Surface Minerals Company operator
Controlled by
Metinvest B V
MSHA operator ID: P24715
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 48
- Mines on record
- 14
- Years on record
- 2002–2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
899
citations
283
significant & substantial
$478,839
proposed penalties
$365,675
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $113,164 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
542
inspections on record
15,786
inspection hours
5.7
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.899 citations across 15,786 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.$479K
proposed penalties
$365K
current assessed
$365K
paid to date
$22
outstanding
888 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 16 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 10 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 8 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 5 non-fatal
- FIRE 3 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2024
1
2023
1
2022
1
2021
1
2020
1
2018
2
2017
3
2016
1
2015
1
2014
1
2013
3
2012
6
2011
4
2010
5
2009
4
2008
2
2007
1
2006
1
2005
2
2003
3
2002
4
Mines on record
- Surface Mine No. 1 VA
- Airport Surface VA
- Elk Creek Surface VA
- Hackney VA
- Huffman Fk. VA
- 3 Pole VA
- Feds Creek Surface KY
- Buckeye Br. VA
- Jones Fork VA
- Convict Hollow VA
- Mule Hollow Surface Mine VA
- No. 4 HWM VA
- No. 4 VA
- Convict VA
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