Black Castle Mining Company, LLC operator
Controlled by
Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
MSHA operator ID: 0086184
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 83
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 1990–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
1,360
citations
498
significant & substantial
$2,513,595
proposed penalties
$1,971,233
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $542,362 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
195
inspections on record
14,452
inspection hours
9.4
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.1,360 citations across 14,452 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.$2.5M
proposed penalties
$2.0M
current assessed
$2.0M
paid to date
$21
outstanding
1,320 assessments are final orders; 74 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-02-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 17 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 15 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 12 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 12 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 8 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 6 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
1
2024
1
2020
3
2019
6
2018
12
2017
10
2016
6
2015
6
2014
10
2012
2
2011
8
2010
13
2009
4
1990
1
Mines on record
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