Which US mine has the most MSHA violations?

US mines with the most MSHA violations

MARSHALL COUNTY MINE has the most recorded MSHA violations of any individual US mine, with 20,703 on file and $20,841,988 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 413,278 violations across these mines

01 MARSHALL COUNTY MINE MARSHALL COUNTY COAL RESOURCES, INC. · WV 20,703violations $20,841,988 proposed $14,140,305 paid
02 Marion County Mine Marion County Coal Resources, Inc. · WV 15,743violations $16,395,275 proposed $11,431,421 paid
03 Harrison County Mine Harrison County Coal Resources, Inc. · WV 14,760violations $11,884,592 proposed $8,889,220 paid
04 Oak Grove Mine Crimson Oak Grove Resources LLC · AL 13,035violations $16,690,895 proposed $10,792,731 paid
05 Bailey Mine Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC · PA 12,583violations $5,116,641 proposed $4,041,213 paid
06 No 7 Mine Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC · AL 12,490violations $8,495,942 proposed $5,165,108 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 11,694violations $7,383,176 proposed $5,661,203 paid
09 Shoal Creek Mine Peabody Southeast Mining, LLC · AL 11,178violations $9,567,856 proposed $7,008,659 paid
10 Buchanan Mine #1 Buchanan Minerals, LLC · VA 11,020violations $7,720,426 proposed $5,630,152 paid
11 CARDINAL WARRIOR COAL LLC · KY 10,919violations $5,853,470 proposed $4,528,132 paid
12 New Era Mine Illinois Land Resources, Inc. · IL 10,824violations $14,176,298 proposed $7,817,982 paid
13 Speed Mine Panther Creek Mining LLC · WV 10,177violations $15,123,970 proposed $9,223,300 paid
14 No 4 Mine Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC · AL 10,009violations $10,469,378 proposed $6,665,172 paid
15 RIVER VIEW MINE RIVER VIEW COAL LLC · KY 9,133violations $4,008,291 proposed $3,325,363 paid
16 Cumberland Mine Iron Cumberland LLC · PA 8,640violations $7,272,229 proposed $4,625,853 paid
17 ENLOW FORK MINE CONSOL PENNSYLVANIA COAL COMPANY LLC · PA 8,442violations $4,789,400 proposed $3,223,409 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 8,283violations $8,798,002 proposed $5,423,837 paid
20 Leer South Mine Wolf Run Mining LLC · WV 7,787violations $8,651,620 proposed $6,224,977 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 $9,554,263 proposed $6,981,139 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 7,219violations $6,741,141 proposed $4,491,671 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 6,863violations $5,110,239 proposed $3,778,885 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 6,478violations $8,024,063 proposed $5,710,943 paid
30 No. 68 Blue Diamond Coal Company · KY 6,457violations $4,906,959 proposed $3,637,519 paid
31 Prosperity Mine Sunrise Coal, LLC · IN 6,384violations $9,098,291 proposed $6,385,868 paid
32 BEAR BRANCH 2 Blue Diamond Mining LLC · KY 6,380violations $3,507,658 proposed $2,608,208 paid
33 Paradise #9 Kentucky Land Resources Inc. · KY 6,337violations $8,211,086 proposed $5,180,611 paid
34 FOIDEL CREEK MINE PEABODY TWENTYMILE MINING LLC · CO 6,321violations $5,398,318 proposed $4,117,963 paid
35 Minntac Plant United States Steel Corp-Minnesota Ore Operations · MN 6,197violations $10,099,016 proposed $8,349,813 paid
36 Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. · AZ 6,189violations $5,960,416 proposed $4,840,494 paid
37 Francisco Underground Pit Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC · IN 6,174violations $7,054,656 proposed $5,221,835 paid
38 STILLWATER MINE Stillwater Mining Company · MT 5,979violations $3,355,406 proposed $2,456,649 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 5,768violations $7,791,520 proposed $4,296,721 paid
41 NO. 77 Blue Diamond Coal Co · KY 5,607violations $5,652,057 proposed $3,464,141 paid
42 Maple Eagle No. 1 Mine Panther Creek Mining LLC · WV 5,540violations $6,768,000 proposed $4,313,214 paid
43 NORTH EAGLE MINE KANAWHA EAGLE MINING, LLC · WV 5,473violations $6,908,810 proposed $4,519,377 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 5,407violations $5,608,285 proposed $3,803,024 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 4,998violations $2,520,170 proposed $2,371,313 paid
50 Aracoma Alma Mine #1 Aracoma Coal Company, LLC · WV 4,882violations $7,339,343 proposed $5,425,072 paid