Surface Mine 1 has $73K in proposed MSHA penalties and $14K 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
2003–2025
Latest incident
Jun 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
123
citations
36
significant & substantial
$73,183
proposed penalties
$37,225
paid to date
51% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $35,958 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
20
inspections on record
1,013
inspection hours
12.1
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.
123 citations across 1,013 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Surface Mine 1 has $73K in proposed MSHA penalties and $14K 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.
$73K
proposed penalties
$51K
current assessed
$37K
paid to date
$14K
outstanding
115 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Surface Mine 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.16 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 55 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
18,257
22
5
1205.0
2025 Q3
13,264
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
10,844
6
0
553.3
2025 Q1
8,949
2
0
223.5
2024 Q4
6,039
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
5,762
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
28,673
12
2
418.5
2023 Q4
31,271
5
1
159.9
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3
39,424
56
19
1420.5
2023 Q2
31,079
9
7
289.6
2023 Q1
19,357
4
0
206.6
2022 Q4
10,536
4
2
379.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2025 · 1 incident
June 5, 2025WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Unknown operator · Accident type, without injuries
Unlevel ground while dumping. Minor damage to truck.
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