Frontier Coal Company operator
Controlled by
James C Justice III
MSHA operator ID: 0083104
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 34
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 2008–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
1,945
citations
458
significant & substantial
$4,922,975
proposed penalties
$512,620
paid to date
10% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,410,355 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
216
inspections on record
7,456
inspection hours
26.1
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.1,945 citations across 7,456 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.$4.9M
proposed penalties
$4.6M
current assessed
$513K
paid to date
$4.1M
outstanding
1,809 assessments are final orders; 68 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 10 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 7 non-fatal
- OTHER 4 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
3
2025
8
2024
5
2023
5
2022
2
2017
2
2016
1
2012
1
2011
1
2010
1
2009
1
2008
4
Mines on record
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