Contract Highwall Mining, LLC operator
Controlled by
F D Justice II; Greg Henzman
MSHA operator ID: 0051979
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Mines on record
- 5
- Years on record
- 2007–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
487
citations
95
significant & substantial
$86,756
proposed penalties
$81,223
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,534 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
343
inspections on record
8,583
inspection hours
5.7
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.487 citations across 8,583 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$87K
proposed penalties
$84K
current assessed
$81K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
459 assessments are final orders; 25 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 3 non-fatal
- EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 2 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
- STRIKING OR BUMPING 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2024
1
2020
1
2019
2
2017
1
2015
1
2008
1
2007
1
Mines on record
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