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.
INMET Mining, LLC. operator
Controlled by
Industrial Minerals Group LLC
MSHA operator ID: 0166593
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
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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.1,408 citations across 33,204 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.$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.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 25 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 21 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 10 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 8 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 6 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 5 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2023
18
2022
24 (1f)
2021
27
2020
19
2019
3
Mines on record
- Darby Mine KY
- CAVE BRANCH PLANT KY
- Tyree Mine KY
- OSAKA VA
- PANTHER MINE KY
- PIGEON CREEK VA
- NORTH FORK #6 VA
- Huff Creek Mine KY
- D-30 Clover Fork KY
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
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