68% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,214,330 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
1,151
inspections on record
81,537
inspection hours
12.2
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.
9,951 citations across 81,537 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.
$13.2M
proposed penalties
$9.2M
current assessed
$9.0M
paid to date
$202K
outstanding
9,626 assessments are final orders; 547 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Rockwell Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
On 6/13/2017 a continuous miner operator was moving the continuous miner out of the #3 entry on the #1 Section. As EE backed the miner out of the entry EE was caught between the head of the continuous miner and the coal rib. This resulted in fatal crushing injuries.
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