Wyco Surface Mine has $87K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2022–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
89
citations
20
significant & substantial
$87,350
proposed penalties
$81,827
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,523 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
31
inspections on record
1,200
inspection hours
7.4
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.
89 citations across 1,200 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Wyco Surface Mine has $87K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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.
$87K
proposed penalties
$86K
current assessed
$82K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Wyco Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 147 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
Employee was out of their truck and on the pit floor while the 993 (LD270) Loader was being trouble shot trying to find a leaking hose. While walking to their 785 truck the employee traveled under the bucket of the 993 loader and was struck causing severe crushing injuries from their waist down.
Reportable incidents
3 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2025 · 2 incidents
May 12, 2025WV · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Individual was grinding welds with a grinder. A small piece of metal worked its way under the individuals safety glasses and face shield into their eye. Medical personnel removed the debris and prescribed Ophthalmic Ointment.
Employee backed a 785-caterpillar rock truck over the dumping point on the south side of the mine. EE received 10 staples for a laceration above their right eye.
2022 · 1 incident
August 9, 2022WV · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Tree limb fell and hit EE making EE fall and cut - laceration on their head.
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