MSHA DATABASEMSHA records · 17 contributing sources · snapshot Oct 13, 2026

MINE DETAILS

Cordero Rojo Mine

ActiveSurfaceCoal (Bituminous)
MSHA MINE ID4800992
LOCATIONCampbell, WY
PUBLIC RECORD9,195 linked rows

LOCATION

Mine location

1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.

Mine coordinates

2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13Applies to production, safety and portfolio metrics. Silica samples have separate filters.

Violations

36

11 significant & substantial (S&S)

  1. 2025 Q111
  2. 2025 Q211
  3. 2025 Q30
  4. 2025 Q43
  5. 2026 Q18
  6. 2026 Q20
  7. 2026 Q33
  8. 2026 Q4 *0

Accident records

4

0 records classified as fatality

  1. 2025 Q10
  2. 2025 Q20
  3. 2025 Q30
  4. 2025 Q42
  5. 2026 Q10
  6. 2026 Q20
  7. 2026 Q32
  8. 2026 Q4 *0

Proposed penalties · USD

34,299.00

35 of 36 violations with amounts

  1. 2025 Q17,348
  2. 2025 Q27,783
  3. 2025 Q3—
  4. 2025 Q4386
  5. 2026 Q118,245
  6. 2026 Q2—
  7. 2026 Q3537
  8. 2026 Q4 *—

On-site inspection hours

427.25

8 inspections · 8 with hours

  1. 2025 Q191.50
  2. 2025 Q290.00
  3. 2025 Q312.75
  4. 2025 Q4105.25
  5. 2026 Q121.75
  6. 2026 Q2—
  7. 2026 Q3106.00
  8. 2026 Q4 *—
Quarterly safety data
QuarterViolationsS&SProposed USDAccident recordsFatality recordsInspectionsOn-site hours
2025-Q11137,348.0000191.5
2025-Q21147,783.0000190.0
2025-Q300—00112.8
2025-Q431386.00201105.3
2026-Q18318,245.0000221.8
2026-Q200—000—
2026-Q330537.00202106.0
2026-Q4 *00—000—

Most cited CFR sections

All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.

Safety activity

  1. inspectionF003107

    Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 3.5 on-site hours

  2. accident220262320001

    MACHINERY · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT

    Accident narrative

    While pulling the top cover of the conveyor belt off for vulcanizing, the Dynema rope pulling the ply puller with a winch failed. The clamp backlashed hitting the worker in the left hand. While trying to get out of the way, the worker fell landing on EE's right hand. Injuries include fracture to L 5th Metatarsal and R wrist.

  3. violation5033793

    77.502 · $193.00 proposed

  4. violation5033792

    77.502 · $151.00 proposed

  5. accident220262230010

    MACHINERY · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY

    Accident narrative

    Shovel operator was attempting to move a trip rope that was hung up on the latch bar on the shovel dipper. While they were moving the rope the latch bar shiv fell down pulling their hand into the bottom side of the shiv, pinching their hand between the shiv and the frame of the dipper. The employee was diagnosed with a fracture to their pinky finger on their right hand.

  6. violation5033791

    77.216(d) · $193.00 proposed

  7. inspectionF003100

    Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 102.5 on-site hours

  8. violation5033744

    77.1713(c) · $177.00 proposed

  9. violation5033743

    77.1607(b) · S&S · $1,431.00 proposed

  10. violation5033742

    77.1001 · S&S · $7,084.00 proposed

  11. violation5033741

    50.12 · $177.00 proposed

  12. violation5033927

    77.1607(b) · S&S · $1,431.00 proposed

  13. inspectionF010ED5

    Non-Fatal Accident Investigation · 9.8 on-site hours

  14. violation5033504

    50.10(b) · $7,555.00 proposed

  15. violation5033924

    77.1104 · $193.00 proposed

  16. violation9732593

    Description not reported · $197.00 proposed

  17. inspectionF0030ED

    Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 12.0 on-site hours

  18. accident220260090023

    SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY

    Accident narrative

    It is believed the employee fell on clay chunks in the pit. The fall caused injuries that resulted in lost workdays. What exactly caused the fall, and the full extent of the injuries are yet to be determined.

  19. accident220253570017

    HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT

    Accident narrative

    Employee was trying to loosen a fitting on a brake accumulator. When fitting broke loose, employee's hand contacted the work bench, and the finger was lacerated by the wrench on the inside of EE's finger. Employee was wearing gloves. Laceration required 3 stitches.

  20. violation5033919

    47.44(b) · $193.00 proposed

  21. violation5033918

    77.516 · $193.00 proposed

  22. violation5033917

    77.404(a) · S&S

  23. inspectionF00789A

    Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 105.3 on-site hours

  24. inspection6469046

    Compliance Follow-up Inspection · 12.8 on-site hours

  25. violation9732549

    77.1713(a) · S&S · $3,184.00 proposed

Safety sources and definitions

MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-13.

Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.

Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.

S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.

Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.

Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.

CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.

Latest EIA month: 2026-07Source checked 2026-10-13 · publication lag differs from MSHA.

REPORTED RECEIPTS · SHORT TONS10,860,614152 rows · 16 receiving plants
HEAT CONTENT · BTU/LB8,541Weighted by reported tons
SULFUR / ASH · % BY WEIGHT0.29 / 5.43Separate averages over measured receipts
DELIVERED COST · USD/TON31.9381.2% of reported tons have usable costs
Quarterly receipts and quality
QuarterShort tonsHeat · Btu/lbSulfur %Ash %Delivered USD/ton
2025-Q3 *1,825,1808,5370.285.4131.02
2025-Q43,190,5448,5220.315.5529.08
2026-Q12,678,3448,5530.285.4233.26
2026-Q22,493,7638,5690.275.2133.72
2026-Q3 *672,7838,4860.285.8036.90
Month / sourceReceiving plant / supplierShort tonsDelivered USD/tonHeat · Btu/lbSulfur %Ash %PurchaseTransport
2026-07EIA row 11688 · preliminaryNorth Omaha2291 · NE · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC16,83425.768,2500.286.80ContractSUBRail
2026-07EIA row 11902 · preliminaryW A Parish3470 · TX · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC77,294—Not published8,4400.265.60ContractSUBRail
2026-07EIA row 11992 · preliminaryJames H Miller Jr6002 · AL · NTEC-KENNECOTT31,88542.558,2620.276.40ContractSUBRail
2026-07EIA row 12003 · preliminaryNewton6017 · IL · CORDERO48,088—Not published8,8000.265.60ContractSUBRail
2026-07EIA row 12060 · preliminaryJeffrey Energy Center6068 · KS · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC44,71529.448,4860.245.50ContractSUBRail
2026-07EIA row 12108 · preliminaryNebraska City6096 · NE · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC85,81422.868,4800.255.70ContractSUBRail
2026-07EIA row 12112 · preliminaryBig Stone6098 · SD · NAVAJO TRIBAL AUTHORITY78,49645.388,5270.305.60ContractSUBRail
2026-07EIA row 12203 · preliminaryScherer6257 · GA · NTEC-KENNECOTT15,96857.198,8660.656.60ContractSUBRail
2026-07EIA row 12205 · preliminaryScherer6257 · GA · NTEC-KENNECOTT31,81957.008,4120.285.80ContractSUBRail
2026-07EIA row 12207 · preliminaryScherer6257 · GA · NTEC-KENNECOTT15,73157.148,5790.305.50ContractSUBRail
2026-07EIA row 12210 · preliminaryScherer6257 · GA · NTEC-KENNECOTT16,03156.968,5420.225.00ContractSUBRail
2026-07EIA row 12262 · preliminaryJ K Spruce7097 · TX · CLOUD PEAK182,53932.098,4350.276.00ContractSUBRail
2026-07EIA row 12439 · preliminaryColumbia (WI)8023 · WI · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC27,56942.488,5020.265.70ContractSUBRail
2026-06EIA row 9475 · preliminaryLimestone298 · TX · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC15,547—Not published8,5850.305.00ContractSUBRail
2026-06EIA row 9787 · preliminaryNorth Omaha2291 · NE · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC17,54225.498,6100.315.00ContractSUBRail
2026-06EIA row 9788 · preliminaryNorth Omaha2291 · NE · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC17,15525.598,5800.315.10ContractSUBRail
2026-06EIA row 10006 · preliminaryW A Parish3470 · TX · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC123,526—Not published8,5650.295.30ContractSUBRail
2026-06EIA row 10086 · preliminaryJames H Miller Jr6002 · AL · NTEC-KENNECOTT47,76142.468,5710.295.30ContractSUBRail
2026-06EIA row 10098 · preliminaryNewton6017 · IL · CORDERO15,712—Not published8,9500.266.10ContractSUBRail
2026-06EIA row 10153 · preliminaryJeffrey Energy Center6068 · KS · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC44,85025.988,4730.275.10ContractSUBRail
2026-06EIA row 10199 · preliminaryNebraska City6096 · NE · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC119,11622.828,5400.265.00ContractSUBRail
2026-06EIA row 10201 · preliminaryNebraska City6096 · NE · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC34,69024.678,4850.325.20ContractSUBRail
2026-06EIA row 10204 · preliminaryBig Stone6098 · SD · NAVAJO TRIBAL AUTHORITY78,86244.578,5710.295.00ContractSUBRail
2026-06EIA row 10235 · preliminaryColeto Creek6178 · TX · CORDERO32,252—Not published8,6250.274.80ContractSUBRail
2026-06EIA row 10298 · preliminaryScherer6257 · GA · NTEC-KENNECOTT47,89556.128,5760.315.30ContractSUBRail
Coverage, sources and calculations
  • Reported coal receipts at EIA-923 power plants/terminals; this is not a census of mine shipments, exports or metallurgical sales.
  • Matches use only the published MSHA ID, normalized to seven digits. Unidentified mine origins remain in the source table but are not assigned to a mine.
  • Portfolio attribution uses current MSHA ownership, not ownership at the shipment date. Receipts and production can differ because of timing, stocks and coverage.
  • Quality means are weighted by positive reported tons with that measurement. Delivered cost uses only rows with published cost, positive heat and positive tons; missing/withheld costs are never zero-filled.
  • USD/ton = (cents/MMBtu ÷ 100) × MMBtu/ton. This is plant delivered cost, not mine sales price or revenue.
  • Receipt month is as published, including records supplied by annual respondents. Recent months are preliminary and subject to revision. Missing rows do not prove zero shipments.

Imported releases start 2008-01. This window includes 12 published months. EIA releases · Survey instructions

  • 2026 · preliminary · EIA923_Schedules_2_3_4_5_M_07_2026_21SEP2026.xlsx · Page 5 Fuel Receipts and Costs
  • 2025 · final · EIA923_Schedules_2_3_4_5_M_12_2025_Final.xlsx · Page 5 Fuel Receipts and Costs

Latest priced year: 2024Source checked 2026-10-13. Prices apply only to their calendar year.

FOB PRICE BENCHMARK · USD/TON13.96Published county average
ESTIMATED SALES · SHORT TONS4,314,351Allocated from published county sales
ESTIMATED COAL REVENUE · USD60,228,340Covered mines only · not reported revenue
ANNUAL PRODUCTION COVERED100.0%1 of 1 producing annual mine records
Mine / countyAnnual production · tonsCounty FOB · USD/tonEst. sales · tonsEst. coal revenue · USDBasis / availability
Cordero Rojo Mine4800992 · Campbell, Wyoming4,314,67813.964,314,35160,228,340County allocation estimate2.54% of eligible county production11 eligible mines / 11 sales respondents
Method, assumptions and source records
  1. This is an annual county-sales allocation, not reported mine or company revenue. Currency is nominal USD in the source year; quantities are short tons.
  2. Mine share = same-year annual mine production / eligible same-county production. Estimated sales = published county sales × share. Estimated coal revenue = estimated sales × published county average FOB price.
  3. The model assumes eligible mines share county sales in proportion to production and receive the county-average price. Matching mine counts is a check, not proof of identical respondents. Mine quality, contracts and sales timing can differ substantially. No statistical confidence interval is implied.
  4. FOB excludes transport and insurance. EIA-923 delivered costs do not enter this model. No grade premium, state/national fallback, quarterly apportionment or carry-forward to a later year is applied.
  5. Eligibility follows the source's production threshold and excludes preparation-only and refuse operations. Withheld values, inconsistent county counts and missing/ambiguous locations produce no estimate.
  6. County sales are published in thousands of tons and prices to cents. Calculations retain precision, but the inputs are rounded and the allocation is approximate.
  7. Portfolio attribution uses current MSHA ownership, not ownership during the sales year. Covered-mine sums exclude unavailable estimates and must not be read as whole-company revenue. Coverage denominators use the annual EIA mine-production release.

Sales-reporting threshold: 50,000 short tons per mine in 2024. Withheld sales or prices stay unavailable.

EIA Table 30 · county sales and FOB prices · EIA annual mine production · Release index

Annual report released November 19, 2025. Method: county-sales-allocation-v1. JSON and CSV preserve source row numbers and file checksums.

OWNERSHIP

Operator and controller history

Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.

CURRENT HIERARCHYNavajo Transitional Energy Company LLC → Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC → Cordero Rojo Mine
HISTORY RECORDS513 relationships
INTERVAL CHECK1 REVIEWcontroller/operator overlap
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Navajo NationcontrolsNavajo Transitional Energy Company, LLCoperatesCordero Rojo Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4800992
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Navajo Transitional Energy Company LLCcontrolsNavajo Transitional Energy Company, LLCoperatesCordero Rojo Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4800992
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Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLCcontrolsCordero Mining LLCoperatesCordero Rojo Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4800992
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RTZ-CRA GroupcontrolsCordero Mining LLCoperatesCordero Rojo Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4800992
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Sunoco, Inc.controlsCordero Mining CompanyoperatesCordero Rojo Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4800992
Other historical summaries · source-specific periods

RECORD SUMMARY

Production, safety and enforcement

These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.

01 / SAFETYwatch

Accidents and injuries

155 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,374 lost days across the published record.

ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD17 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly
02 / COMPLIANCEwatch

Violations and penalties

507 violation rows across the full record; 116 carry an S&S flag and $217,358 appears in current assessed amounts.

ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY94 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a
03 / HEALTHwatch

Occupational health samples

767 coal dust; 36 coal quartz; 212 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 34 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE1K samples
coal-dust-samplesquartz-samplesnoise-samples
04 / PRODUCTIONcontext

Quarterly production and employment

148K employee hours and 300 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.

2026-Q22.6M tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly
05 / LEGALwatch

Contests, conferences and decisions

5 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 conference records linked by issuance number.

POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE16 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions
06 / CONTRACTORScontext

Contractors

Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.

ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT30 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations
07 / INSPECTIONScontext

Inspections

152 inspection events and 11K published inspection hours across the historical record.

OVERSIGHT COVERAGE24 since 2021
inspectionsviolations

HEALTH SAMPLING

Silica and quartz

Matching records11 coal · 0 personal · 0 area
Sample status1 not voided0 voided · 0 status not reported
Mean coal quartz concentration9 µg/m³1 eligible measurements · 0 missing concentration
2026 · Aug 17, 2026–Aug 17, 2026
Date / sampleDataset / analyteOccupation / areaMeasurementSample statusPublished action
58000799 / lab 2026034082Coal quartzQuartzCOAL DRILL OPERATORDESIGNATED WORK POSITION9 µg/m³2.9% quartzNot voidedNot reported
Sources and interpretation
  • Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
  • Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
  • Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
  • Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
  • Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.

Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗

EIA + TITLE 30

EIA production and cited regulations

EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.

RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS

Recent violations and samples

Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.

VIOLATIONS12 latest shown
503379377.502Citation
503379277.502Citation
503379177.216(d)Citation
503374477.1713(c)Citation
503374377.1607(b)S&S
503374277.1001S&S
503374150.12Citation
503392777.1607(b)S&S
OTHER HEALTH SAMPLES8 latest shown

Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑

Coal dustCOAL DRILL OPERATOR
.315 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustWASHER OPERATOR
.054 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustBULLDOZER OPERATOR
.077 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustHIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER
.044 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustBULLDOZER OPERATOR
.024 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustBULLDOZER OPERATOR
.034 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustREFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE
.044 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustBULLDOZER OPERATOR
.032 mg/m³Not voided

SOURCE COVERAGE

Reporting dates and coverage

17 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.

DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors155Jan 9, 2000—Aug 12, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1May 20, 2016—May 20, 2016mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal497May 24, 2000—Aug 10, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal5Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety767Jan 5, 2000—Aug 17, 2026mine-keyed
Conferencescompliance · legal6Apr 14, 2005—Mar 26, 2026mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal5Jan 12, 2026—Feb 4, 2026mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety5,358Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety1,154Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance5Nov 27, 1974—Oct 25, 2019mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance268Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance66Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance152Jan 4, 2000—Sep 4, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment212May 23, 2000—Jan 6, 2026mine-keyed
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety36Jan 5, 2000—Aug 17, 2026mine-keyed
Violationscompliance · safety · legal507May 24, 2000—Aug 10, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable

NOTES

Limitations

  • Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
  • Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.