71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,767,320 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
1,263
inspections on record
59,257
inspection hours
7.9
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.
4,652 citations across 59,257 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.
$6.2M
proposed penalties
$4.5M
current assessed
$4.4M
paid to date
$77K
outstanding
4,396 assessments are final orders; 177 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC · Struck by powered moving object
Employee was out of their truck and on the pit floor while the 993 (LD270) Loader was being trouble shot trying to find a leaking hose. While walking to their 785 truck the employee traveled under the bucket of the 993 loader and was struck causing severe crushing injuries from their waist down.
February 19, 2013WV · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
The shuttle car operator was shoveling the coal rib in the 5-6 crosscut on #3 section at #18 break. This was the 2nd open crosscut outby the face of #6 entry. The scoop operator turned from #6 entry battery first into the crosscut and struck the shuttle car operator. The shuttle car operator sustained fatal injuries.
February 7, 2013WV · Coalutility man, errand boy, service truck operatorFatality · HOISTING
Pocahontas Coal Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Scoop operator placed the scoop bucket over the edge of the elevator/hoist to eject a trash insert. Inadvertent movement of the elevator/hoist raised the scoop upward and the scoop operator ended up under the scoop deck suffering fatal injuries.
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