Trace Fork #2 has $60K in proposed MSHA penalties and $15K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2022–2024
Latest incident
Mar 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
270
citations
61
significant & substantial
$60,350
proposed penalties
$45,306
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $15,044 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
36
inspections on record
3,235
inspection hours
8.3
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.
270 citations across 3,235 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Trace Fork #2 has $60K in proposed MSHA penalties and $15K 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.
$60K
proposed penalties
$60K
current assessed
$45K
paid to date
$15K
outstanding
253 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Trace Fork #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.41 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 379 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
656
17
0
25914.6
2025 Q3
1,840
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
2,272
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
1,844
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
1,550
2
0
1290.3
2024 Q3
23,907
21
6
878.4
2024 Q2
29,397
44
11
1496.8
2024 Q1
29,146
49
14
1681.2
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
27,039
35
8
1294.4
2023 Q3
21,987
34
7
1546.4
2023 Q2
23,560
22
5
933.8
2023 Q1
21,264
22
5
1034.6
2022 Q4
18,566
18
4
969.5
2022 Q3
8,189
4
1
488.5
2022 Q2
2,165
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
960
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2024 · 2 incidents
March 23, 2024KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Employee was carrying a piece of belt structure when they stepped in a pothole and twisted right knee. Employee continued to work until 02/05/2024 when they started missing over their knee.
While hauling coal on the haul road on the KY side, a mechanical issue caused the truck to roll backwards approximately 50 feet into the ditch and wall along the haul road coming to a stop. The driver dismounted the truck as it was rolling and landed on an uneven surface causing a fracture to lower right leg.
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