82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $746,230 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
718
inspections on record
164,785
inspection hours
6.2
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.
10,161 citations across 164,785 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.
$4.3M
proposed penalties
$3.7M
current assessed
$3.5M
paid to date
$164K
outstanding
9,699 assessments are final orders; 247 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
December 4, 2021KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techFatality · MACHINERY
River View Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Employee placed self on the bumper of the miner below the unsupported conveyor tail boom with the machine still energized. EE apparently was trying to trouble shoot issues with the stab jack by utilizing the remote control functions and in the process inadvertently lowered the tail onto self resulting in fatal crushing injuries.
River View Coal LLC · Struck by powered moving object
Employee received fatal injuries from a shuttle car that struck him while hanging a check curtain on the #6 unit, #7 entry, #11 seam. His body was discovered by the car operator upon returning from the feeder. (AN MSHA, STATE AND COMPANY INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.)
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