US mines with the most MSHA violations
MARSHALL COUNTY MINE has the most recorded MSHA violations of any individual US mine, with 20,912 on file and $21,012,265 in proposed penalties.
Individual US mines ranked by total MSHA violations on record, with the proposed and paid dollar penalties behind them. Counts span MSHA's 26-year enforcement history; large, long-running operations naturally accrue more. Click a mine for its full incident and compliance record.
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Top 50 by MSHA violations
415,228 violations across these mines
Ranked first
MARSHALL COUNTY MINE
MARSHALL COUNTY COAL RESOURCES, INC. · WV
$21,012,265 proposed · $14,240,374 paid
20,912
violations
- 02 Marion County Mine Marion County Coal Resources, Inc. · WV 15,868violations $16,644,506 proposed $11,453,162 paid
- 03 Harrison County Mine Harrison County Coal Resources, Inc. · WV 14,843violations $11,902,172 proposed $8,901,889 paid
- 04 Oak Grove Mine Crimson Oak Grove Resources LLC · AL 13,118violations $16,816,496 proposed $10,932,391 paid
- 05 Bailey Mine Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC · PA 12,695violations $5,152,906 proposed $4,051,419 paid
- 06 No 7 Mine Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC · AL 12,586violations $8,547,415 proposed $5,184,958 paid
- 07 Monongalia County Mine Monongalia County Coal Resources, Inc. · WV 12,488violations $9,693,203 proposed $6,850,448 paid
- 08 OHIO COUNTY MINE OHIO COUNTY COAL RESOURCES, INC. · WV 11,748violations $7,402,648 proposed $5,673,366 paid
- 09 Shoal Creek Mine Peabody Southeast Mining, LLC · AL 11,218violations $9,623,500 proposed $7,047,632 paid
- 10 Buchanan Mine #1 Buchanan Minerals, LLC · VA 11,095violations $7,757,461 proposed $5,682,464 paid
- 11 CARDINAL WARRIOR COAL LLC · KY 10,982violations $5,891,747 proposed $4,571,784 paid
- 12 New Era Mine Illinois Land Resources, Inc. · IL 10,824violations $14,176,475 proposed $7,818,159 paid
- 13 Speed Mine Panther Creek Mining LLC · WV 10,242violations $15,199,388 proposed $9,297,654 paid
- 14 No 4 Mine Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC · AL 10,083violations $10,565,230 proposed $6,700,456 paid
- 15 RIVER VIEW MINE RIVER VIEW COAL LLC · KY 9,179violations $4,013,947 proposed $3,342,814 paid
- 16 Cumberland Mine Iron Cumberland LLC · PA 8,701violations $7,297,262 proposed $4,652,726 paid
- 17 ENLOW FORK MINE CONSOL PENNSYLVANIA COAL COMPANY LLC · PA 8,488violations $4,796,057 proposed $3,228,673 paid
- 18 Powhatan No. 6 Mine Ohio Valley Coal Resources, Inc. · OH 8,351violations $5,760,378 proposed $4,194,587 paid
- 19 Henderson County Mine River View Coal LLC · KY 8,351violations $8,806,780 proposed $5,449,416 paid
- 20 Leer South Mine Wolf Run Mining LLC · WV 7,814violations $8,664,998 proposed $6,241,596 paid
- 21 Federal No 2 Phoenix Federal No 2 Mining, LLC. · WV 7,778violations $6,926,880 proposed $2,888,288 paid
- 22 Tilden Mine Tilden Mining Company, LC. · MI 7,465violations $9,555,342 proposed $7,006,859 paid
- 23 Dotiki Mine Webster County Coal LLC · KY 7,465violations $6,091,709 proposed $4,553,562 paid
- 24 Mountaineer II Mine Mingo Logan Coal LLC · WV 7,326violations $6,830,207 proposed $4,531,449 paid
- 25 Air Quality #1 Mine Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · IN 6,960violations $12,133,680 proposed $8,328,844 paid
- 26 West Elk Mine Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. · CO 6,876violations $5,120,173 proposed $3,787,331 paid
- 27 Willow Lake Portal Big Ridge Inc · IL 6,801violations $14,454,305 proposed $9,723,325 paid
- 28 Pinnacle Mine Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · WV 6,672violations $6,068,330 proposed $3,841,048 paid
- 29 BECKLEY POCAHONTAS MINE ICG BECKLEY LLC · WV 6,546violations $8,067,594 proposed $5,733,912 paid
- 30 No. 68 Blue Diamond Coal Company · KY 6,457violations $4,906,959 proposed $3,637,519 paid
- 31 BEAR BRANCH 2 Blue Diamond Mining LLC · KY 6,410violations $3,531,073 proposed $2,613,283 paid
- 32 Prosperity Mine Sunrise Coal, LLC · IN 6,384violations $9,098,291 proposed $6,385,868 paid
- 33 FOIDEL CREEK MINE PEABODY TWENTYMILE MINING LLC · CO 6,355violations $5,416,826 proposed $4,156,823 paid
- 34 Paradise #9 Kentucky Land Resources Inc. · KY 6,337violations $8,211,086 proposed $5,180,611 paid
- 35 Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. · AZ 6,319violations $6,166,503 proposed $4,911,912 paid
- 36 Francisco Underground Pit Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · IN 6,213violations $7,081,382 proposed $5,228,403 paid
- 37 Minntac Plant United States Steel Corp-Minnesota Ore Operations · MN 6,200violations $10,099,167 proposed $8,397,175 paid
- 38 STILLWATER MINE Stillwater Mining Company · MT 5,979violations $3,383,239 proposed $2,485,275 paid
- 39 Gibson Mine Gibson County Coal LLC · IN 5,918violations $5,290,121 proposed $4,335,651 paid
- 40 MC#1 Mine M-Class Mining LLC · IL 5,840violations $7,840,251 proposed $4,331,748 paid
- 41 NO. 77 Blue Diamond Coal Co · KY 5,628violations $5,656,884 proposed $3,476,535 paid
- 42 Maple Eagle No. 1 Mine Panther Creek Mining LLC · WV 5,560violations $6,871,246 proposed $4,390,762 paid
- 43 NORTH EAGLE MINE KANAWHA EAGLE MINING, LLC · WV 5,494violations $6,916,028 proposed $4,532,254 paid
- 44 Mine #1 Freedom Energy Mining Company · KY 5,451violations $5,302,548 proposed $4,099,655 paid
- 45 Mach #1 Mine Mach Mining LLC · IL 5,438violations $5,651,832 proposed $3,843,646 paid
- 46 Mine No 3 Excel Mining LLC · KY 5,383violations $5,580,608 proposed $4,145,439 paid
- 47 Camp Creek Mine Rockspring Development Inc · WV 5,354violations $5,636,838 proposed $3,526,469 paid
- 48 Crown III Mine J. Oros Properties LLC · IL 5,119violations $4,151,003 proposed $2,284,425 paid
- 49 SUFCO CANYON FUEL COMPANY LLC · UT 5,032violations $2,528,672 proposed $2,400,940 paid
- 50 Aracoma Alma Mine #1 Aracoma Coal Company, LLC · WV 4,882violations $7,339,343 proposed $5,425,072 paid