WHITE HORSE ENERGY, LLC: 31 MSHA citations operator
Controlled by
Tamara L Fetterolf; Gregory T Fetterolf
MSHA operator ID: 0133654
WHITE HORSE ENERGY, LLC has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 2025. MSHA has proposed $4K in penalties since 2014, with $151 outstanding.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
31
citations
0
significant & substantial
$4,127
proposed penalties
$3,976
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date. The remaining $151 was reduced, settled, contested or is still owed.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
43
inspections on record
1,566
inspection hours
2.0
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.31 citations across 1,566 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-08-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 80.6% low, 19.4% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.Respirable coal dust
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Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Last sampled: 2026-09-16
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Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
227
samples
1.52
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
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The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.121 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 106 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR96
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR52
- REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE36
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2026-08-313.8
silica avg (%)
16
samples
11.8
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR11
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR5
Noise
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Last sampled: 2026-09-16
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.0%
over PEL
96
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE33
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR25
- BACKHOE OPERATOR24
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Top causes
- OTHER 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
1
Mines on record
- New Summit PA
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Where WHITE HORSE ENERGY, LLC stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate
MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.
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