True Energy Fuels Mine No. 2 has $60K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2019–2022
Latest incident
Aug 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
166
citations
52
significant & substantial
$60,032
proposed penalties
$43,262
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,771 gap.
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.
166 citations across 1,779 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
True Energy Fuels Mine No. 2 has $60K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K 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.
$60K
proposed penalties
$52K
current assessed
$43K
paid to date
$9K
outstanding
146 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $29K in penalties contested before the Commission, $21K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-01.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
26%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$29K proposed, $21K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2020-02-26.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at True Energy Fuels Mine No. 2 shows 100% of 186 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: 2024-07-31
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
186
samples
0.69
dust max (mg/m3)
1
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.
103 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 83 by the operator.
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.
True Energy Fuels Mine No. 2 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 Virginia, coal mining averaged 2.23 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
2019 *
4.40
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
0.00
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)
2024
11
15,161
2023
10
38,873
2022
13
66,203
2021
2
2020
5
12,809
2019
18
69,209
2018
11
39,425
2017
6
6,623
2016
3
2015
5
2014
5
2013
6
2,878
2012
27
51,986
2011
30
115,529
2010
7
18,566
2007
0
2006
5
7,546
2005
6
5,054
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
True Energy Fuels Mine No. 2 sits in Wise County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 5.9% 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.
Wise County, Virginia · Population 35,727
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$50,740
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
2024 Q2
4,246
2
0
471.0
2024 Q1
7,159
2
0
279.4
2023 Q4
7,016
7
2
997.7
2023 Q3
6,969
2
0
287.0
2023 Q2
3,651
9
2
2465.1
2023 Q1
4,668
2
0
428.4
2022 Q4
7,314
3
2
410.2
2022 Q3
8,525
3
2
351.9
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2022 Q2
7,679
20
7
2604.5
2022 Q1
3,444
11
4
3194.0
2021 Q4
784
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
916
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
896
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
930
1
1
1075.3
2020 Q4
1,400
1
0
714.3
2020 Q3
576
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
576
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
9,616
5
2
520.0
2019 Q4
11,014
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
13,775
8
1
580.8
2019 Q2
12,665
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
8,013
4
2
499.2
2018 Q4
6,625
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
6,232
1
1
160.5
2018 Q2
6,319
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
7,394
5
1
676.2
2017 Q4
5,065
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,714
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,673
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
2,217
2
0
902.1
2016 Q4
1,092
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
1,086
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,249
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
952
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
1,550
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,668
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,600
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
2,268
1
0
440.9
2014 Q4
2,232
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,506
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,520
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
1,524
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
2,324
1
0
430.3
2013 Q3
3,110
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,956
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
2,800
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
2,953
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
11,180
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
17,050
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
18,990
15
6
789.9
2011 Q4
17,676
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
13,663
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
17,381
9
7
517.8
2011 Q1
15,566
2
0
128.5
2010 Q4
8,932
7
3
783.7
2010 Q3
0
0
0
2010 Q2
0
0
0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2006 Q4
0
0
0
2006 Q3
0
7
0
2006 Q1
8,417
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
5,935
10
3
1684.9
2005 Q3
0
1
1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2022 · 2 incidents
August 16, 2022VA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
EE was attempting to cut a tree when EE's saw got hung & EE then advised colleague to release the tree that was holding the initial tree & this resulted in the initial tree pushing up by the stump where EE was, resulting in EE's injury. Broken leg.
February 24, 2022VA · Coalblaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkeyHANDLING OF MATERIALS