Mining Incidents · Violations
US mining operators with the most MSHA violations
Consolidation Coal Company has the most recorded MSHA violations of any US mining operator, with 46,002 on file and $38,529,309 in proposed penalties.
US mining operators ranked by total MSHA violations on record, with the proposed and paid dollar penalties behind them. Counts span MSHA's 26-year enforcement history; larger operators naturally accrue more. Click an operator for its full incident and compliance record.
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Top 50 by MSHA violations
574,819 violations across these operators
Ranked first
Consolidation Coal Company
$38,529,309 proposed · $27,420,339 paid
46,002
violations
- 02 Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC 22,890violations $29,539,827 proposed $21,499,221 paid
- 03 Marfork Coal Company, LLC 22,457violations $28,786,383 proposed $21,707,707 paid
- 04 Spartan Mining Company, LLC 19,417violations $26,381,126 proposed $20,971,824 paid
- 05 Rosebud Mining Company 18,142violations $7,676,370 proposed $5,513,569 paid
- 06 Jim Walter Resources Inc 14,798violations $11,539,579 proposed $7,781,707 paid
- 07 Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC 14,576violations $5,315,580 proposed $3,894,146 paid
- 08 Excel Mining 14,469violations $12,174,989 proposed $9,455,070 paid
- 09 McElroy Coal Company 13,658violations $15,994,076 proposed $11,025,752 paid
- 10 United States Steel Corp-Minnesota Ore Operations 13,043violations $17,447,858 proposed $14,853,156 paid
- 11 Martin Marietta Materials Inc 12,532violations $5,094,212 proposed $4,179,550 paid
- 12 Illnois Land Resources, Inc. 12,263violations $15,408,405 proposed $8,737,413 paid
- 13 Amrize Cement Inc. 12,221violations $15,297,743 proposed $12,159,536 paid
- 14 Perry County Coal, LLC. 12,221violations $7,289,760 proposed $5,210,208 paid
- 15 Blackjewel L.L.C. 11,671violations $8,000,431 proposed $997,171 paid
- 16 Elk Run Coal Company, LLC 11,623violations $14,075,309 proposed $10,580,560 paid
- 17 Sidney Coal Company, LLC 11,426violations $7,892,491 proposed $6,642,707 paid
- 18 Warrior Coal LLC 11,417violations $6,097,460 proposed $4,762,056 paid
- 19 Blue Diamond Coal Co 11,358violations $10,377,335 proposed $6,899,597 paid
- 20 Canyon Fuel Company LLC 11,154violations $7,701,311 proposed $6,308,000 paid
- 21 Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 11,021violations $2,826,589 proposed $2,458,479 paid
- 22 Wolf Run Mining LLC 10,709violations $10,214,120 proposed $7,367,968 paid
- 23 Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC 10,650violations $8,729,414 proposed $4,724,070 paid
- 24 Eastern Associated Coal LLC 10,426violations $9,526,718 proposed $4,773,799 paid
- 25 Panther Creek Mining LLC 10,425violations $9,889,309 proposed $6,824,183 paid
- 26 River View Coal LLC 10,294violations $4,274,639 proposed $3,559,137 paid
- 27 Rockwell Mining LLC 10,088violations $13,364,143 proposed $9,069,143 paid
- 28 Aracoma Coal Company 9,438violations $10,109,196 proposed $7,781,816 paid
- 29 Greenbrier Minerals, LLC 9,189violations $5,488,028 proposed $4,055,969 paid
- 30 Oak Grove Resources LLC 8,849violations $11,946,835 proposed $8,210,721 paid
- 31 Dominion Coal Corporation 8,761violations $6,685,357 proposed $5,051,063 paid
- 32 Ramaco Resources, LLC 8,683violations $8,150,183 proposed $4,994,432 paid
- 33 Mingo Logan Coal LLC 8,481violations $6,987,451 proposed $4,693,077 paid
- 34 Doe Run Company 8,449violations $4,636,381 proposed $3,867,958 paid
- 35 Heidelberg Materials US Cement LLC 8,439violations $10,067,249 proposed $7,526,367 paid
- 36 Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc. 8,186violations $5,737,366 proposed $4,171,955 paid
- 37 Independence Coal Co. LLC 8,127violations $9,571,651 proposed $7,176,930 paid
- 38 Blue Diamond Coal Co 7,905violations $3,436,471 proposed $2,825,918 paid
- 39 Stillwater Mining Company 7,878violations $4,067,360 proposed $3,042,016 paid
- 40 Drummond Company Inc 7,836violations $5,614,665 proposed $4,526,670 paid
- 41 Big Ridge Inc 7,713violations $14,518,801 proposed $9,788,015 paid
- 42 Highland Mining Company LLC 7,668violations $8,618,759 proposed $5,280,400 paid
- 43 Pinnacle Mining Company LLC 7,558violations $7,186,107 proposed $4,563,207 paid
- 44 Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company 7,519violations $4,454,297 proposed $3,175,439 paid
- 45 Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. 7,438violations $7,067,013 proposed $5,012,125 paid
- 46 Webster County Coal LLC 7,392violations $6,052,511 proposed $4,514,711 paid
- 47 Kingston Mining, Inc. 7,253violations $6,900,109 proposed $5,263,895 paid
- 48 Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC 7,042violations $3,639,341 proposed $2,670,888 paid
- 49 Gibson County Coal, LLC 7,038violations $5,908,761 proposed $4,734,859 paid
- 50 Tilden Mining Company L C 7,026violations $9,430,541 proposed $6,894,403 paid