Mega Highwall Mining LLC operator
Controlled by
Daniel W Bunn
MSHA operator ID: 0149874
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 27
- Mines on record
- 9
- Years on record
- 2003–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
285
citations
56
significant & substantial
$77,193
proposed penalties
$75,327
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,866 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
223
inspections on record
5,718
inspection hours
5.0
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.285 citations across 5,718 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.$77K
proposed penalties
$75K
current assessed
$75K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
244 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 9 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 4 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 3 non-fatal
- EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
4
2024
6
2023
4
2022
7
2021
1
2020
1
2019
2
2017
1
Mines on record
- ADDCAR System 40 HWM Serial No. 23040 IN
- SHM-70 KY
- Surface Mine 1 WV
- SHM-71 WV
- ADDCAR SYSTEM 16 NM
- SHM System-81 WV
- Addcar System 38 IN
- Addcar Systems 03 IN
- SHM-47 KY
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