change a cutter chain on the highwall miner. Employee was using a pry bar to line up the holes in the chain for the pin to be installed when his pry bar slipped and he smashed his finger between the pry bar and the shear arm. The employee received several stitches as a result of the incident.
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