88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $301,010 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
441
inspections on record
49,195
inspection hours
9.1
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.
4,464 citations across 49,195 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.
$2.5M
proposed penalties
$2.2M
current assessed
$2.2M
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
4,373 assessments are final orders; 81 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
August 3, 2017CO · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techFatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Blue Mountain Energy Inc · Struck by falling object
On August 3, 2017 a miner was fatally crushed while ee was dismantling a metal structure used to supply water to tech fine coal filter at the preparation plant.
October 29, 1996CO · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Blue Mountain Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object
AT APPROX. 1245M ON OCTOBER 29, 1996, EE WAS OPERATING A 50 TON EUCLID HAULAGE TRUCK TRANSPORTING REFUSE FROM THE PREP PLANT TO THE REFUSE PILE. AFTER DUMPING HIS LOAD OF REFUSE MATERIAL THE O PERATOR DIDN'T LOWER THE TRUCK BED. THEREFORE, APPROX. 1.6 MILES FROM THE REFUSE PILE THE TRUCK BED STRUCK THE OVERLAND CONVEYOR BELT XOVER AT THE TRANSFER STATION #1 CAUSING THE FATAL INJURY
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