Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC: 385 MSHA citations operator
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Navajo Transitional Energy Company LLC
MSHA operator ID: 0131153
Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC has had no fatalities among 78 reportable incidents since 2014. MSHA has proposed $134K in penalties since 2014, with $16K outstanding.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 78
- Mines on record
- 4
- Years on record
- 2014–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
385
citations
63
significant & substantial
$133,672
proposed penalties
$117,643
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,029 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
114
inspections on record
10,467
inspection hours
3.7
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.385 citations across 10,467 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.$134K
proposed penalties
$134K
current assessed
$118K
paid to date
$16K
outstanding
347 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $366 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-08-10.
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.16.5%
significant & substantial
6.5%
high negligence or reckless
16.8%
reasonably likely or greater
17.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 32.2% low, 61.3% moderate, 6.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2025
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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.0.67
total case rate
0.22
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.98 cases per 100 workers.
| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.43 | 0.21 | 0.000 |
| 2025 | 0.67 | 0.22 | 0.000 |
| 2024 | 0.45 | 0.23 | 0.000 |
| 2023 | 0.63 | 0.21 | 0.000 |
| 2022 | 0.38 | 0.29 | 0.000 |
| 2021 | 0.61 | 0.10 | 0.000 |
| 2020 | 0.39 | 0.20 | 0.000 |
| 2019 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.000 |
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: 2026-09-09
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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.100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
1,062
samples
2.02
dust max (mg/m3)
1
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.467 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 595 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR407
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR368
- COAL DRILL OPERATOR76
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2026-08-217.8
silica avg (%)
59
samples
17.5
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR29
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR12
- BELT MAN/CONVEYOR MAN7
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: 2026-09-03
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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.0%
over PEL
223
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR61
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR29
- MECHANIC25
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.
5
citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
- Still open 5 · 100%
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 2026-09-10. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEST 2025-0316 | Dismissal | Young | 2026 | $366 → $0 |
| WEST 2026-0186 | Decision pending | |||
| WEST 2026-0187 | Decision pending | |||
| WEST 2026-0318 | Decision pending |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Top causes
- FIRE 17 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 16 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 15 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 14 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 8 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 4 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
4
2025
8
2024
7
2023
9
2022
9
2021
9
2020
7
2019
2
2016
9
2015
7
2014
7
Mines on record
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Where Navajo Transitional Energy Company, 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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