Banner Blue Coal Company operator
Controlled by
Metinvest B V
MSHA operator ID: P21542
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 246
- Mines on record
- 12
- Years on record
- 1995–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
5,766
citations
1,283
significant & substantial
$3,262,931
proposed penalties
$2,973,868
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $289,063 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
778
inspections on record
62,307
inspection hours
9.3
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.5,766 citations across 62,307 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$3.3M
proposed penalties
$3.0M
current assessed
$3.0M
paid to date
$18K
outstanding
5,681 assessments are final orders; 89 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 61 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 54 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 37 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 24 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 17 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 16 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
3
2024
5
2023
4
2022
5
2021
7
2020
17
2019
12
2018
15
2017
10
2016
13
2015
9
2014
11
2013
5
2012
9
2011
18
2010
22
2009
18
2008
14
2007
14
2006
9
2005
2
1999
3
1998
7
1997
3
1996
8
1995
3
Mines on record
- PAW PAW 2 SOUTH VA
- Paw Paw 2 KY
- Tilley VA
- Hackney Creek Hagy VA
- Paw Paw Mine VA
- Middle Fork Hagy VA
- Locust Thicket VA
- Conaway Creek Deep Mine VA
- Apollo VA
- Smith Br VA
- Licklog Mine VA
- No 3 VA
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