Patton Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
The IE was moving the miner to the face in entry #3 when we found the IE pinned between the miner tail and the solid rib.
Patton Mining LLC operator
Controlled by
Foresight Energy Labor LLC
MSHA operator ID: 0098785
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
1,348
citations
279
significant & substantial
$2,107,739
proposed penalties
$1,182,615
paid to date
56% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $925,124 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
365
inspections on record
26,236
inspection hours
5.1
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.1,348 citations across 26,236 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.$2.1M
proposed penalties
$1.5M
current assessed
$1.2M
paid to date
$285K
outstanding
1,251 assessments are final orders; 73 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 34 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 86 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 36 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 26 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 18 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 6 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
10 (1f)
2025
18
2024
29
2023
31
2022
32
2021
21
2020
9
2019
2
2018
1
2017
2
2015
4
2014
17
2013
19
2012
15
2011
9
2010
10
2009
1
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
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