Mining Incidents

Blue Diamond Coal Co operator

MSHA operator ID: 0134733
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
256
Mines on record
11
Years on record
2014–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
7,799
citations
1,700
significant & substantial
$3,407,846
proposed penalties
$2,800,207
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $607,639 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
1,367
inspections on record
104,358
inspection hours
7.5
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.
7,799 citations across 104,358 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.
$3.4M
proposed penalties
$2.9M
current assessed
$2.8M
paid to date
$94K
outstanding
7,446 assessments are final orders; 360 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
2
2025
12
2024
23
2023
18
2022
18
2021
28
2020
14
2019
23
2018
15
2017
17
2016
30
2015
41
2014
15

Mines on record

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