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GCC Energy LLC: 2,001 MSHA citations operator

Controlled by GCC SAB de CV
MSHA operator ID: 0059743

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
121
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2005–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
2,001
citations
334
significant & substantial
$1,318,553
proposed penalties
$949,634
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $368,919 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
204
inspections on record
26,401
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.
2,001 citations across 26,401 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.
$1.3M
proposed penalties
$964K
current assessed
$950K
paid to date
$14K
outstanding
1,951 assessments are final orders; 136 contested dockets.
Of $960K in penalties contested before the Commission, $581K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
17.0%
significant & substantial
4.9%
high negligence or reckless
16.4%
reasonably likely or greater
14.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.1% none, 11.1% low, 84.0% moderate, 4.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
1.66
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2026 * 5.27 5.27 0.000
2025 1.66 0.00 0.000
2024 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 6.46 6.46 0.000
2022 2.86 2.86 0.000
2021 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 3.73 1.24 0.000
2019 1.99 1.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Respirable coal dust
ⓘ Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.

Last sampled: 2026-08-20
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
7,637
samples
5.93
dust max (mg/m3)
33
over MSHA ECV
ⓘ The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
1,512 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 6,125 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2,514
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)1,352
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)1,259

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2026-05-19
2.4
silica avg (%)
466
samples
14.7
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR154
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)78
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)71
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2026-06-03
3%
over PEL
550
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR80
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)79
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)54
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
478 citations taken to the federal commission · 24% of citations on record
  • Settled 450 · 94%
  • Stood as issued 24 · 5%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 0%
  • Still open 3 · 1%
73%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 223 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
39%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$918K proposed, $563K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2026-01-22. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this operator contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2020-0208 Settlement Miller 2021 $148K → $103K
WEST 2015-0673 Settlement Manning 2016 $53K → $38K
WEST 2014-198 Settlement Manning 2014 $44K → $33K
WEST 2009-565 Settlement Lesnick 2010 $33K → $11K
WEST 2013-730 Settlement Manning 2014 $32K → $21K
WEST 2013-615 Settlement Manning 2013 $30K → $23K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
1
2025
2
2024
1
2023
7
2022
3
2020
3
2019
3
2018
5
2017
3
2014
7
2013
5
2012
11
2011
7
2010
6
2009
10
2008
13
2007
15
2006
16
2005
3

Mines on record

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Where GCC Energy LLC stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.

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