MaRyan Mining LLC: 2,021 MSHA citations operator
Controlled by
Foresight Energy Labor LLC
MSHA operator ID: 0098925
MaRyan Mining LLC has had no fatalities among 185 reportable incidents since 2010. MSHA has proposed $2.3M in penalties since 2009, with $65K outstanding.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 185
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2010–2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
2,021
citations
475
significant & substantial
$2,271,265
proposed penalties
$1,848,110
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $423,155 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
368
inspections on record
26,854
inspection hours
7.5
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.2,021 citations across 26,854 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.$2.3M
proposed penalties
$1.9M
current assessed
$1.8M
paid to date
$65K
outstanding
1,992 assessments are final orders; 55 contested dockets.
Of $734K in penalties contested before the Commission, $376K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-08-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.23.8%
significant & substantial
5.7%
high negligence or reckless
23.9%
reasonably likely or greater
23.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.2% low, 86.1% moderate, 5.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2020
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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 and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year. Employment reports reach back to 1983, but those earlier years come from MSHA's archived file format and are not used in rates.5.57
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 * | 5.57 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2019 | 10.99 | 7.76 | 0.000 |
| 2018 | 5.34 | 1.78 | 0.000 |
| 2017 | 7.39 | 1.85 | 0.000 |
| 2016 | 7.72 | 2.57 | 0.000 |
| 2015 | 5.53 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2014 | 5.77 | 0.82 | 0.000 |
| 2013 | 7.78 | 0.00 | 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
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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
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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: 2020-03-02, 6 years ago
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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.99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
4,254
samples
6.93
dust max (mg/m3)
4
over MSHA ECV
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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.903 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 3,351 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR1,260
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)1,074
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)874
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2020-02-26, 6 years ago3.5
silica avg (%)
236
samples
10.1
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR82
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)62
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)45
Noise
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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: 2020-02-19, 6 years ago
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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.19%
over PEL
267
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR38
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)36
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)35
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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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.
186
citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
- Settled 186 · 100%
94%
S&S designation survived the contest
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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 118 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
49%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$733K proposed, $375K 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 2020-03-15. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
Contested penalties
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE 2016-0012 | Settlement | Simonton | 2016 | $105K → $22K |
| LAKE 2015-0535 | Settlement | Rae | 2016 | $70K → $35K |
| LAKE 2015-0390 | Settlement | Rae | 2016 | $52K → $14K |
| LAKE 2018-0383 | Settlement | Paez | 2019 | $48K → $16K |
| LAKE 2011-727 | Settlement | Harner | 2012 | $43K → $32K |
| LAKE 2012-552 | Prevail | Rae | 2015 | $40K → $1K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Top causes
- HOISTING 74 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 29 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 24 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 17 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 11 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 7 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2020
2
2019
20
2018
18
2017
19
2016
30
2015
20
2014
20
2013
14
2012
18
2011
21
2010
3
Mines on record
- Shay #1 Mine IL
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Where MaRyan Mining 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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