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.
Rate withheld: 938 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
SHM #67 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at SHM #67 shows 100% of 79 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2026-04-08
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
79
samples
0.76
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
78 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 1 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER18
AUGER OPERATOR14
AUGER HELPER12
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
SHM #67 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.
Injury rate, 2023
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.17 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 3.54 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
6.33
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2026
6
64,484
2025
6
104,567
2024
6
69,746
2023
14
33,975
2022
14
119,769
2021
12
171,978
2020
11
169,540
2019
8
123,645
2018
7
2017
4
2016
0
2015
5
16,498
2014
5
9,788
2012
1
2011
12
29,694
2010
25
82,937
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
SHM #67 sits in Mercer County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 1.9% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Mercer County, West Virginia · Population 59,062
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$47,799
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2
4,624
10
1
2162.6
2026 Q1
4,459
1
0
224.3
2025 Q4
4,835
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
4,283
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
5,213
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
5,172
2
0
386.7
2024 Q4
4,959
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
4,514
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
3,942
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
2,222
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
6,972
1
0
143.4
2023 Q3
6,564
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
5,683
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
6,830
1
0
146.4
2022 Q4
6,766
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
7,092
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
7,746
1
0
129.1
2022 Q1
7,728
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
7,915
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
7,171
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
6,832
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
6,553
4
0
610.4
2020 Q4
6,721
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
6,988
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,808
1
0
553.1
2020 Q1
4,740
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
7,353
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
7,685
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1,284
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
1,979
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
3,443
6
0
1742.7
2018 Q3
3,921
4
0
1020.1
2018 Q2
5,724
2
0
349.4
2018 Q1
3,364
1
1
297.3
2017 Q4
3,057
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
100
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
0
0
0
2015 Q2
2,400
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
2,400
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
2,160
3
0
1388.9
2014 Q3
1,440
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
0
0
0
2012 Q3
0
0
0
2012 Q2
0
0
0
2012 Q1
2,142
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
1,990
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,223
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
4,180
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
23,205
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
22,128
3
3
135.6
2010 Q3
16,096
3
0
186.4
2010 Q2
15,619
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2011 · 1 incident
February 12, 2011WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS