Covol Fuels No.3 LLC operator
Controlled by
Catalyst Resources LLC
MSHA operator ID: 0087384
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 18
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2007–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
401
citations
86
significant & substantial
$69,473
proposed penalties
$29,826
paid to date
43% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $39,648 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
255
inspections on record
9,848
inspection hours
4.1
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.401 citations across 9,848 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.$69K
proposed penalties
$70K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$40K
outstanding
381 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 5 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2024
1
2023
3
2022
4
2021
2
2017
1
2016
1
2014
2
2012
1
2009
2
2007
1
Mines on record
- Straight Creek Mine KY
- Crockett KY
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