Mining Incidents

Blue Creek Mining, LLC operator

MSHA operator ID: 0141656
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
110
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2015–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
2,085
citations
287
significant & substantial
$1,268,964
proposed penalties
$1,086,866
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $182,098 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
194
inspections on record
29,429
inspection hours
7.1
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.
2,085 citations across 29,429 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.
$1.3M
proposed penalties
$1.1M
current assessed
$1.1M
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
2,050 assessments are final orders; 108 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
6
2024
2
2023
3
2022
2
2021
6
2020
6
2019
17
2018
16
2017
36
2016
15
2015
1

Mines on record

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