Bisti Fuels Company LLC: 143 MSHA citations operator
Controlled by
Navajo Transitional Energy Company LLC
MSHA operator ID: 0149113
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 37
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2017–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
143
citations
25
significant & substantial
$52,513
proposed penalties
$51,816
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $697 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
55
inspections on record
4,937
inspection hours
2.9
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.143 citations across 4,937 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.$53K
proposed penalties
$52K
current assessed
$52K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
137 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $986 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.17.7%
significant & substantial
5.7%
high negligence or reckless
18.4%
reasonably likely or greater
16.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.7% none, 15.6% low, 78.0% moderate, 5.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2025
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.0.30
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.16 | 0.58 | 0.000 |
| 2025 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2024 | 0.90 | 0.30 | 0.000 |
| 2023 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2022 | 1.37 | 0.55 | 0.000 |
| 2021 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2020 | 0.83 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2019 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Health sampling
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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
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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.
Last sampled: 2026-08-12
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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.100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
473
samples
1.04
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
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The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.214 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 259 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR185
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR124
- UTILITY MAN77
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2025-11-2012.3
silica avg (%)
20
samples
20.1
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR10
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR6
- UTILITY MAN3
Noise
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Last sampled: 2026-08-12
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.1%
over PEL
86
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR23
- REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE13
- UTILITY MAN9
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3
citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
- Settled 3 · 100%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
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Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
41%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $986 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2018-12-19. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.Largest penalties this operator contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENT 2018-0064 | Settlement | Miller | 2018 | $1K → $773 |
| CENT 2019-0075 | Settlement | Miller | 2019 | $638 → $213 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 12 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 9 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 5 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 4 non-fatal
- OTHER 2 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
3
2025
1
2024
5
2023
1
2022
9
2021
2
2020
6
2019
2
2018
4
2017
4
Mines on record
- Navajo Mine NM
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Where Bisti Fuels Company LLC stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.
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