Witcher Creek Surface Mine has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2021–2024
Latest incident
Jul 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
73
citations
0
significant & substantial
$14,802
proposed penalties
$8,272
paid to date
56% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,530 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
68
inspections on record
2,309
inspection hours
3.2
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.
73 citations across 2,309 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Witcher Creek Surface Mine has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 0 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
73 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Witcher Creek Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 190 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
Endloader operator accidently dropped the boom of 992 loader onto the side of the rock truck being loaded. The driver of the truck stated the bumping of the truck by the endloader caused a strain to their back.
Truck Driver in the process off-loading ANFO to overhead bin and bent down to turn valve on tanker when EE felt a pop in EE's left knee. Driver diagnosed with left knee strain.
2021 · 1 incident
February 2, 2021WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was shoveling tailroller on the screen when employee experienced a sharp pain in lower back.
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