82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,410,488 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2,254
inspections on record
187,795
inspection hours
5.9
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.
11,092 citations across 187,795 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.
$7.7M
proposed penalties
$6.4M
current assessed
$6.3M
paid to date
$130K
outstanding
10,838 assessments are final orders; 151 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Canyon Fuel Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
VICTIM WAS HELPING MOVE AN IRON-BOUND SHIELD ON THE 3LPE LONGWALL FACE. CHAIN SLINGS WERE CONFIGURED TO ATTACH THE IRON BOUND SHIELD TO THE CONVEYER. THE VICTIM GOT ONTO THE IRON-BOUND SHIELD AND ATTEMPTED TO OPERATE A FUNCTION. AS PRESSUREWAS APPLIED, A HOOK ON THE CHAIN ASSEMBLY FAILED, AND THE CHAIN SLING ASSEMBLY HIT THE VICTIM. MASSIVE HEAD TRAUMA AND FRACTURED NECK.
April 10, 2000UT · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Canyon Fuel Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE OFF-STANDARD CAR OPERATOR IN THE 7 LEFT SECTION WAS FOUND FATALLY INJURED, PINNED BETWEEN THE CAR CANOPY AND THE RIB. THE CAR WAS STOPPED AT THE FEEDER BREAKER FOR THE SECTION. AN INVESTIG ATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE FURTHER INFORMATION.
March 23, 2000UT · Coalelectrician, linemanFatality · OTHER
Canyon Fuel Company LLC · Drowning
INDIVIDUAL WAS FOUND DEAD IN SUMP.
May 20, 1997UT · Coalutility man, errand boy, service truck operatorFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Canyon Fuel Company Llc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
VICTIM WAS DRIVING A WAGNER DIESEL POWERED SCOOP OUT OF THE MINE WHEN FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, THE SCOOP TRAVELED BACK DOWN THE SLOPE AND THE CANOPY STRUCK AN "I" BEAM ON A OVERCAST WHICH CAUS ED THE CANOPY TO DEFORM, STRIKING THE VICTIM, INFLICTING FATAL INJUIES.
Watch this operator
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at any Canyon Fuel Company LLC mine.
For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
The full compliance file on Canyon Fuel Company LLC
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and
docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF
with the underlying data as CSV.