87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $254,100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
1,554
inspections on record
64,636
inspection hours
5.3
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.
3,402 citations across 64,636 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.
$2.0M
proposed penalties
$1.7M
current assessed
$1.7M
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
3,309 assessments are final orders; 66 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
August 17, 2022WV · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Tunnel Ridge, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
A miner was fatally injured when the supply car on which they were sitting was struck by a locomotive, causing them to fall where they were crushed between the coupler and deck of the supply car.
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