Vail Mine has $72K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 14 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 29,033 | 4 | 0 | 137.8 |
| 2025 Q3 | 28,481 | 6 | 0 | 210.7 |
| 2025 Q2 | 28,175 | 10 | 1 | 354.9 |
| 2025 Q1 | 29,598 | 5 | 1 | 168.9 |
| 2024 Q4 | 26,935 | 4 | 0 | 148.5 |
| 2024 Q3 | 27,183 | 4 | 1 | 147.2 |
| 2024 Q2 | 28,789 | 8 | 0 | 277.9 |
| 2024 Q1 | 31,769 | 7 | 0 | 220.3 |
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 27,903 | 7 | 0 | 250.9 |
| 2023 Q3 | 32,395 | 5 | 0 | 154.3 |
| 2023 Q2 | 31,955 | 6 | 0 | 187.8 |
| 2023 Q1 | 36,218 | 12 | 0 | 331.3 |
| 2022 Q4 | 31,458 | 4 | 0 | 127.2 |
| 2022 Q3 | 29,596 | 2 | 1 | 67.6 |
| 2022 Q2 | 26,522 | 5 | 0 | 188.5 |
| 2022 Q1 | 24,694 | 6 | 0 | 243.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 19,872 | 7 | 0 | 352.3 |
| 2021 Q3 | 18,464 | 8 | 1 | 433.3 |
| 2021 Q2 | 19,268 | 3 | 0 | 155.7 |
| 2021 Q1 | 17,621 | 2 | 0 | 113.5 |
| 2020 Q4 | 17,176 | 4 | 0 | 232.9 |
| 2020 Q3 | 20,712 | 2 | 1 | 96.6 |
| 2020 Q2 | 16,761 | 5 | 0 | 298.3 |
| 2020 Q1 | 18,216 | 4 | 0 | 219.6 |
| 2019 Q4 | 13,752 | 9 | 1 | 654.5 |
| 2019 Q3 | 16,563 | 4 | 0 | 241.5 |
| 2019 Q2 | 15,374 | 5 | 0 | 325.2 |
| 2019 Q1 | 11,255 | 4 | 0 | 355.4 |
| 2018 Q4 | 10,894 | 4 | 0 | 367.2 |
| 2018 Q3 | 9,182 | 5 | 0 | 544.5 |
| 2018 Q2 | 9,364 | 6 | 0 | 640.8 |
| 2018 Q1 | 9,079 | 10 | 0 | 1101.4 |
| 2017 Q4 | 6,103 | 2 | 0 | 327.7 |
| 2017 Q3 | 6,118 | 3 | 0 | 490.4 |
| 2017 Q2 | 4,150 | 5 | 0 | 1204.8 |
| 2017 Q1 | 6,245 | 4 | 0 | 640.5 |
| 2016 Q4 | 8,983 | 3 | 0 | 334.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 10,356 | 4 | 0 | 386.2 |
| 2016 Q2 | 10,083 | 5 | 0 | 495.9 |
| 2016 Q1 | 10,654 | 5 | 1 | 469.3 |
| 2015 Q4 | 8,333 | 4 | 0 | 480.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 8,563 | 4 | 0 | 467.1 |
| 2015 Q2 | 12,031 | 9 | 0 | 748.1 |
| 2015 Q1 | 12,441 | 17 | 7 | 1366.4 |
| 2014 Q4 | 13,721 | 11 | 1 | 801.7 |
| 2014 Q3 | 16,889 | 4 | 1 | 236.8 |
| 2014 Q2 | 16,814 | 12 | 1 | 713.7 |
| 2014 Q1 | 13,715 | 8 | 1 | 583.3 |
| 2013 Q4 | 18,237 | 14 | 0 | 767.7 |
| 2013 Q3 | 19,085 | 19 | 4 | 995.5 |
| 2013 Q2 | 15,143 | 7 | 1 | 462.3 |
| 2013 Q1 | 11,549 | 13 | 0 | 1125.6 |
| 2012 Q4 | 12,456 | 7 | 1 | 562.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 5,483 | 1 | 0 | 182.4 |
| 2012 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Patient was hanging line curtain when EE's feet got tangled in it causing EE to fall. EE fell into the side of a scoop battery causing a laceration and broken nose
A piece of draw rock approx. 2' x 54" x 2" thick fell out between bolts striking the miners right shin area possibly breaking EE's tibia
Roof fall occurred in #4 entry at the #44 crosscut on the "A" Mains. The fall was in the intersection on the #4 entry travel way.
miner was exiting the Johnson Mantrip when they stood up off of it their right knee twisted and hyperextended.
Torqueing a flywheel on incline shaker screen at prep plant. work location outdoors. Weather: light rain. Torque wrench slipped out of grip of employee while on flywheel nut while under tension, spinning the wrench with the flywheel, striking employee on left upper cheek. injury result was a laceration with 5 stitches and multiple facial bruising.
a johnson mantrip with 2 passengers was coming out from 2 section when a johnson mantrip carrying 1 passenger was going into 1 section. the outgoing mantrip came around a turn and was hit in the left front with the incoming mantrip. this caused the passenger to strike EE's right foot causing a right heel fracture
Lifting a roll of belting onto structure. Was lifting with the belt winding wood and smashed right middle finger between the wood and the metal structure resulting in 7 stitches.
Employee was bending a 6' resin bolt when a hand slipped off causing the bolt to strike their mouth.
roof fall on C-2 Butt #18-#19 crosscut #4 entry approx. 25' long and 8'-10' high
Mechanics had removed the canopy extensions from the #2 twin boom. While putting it back together, ee had hand on top of the canopy jack. Another mechanic didn't know this and raised the jack, smashing the miner's left thumb between the jack and the roof of the mine
The miner was adding belt to the low structure. The tail was pushed before the miner had his rail out causing the low structure to push towards the rib. The miner was kneeling down and the low structure hit his right knee pushing it and his ankle into the rib.
Employee was spotting low structure. When he went to throw a piece he struck his right pointer and right middle finger on another piece of structure laying there lacerating his middle finger and smashing the tip of his pointer finger
The miner was walking to get to the section and said he slipped on a rock and twisted and then fell to the ground possibly onto another rock landing directly on his hip
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.