Mining Incidents

Ben's Creek Operations WV, LLC operator

Controlled by MBU Capital Group LTD
MSHA operator ID: 0149713
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2021–2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
205
citations
59
significant & substantial
$92,849
proposed penalties
$56,450
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $36,399 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
129
inspections on record
2,274
inspection hours
9.0
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.
205 citations across 2,274 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$93K
proposed penalties
$71K
current assessed
$56K
paid to date
$14K
outstanding
194 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2023
1
2021
1

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