Mining Incidents

INMET Mining, LLC. operator

MSHA operator ID: 0166593
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
91
Mines on record
9
Years on record
2019–2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
1,408
citations
285
significant & substantial
$614,903
proposed penalties
$357,496
paid to date
58% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $257,407 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
543
inspections on record
33,204
inspection hours
4.2
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.
1,408 citations across 33,204 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.
$615K
proposed penalties
$443K
current assessed
$357K
paid to date
$85K
outstanding
1,348 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2023
18
2022
24 (1f)
2021
27
2020
19
2019
3

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
March 20, 2022 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
INMET Mining, LLC. · Struck by falling object

The employee and co-workers were in the No.8 entry at x-cut No.47 on the 3 South Mains preparing to remove a permanent stopping. The injured employee was in the process of walking outby to turn off a water valve, when the roof collapsed resulting in a fatality. MSHA was notified. The injured employee was pronounced dead by the coroner on at 10:48pm on 3/21/2022.

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