80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $838,433 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2,408
inspections on record
95,886
inspection hours
6.7
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.
6,417 citations across 95,886 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.
$4.2M
proposed penalties
$3.4M
current assessed
$3.3M
paid to date
$92K
outstanding
6,159 assessments are final orders; 127 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
August 11, 2024CO · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. · Fall from machine
Employee was shoveling coal off a conveyor belt, belt moved forward causing miner to fall down transfer chute onto belt conveyor that transferred EE to stacker tube where EE fell onto coal pile.
Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. · Fall onto or against objects
Working on a structure 15' high & was safely tied off to structure, when he completed his work, instead of stepping onto platform from beam he was standing on while tied off - he untied and then stepped and fell 8' onto another 5 1/4" beam with his chest. He walked to the company truck and sat down ambulance arrived, got in and died in route to the hospital.
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