Kepler Processing Company LLC operator
Controlled by
Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
MSHA operator ID: P23202
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 81
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1995–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
482
citations
96
significant & substantial
$119,407
proposed penalties
$103,723
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $15,684 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
186
inspections on record
6,143
inspection hours
7.8
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.482 citations across 6,143 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.$119K
proposed penalties
$104K
current assessed
$104K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
475 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 26 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 23 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 9 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 8 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 7 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2024
1
2022
2
2020
1
2018
2
2017
2
2015
2
2014
3
2013
8
2012
8
2011
2
2009
1
2008
4
2007
2
2006
3
2005
3
2004
2
2002
10
2001
3
2000
5
1999
5
1998
4
1997
2
1996
3
1995
3
Mines on record
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