Surface Mine No. 1 has $96K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2016–2024
Latest incident
Jan 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
164
citations
39
significant & substantial
$96,439
proposed penalties
$51,367
paid to date
53% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $45,072 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
43
inspections on record
2,554
inspection hours
6.4
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.
164 citations across 2,554 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Surface Mine No. 1 has $96K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 5 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.
$96K
proposed penalties
$57K
current assessed
$51K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
164 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Surface Mine No. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 302 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
2,288
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
10,869
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
14,544
7
1
481.3
2025 Q1
15,465
6
0
388.0
2024 Q4
9,145
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
24,574
10
0
406.9
2024 Q2
12,314
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
12,538
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
4,753
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
1,966
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
17,019
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
12,978
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
2,547
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
0
0
0
2022 Q2
0
0
0
2022 Q1
0
2
0
2021 Q4
8,604
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
10,491
7
2
667.2
2021 Q2
2,975
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
8,550
6
2
701.8
2020 Q4
5,037
1
0
198.5
2020 Q3
14,354
14
7
975.3
2020 Q2
800
2
1
2500.0
2019 Q4
38,824
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
40,807
5
2
122.5
2019 Q2
40,272
3
0
74.5
2019 Q1
46,219
5
2
108.2
2018 Q4
40,769
9
5
220.8
2018 Q3
37,909
14
4
369.3
2018 Q2
37,092
6
1
161.8
2018 Q1
33,214
17
2
511.8
2017 Q4
27,182
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
26,489
8
1
302.0
2017 Q2
29,825
9
1
301.8
2017 Q1
28,273
7
0
247.6
2016 Q4
25,639
4
1
156.0
2016 Q3
24,119
1
1
41.5
2016 Q2
7,690
3
1
390.1
2016 Q1
750
2
0
2666.7
2015 Q4
540
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2024 · 1 incident
January 30, 2024VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techOTHER
The mechanic stated: was attempting to step up on a handrail to remove a chain on the drill. When EE raised EE's leg EE felt this knee pop. This resulted in a partially torn tendon.
2018 · 2 incidents
September 27, 2018VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
The employee was grinding on a push arm pin in order to weld the pin. The pin rolled on to their left pointer finger, while the grinding was being done, resulting in a broken bone.
June 8, 2018VA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Kneeling underneath dozer, utilized an air nozzle to clean debris from bolts to remove final drive. Debris blew back into employees face and underneath safety glasses of right eye.
2017 · 1 incident
September 13, 2017VA · Coalwelder (non-shop)MACHINERY
The employee lost footing as ee climbed down the steps of a CAT 992D loader. EE fell to the ground sustaining bruises to back and the back of head.
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