Mining Incidents

Carbon River Coal operator

MSHA operator ID: P21938
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
58
Mines on record
7
Years on record
1985–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
299
citations
138
significant & substantial
$50,318
proposed penalties
$34,156
paid to date
68% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,162 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
226
inspections on record
3,925
inspection hours
7.6
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.
299 citations across 3,925 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.
$50K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$34K
paid to date
$755
outstanding
283 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
1
2024
1
2006
1
2003
1
2001
3 (1f)
2000
1
1998
2
1997
3
1996
4
1995
4
1994
7
1993
3
1992
5
1991
4
1990
3
1989
7
1988
2
1986
5
1985
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
December 17, 2001 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · MACHINERY
Carbon River Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKER WAS OPERATING A CAT D60 DOZER AND WAS MAKING A PAD TO PLACE A 6" GORMAN-RUPP WATER PUMP ON. DOZER TILTED OVER, WORKER WAS PINNED UNDER DOZER. HE RECEIVED MASSIVE INJURIES FROM WEIGHT OF DOZER.

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