TUG FORK PREPARATION PLANT has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $516 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2014–2025
Latest incident
Jan 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
213
citations
56
significant & substantial
$52,688
proposed penalties
$45,453
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,235 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
142
inspections on record
3,542
inspection hours
6.0
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.
213 citations across 3,542 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
TUG FORK PREPARATION PLANT has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $516 outstanding across 3 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.
$53K
proposed penalties
$46K
current assessed
$45K
paid to date
$516
outstanding
210 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at TUG FORK PREPARATION PLANT shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.23 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 232 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
4,757
1
0
210.2
2025 Q3
5,584
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
6,628
2
0
301.8
2025 Q1
7,155
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
5,240
1
0
190.8
2024 Q3
7,569
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
7,993
3
0
375.3
2024 Q1
8,809
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
7,361
3
0
407.6
2023 Q3
7,692
5
0
650.0
2023 Q2
7,143
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
7,059
8
2
1133.3
2022 Q4
5,436
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
6,444
2
0
310.4
2022 Q2
7,387
7
2
947.6
2022 Q1
7,010
48
19
6847.4
2021 Q4
5,440
20
6
3676.5
2021 Q3
5,324
16
4
3005.3
2021 Q2
6,011
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
8,035
5
1
622.3
2020 Q4
6,076
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
5,680
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
6,105
3
1
491.4
2020 Q1
6,965
3
0
430.7
2019 Q4
11,338
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
8,622
5
1
579.9
2019 Q2
7,614
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
8,571
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
7,883
3
1
380.6
2018 Q3
7,385
13
3
1760.3
2018 Q2
7,817
1
0
127.9
2018 Q1
11,417
1
0
87.6
2017 Q4
10,741
2
0
186.2
2017 Q3
10,564
5
1
473.3
2017 Q2
11,126
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
9,409
7
4
744.0
2016 Q4
7,150
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
5,428
1
0
184.2
2016 Q2
4,462
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
5,024
1
0
199.0
2015 Q4
4,464
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
3,793
1
0
263.6
2015 Q2
4,615
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
5,315
1
0
188.1
2014 Q4
5,420
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
5,482
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
6,021
2
1
332.2
2014 Q1
4,895
6
1
1225.7
2013 Q4
4,652
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
5,430
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
9,055
6
2
662.6
2013 Q1
5,675
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
6,470
5
1
772.8
2012 Q3
7,160
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
2,279
2
2
877.6
2012 Q1
410
2
0
4878.0
2011 Q4
0
11
3
2011 Q3
0
0
0
2011 Q2
0
0
0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
0
0
0
2010 Q2
0
0
0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
0
0
0
2009 Q3
0
0
0
2009 Q2
0
1
0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
0
5
1
2008 Q3
0
0
0
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2007 Q3
0
0
0
2007 Q2
0
0
0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
0
0
0
2006 Q3
0
5
0
2006 Q2
0
0
0
2006 Q1
749
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
0
0
0
2005 Q2
0
0
0
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
0
0
0
2004 Q3
0
0
0
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
0
0
0
2000 Q2
760
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
660
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2025 · 1 incident
January 27, 2025WV · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was entering the cab of dozer putting lunch box and hard hat behind the seat. EE didn't realize their hand was in door jam and dozer door closed on EE's thumb.
EE had cleaned the floc strainer area and was washing the excess floc from the floor of the Refuse Building. EE slipped and fell on EE's left side. EE returned to work on 5/26/2020 but EE's doctor took EE off work on 5/29/2020.
2014 · 1 incident
September 22, 2014WV · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was exiting the cab of an excavator and when he stepped on the track his feet slid out from under him. He tried to catch himself and his right middle finger was caught in the door latch area. Employee sustained a dislocated finger.
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