US mining companies with the most MSHA violations
CONSOL Energy Inc has the most recorded MSHA violations of any US mining company, with 87,834 on file and $59,741,779 in proposed penalties.
Controlling companies ranked by total MSHA violations across every mine they control, with the proposed and paid dollar penalties behind them. Counts span MSHA's 26-year enforcement history; companies controlling more mines naturally accrue more. Click a company for its full incident and compliance record.
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Top 50 by MSHA violations
1,083,509 violations across these companies
Ranked first
CONSOL Energy Inc
$59,741,779 proposed · $43,188,553 paid
87,834
violations
- 02 Massey Energy Company 79,622violations $86,728,935 proposed $73,265,350 paid
- 03 Alliance Resource Partners LP 69,792violations $46,383,249 proposed $36,414,275 paid
- 04 Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. 66,628violations $72,923,901 proposed $50,304,013 paid
- 05 Robert E Murray 60,278violations $58,836,165 proposed $38,433,847 paid
- 06 Peabody Energy Corporation 60,125violations $66,466,404 proposed $47,422,936 paid
- 07 Arch Resources Inc 45,764violations $35,740,830 proposed $28,912,219 paid
- 08 James River Coal Company 38,640violations $27,578,647 proposed $19,255,466 paid
- 09 Heidelberg Materials AG 28,961violations $23,256,498 proposed $18,278,311 paid
- 10 Patriot Coal Corporation 27,468violations $39,774,609 proposed $19,643,280 paid
- 11 Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc 25,287violations $20,635,213 proposed $16,759,295 paid
- 12 CRH PLC 23,831violations $9,768,402 proposed $7,581,069 paid
- 13 Cleveland-Cliffs Inc 22,869violations $30,559,069 proposed $22,679,757 paid
- 14 Blackhawk Mining LLC 20,708violations $15,388,423 proposed $11,607,409 paid
- 15 Sev.en Global Investments a.s. 20,521violations $19,487,383 proposed $13,702,897 paid
- 16 Cemex S A 20,396violations $18,965,616 proposed $14,960,273 paid
- 17 Martin Marietta Materials Inc 19,727violations $6,782,884 proposed $5,620,755 paid
- 18 J Clifford Forrest III 18,302violations $7,775,933 proposed $5,565,869 paid
- 19 Metinvest B V 17,363violations $15,353,911 proposed $11,602,455 paid
- 20 Walter Energy Incorporated 16,001violations $14,033,934 proposed $9,455,991 paid
- 21 James H Booth 15,780violations $10,497,886 proposed $7,298,424 paid
- 22 ACNR Holdings, Inc 15,438violations $11,046,836 proposed $8,022,246 paid
- 23 International Coal Group Inc (ICG) 14,999violations $14,914,021 proposed $11,066,021 paid
- 24 TECO Energy Inc 13,775violations $7,629,890 proposed $5,844,426 paid
- 25 Holcim Ltd 13,739violations $15,477,001 proposed $12,974,745 paid
- 26 Freeport-McMoRan Inc 13,158violations $11,428,770 proposed $9,867,829 paid
- 27 Jeffery A Hoops 13,116violations $8,906,530 proposed $1,544,290 paid
- 28 James C Justice II 13,071violations $14,283,335 proposed $7,777,234 paid
- 29 USX Corp (United States Steel Corp) 13,043violations $17,447,858 proposed $14,853,156 paid
- 30 Coronado Coal LLC 12,713violations $7,603,792 proposed $5,640,318 paid
- 31 Cumberland Resources Corporation 12,546violations $7,455,381 proposed $5,572,401 paid
- 32 Lafarge S A 12,101violations $7,582,887 proposed $6,207,522 paid
- 33 Warrior Met Coal Intermediate Holdco LLC 11,456violations $9,122,916 proposed $4,913,817 paid
- 34 Imerys S A 9,253violations $6,002,069 proposed $5,351,613 paid
- 35 Ramaco Resources Inc 9,141violations $8,377,045 proposed $5,176,605 paid
- 36 Vulcan Materials Company 8,966violations $2,945,894 proposed $2,503,065 paid
- 37 Foundation Coal Corporation 8,527violations $8,724,646 proposed $5,346,102 paid
- 38 Renco Group Inc 8,449violations $4,636,381 proposed $3,867,958 paid
- 39 Donald Blankenberger 8,404violations $10,157,698 proposed $7,208,098 paid
- 40 Lhoist Group 8,340violations $4,990,064 proposed $4,417,429 paid
- 41 Carmeuse Holding SA 8,287violations $4,804,899 proposed $3,839,000 paid
- 42 Benjamin R. Bennett 8,274violations $7,860,436 proposed $1,551,831 paid
- 43 Armstrong Energy Inc 7,965violations $7,300,530 proposed $5,135,770 paid
- 44 Drummond Company Inc 7,836violations $5,614,665 proposed $4,526,670 paid
- 45 Rhino Resource Partners LP 7,734violations $4,909,563 proposed $3,868,046 paid
- 46 Buzzi S p A 7,733violations $6,725,776 proposed $5,320,827 paid
- 47 Rogers Group Inc 7,479violations $1,984,883 proposed $1,803,175 paid
- 48 Wolverine Fuels LLC 7,473violations $6,224,572 proposed $4,836,675 paid
- 49 Foresight Energy Labor LLC 7,303violations $8,419,576 proposed $4,167,975 paid
- 50 Horizon Natural Resources Incorporated 7,293violations $1,693,950 proposed $1,354,764 paid