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

MINE DETAILS

Fossil Rock Mine

ActiveUndergroundCoal (Bituminous)
MSHA MINE ID4201211
LOCATIONEmery, UT
PUBLIC RECORD5,075 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

230

21 significant & substantial (S&S)

  1. 2025 Q110
  2. 2025 Q223
  3. 2025 Q331
  4. 2025 Q436
  5. 2026 Q121
  6. 2026 Q245
  7. 2026 Q360
  8. 2026 Q4 *4

Accident records

7

0 records classified as fatality

  1. 2025 Q11
  2. 2025 Q23
  3. 2025 Q30
  4. 2025 Q42
  5. 2026 Q10
  6. 2026 Q20
  7. 2026 Q31
  8. 2026 Q4 *0

Proposed penalties · USD

79,527.00

201 of 230 violations with amounts

  1. 2025 Q11,725
  2. 2025 Q27,952
  3. 2025 Q37,181
  4. 2025 Q421,873
  5. 2026 Q13,543
  6. 2026 Q230,688
  7. 2026 Q36,565
  8. 2026 Q4 *—

On-site inspection hours

2,135.25

28 inspections · 28 with hours

  1. 2025 Q1168.75
  2. 2025 Q2210.50
  3. 2025 Q3235.50
  4. 2025 Q4278.00
  5. 2026 Q1351.25
  6. 2026 Q2391.75
  7. 2026 Q3499.50
  8. 2026 Q4 *0.00
Quarterly safety data
QuarterViolationsS&SProposed USDAccident recordsFatality recordsInspectionsOn-site hours
2025-Q11011,725.00102168.8
2025-Q22327,952.00302210.5
2025-Q33137,181.00002235.5
2025-Q436621,873.00204278.0
2026-Q12113,543.00001351.3
2026-Q245530,688.00009391.8
2026-Q36026,565.00107499.5
2026-Q4 *41—0010.0

Most cited CFR sections

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

Safety activity

  1. violation5035814

    75.370(a)(1)

  2. violation5035813

    75.380(d)(1) · S&S

  3. violation5030711

    75.333(h)

  4. inspectionF01E44C

    Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 0.0 on-site hours

  5. violation5035634

    75.403

  6. inspectionF00E3E9

    103(i) Spot Inspections · 7.0 on-site hours

  7. violation5036358

    75.601-1

  8. violation5035812

    75.402

  9. violation5035811

    75.333(h)

  10. accident220262710006

    HANDLING OF MATERIALS · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT

    Accident narrative

    While accessing the continuous miner body to address an electrical connection issue, the hydraulic body cover stopped approximately 1-2 inches above the closed position. The employee manually assisted the cover upward while the mechanic operated the controls. The cover moved downward, catching EE's right middle finger between the cover and frame.

  11. inspection6790994

    103(i) Spot Inspections · 6.0 on-site hours

  12. violation5035632

    75.333(h)

  13. violation5036357

    75.512

  14. violation5036356

    75.904

  15. violation5035810

    75.380(d)(1) · S&S

  16. violation5035809

    75.402

  17. violation5035631

    75.400

  18. violation5035630

    75.380(d)(1) · S&S

  19. violation5035808

    75.1100-3

  20. violation5035807

    75.400

  21. violation5035806

    47.41(a)

  22. violation5035629

    75.400

  23. violation5035805

    75.400

  24. violation5035804

    75.400

  25. violation5035803

    77.205(a)

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 TONS533,3356 rows · 1 receiving plants
HEAT CONTENT · BTU/LB11,705Weighted by reported tons
SULFUR / ASH · % BY WEIGHT0.47 / 11.16Separate averages over measured receipts
DELIVERED COST · USD/TON88.79100.0% of reported tons have usable costs
Quarterly receipts and quality
QuarterShort tonsHeat · Btu/lbSulfur %Ash %Delivered USD/ton
2026-Q187,79611,4290.4611.5787.37
2026-Q2267,40811,7800.4610.8689.60
2026-Q3 *178,13111,7280.4911.4088.28
Month / sourceReceiving plant / supplierShort tonsDelivered USD/tonHeat · Btu/lbSulfur %Ash %PurchaseTransport
2026-07EIA row 12484 · preliminaryHuntington8069 · UT · WOLVERINE FUELS LLC.178,13188.2811,7280.4911.40ContractBITTruck
2026-06EIA row 10535 · preliminaryHuntington8069 · UT · SKYLINE135,80290.3211,8230.4511.20ContractBITTruck
2026-05EIA row 8652 · preliminaryHuntington8069 · UT · SKYLINE71,38589.6712,0820.499.60ContractBITTruck
2026-04EIA row 6874 · preliminaryHuntington8069 · UT · SKYLINE MINE60,22187.8611,3280.4611.60ContractBITTruck
2026-03EIA row 5043 · preliminaryHuntington8069 · UT · WOLVERINE FUELS LLC.57,70787.4811,5050.4711.50ContractBITTruck
2026-02EIA row 3138 · preliminaryHuntington8069 · UT · WOLVERINE FUELS LLC.30,08987.1611,2840.4311.70ContractBITTruck
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/TON—Published county average
ESTIMATED SALES · SHORT TONS—Allocated from published county sales
ESTIMATED COAL REVENUE · USD—Covered mines only · not reported revenue
ANNUAL PRODUCTION COVERED0.0%0 of 1 producing annual mine records
Mine / countyAnnual production · tonsCounty FOB · USD/tonEst. sales · tonsEst. coal revenue · USDBasis / availability
Fossil Rock Mine4201211 · Emery, Refuse Recovery44,687———Recovery operation excluded
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 HIERARCHYWolverine Fuels LLC → Fossil Rock Resources, LLC. → Fossil Rock Mine
HISTORY RECORDS721 relationships
INTERVAL CHECKPASScontroller/operator overlap
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Wolverine Fuels LLCcontrolsFossil Rock Resources, LLC.operatesFossil Rock Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4201211
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MidAmerican Energy Holdings CompanycontrolsEnergy West Mining CompanyoperatesFossil Rock Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4201211
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Atlantic Richfield CompanycontrolsMountain Coal CompanyoperatesFossil Rock Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4201211
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Ashland Inc et alcontrolsArch Of UtahoperatesFossil Rock Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4201211
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Natomas CompanycontrolsTrail Mountain Coal CompanyoperatesFossil Rock Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4201211
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Fetterolf Group InccontrolsTrail Mountain Coal CompanyoperatesFossil Rock Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4201211
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John BellcontrolsTrail Mountain Coal CompanyoperatesFossil Rock Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4201211
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

42 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 954 lost days across the published record.

ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD11 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly
02 / COMPLIANCEwatch

Violations and penalties

368 violation rows across the full record; 40 carry an S&S flag and $95,890 appears in current assessed amounts.

ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY244 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a
03 / HEALTHwatch

Occupational health samples

2,142 coal dust; 71 coal quartz; 175 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 25 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 EXPOSURE2K samples
coal-dust-samplesquartz-samplesnoise-samples
04 / PRODUCTIONcontext

Quarterly production and employment

140K employee hours and 323 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.

2026-Q2564K tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly
05 / LEGALwatch

Contests, conferences and decisions

1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 17 conference records linked by issuance number.

POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE19 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 CONTEXT4 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations
07 / INSPECTIONScontext

Inspections

122 inspection events and 6K published inspection hours across the historical record.

OVERSIGHT COVERAGE48 since 2021
inspectionsviolations

HEALTH SAMPLING

Silica and quartz

Matching records2727 coal · 0 personal · 0 area
Sample status25 not voided2 voided · 0 status not reported
Mean coal quartz concentration5.4 µg/m³25 eligible measurements · 0 missing concentration
2026 · Jan 28, 2026–Sep 17, 2026
Date / sampleDataset / analyteOccupation / areaMeasurementSample statusPublished action
58544982 / lab 2026038913Coal quartzQuartzOCCUPATION CODE NOT FOUNDDESIGNATED AREA6 µg/m³0.4% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58542277 / lab 2026032339Coal quartzQuartzCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION2 µg/m³1% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58542510 / lab 2026032337Coal quartzQuartzROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION15 µg/m³3.9% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58542509 / lab 2026031970Coal quartzQuartzCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION2 µg/m³1.7% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58542459 / lab 2026031969Coal quartzQuartzROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION3 µg/m³2.2% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58542513 / lab 2026031481Coal quartzQuartzOCCUPATION CODE NOT FOUNDINTAKE AIR0 µg/m³—% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58542602 / lab 2026031482Coal quartzQuartzJACK SETTER (LONGWALL)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION4 µg/m³0.8% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58542595 / lab 2026031483Coal quartzQuartzLONGWALL OPERATOR (TAILGATE SIDE)DESIGNATED OCCUPATION9 µg/m³1% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58542591 / lab 2026031478Coal quartzQuartzMECHANICNON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION3 µg/m³0.6% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58538446 / lab 2026023158Coal quartzQuartzJACK SETTER (LONGWALL)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION13 µg/m³1.6% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58538437 / lab 2026023155Coal quartzQuartzLONGWALL OPERATOR (TAILGATE SIDE)DESIGNATED OCCUPATION15 µg/m³1.1% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58538448 / lab 2026023153Coal quartzQuartzMECHANICNON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION5 µg/m³0.9% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58538458 / lab 2026023157Coal quartzQuartzOCCUPATION CODE NOT FOUNDINTAKE AIR3 µg/m³0.8% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58538429 / lab 2026021911Coal quartzQuartzROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION10 µg/m³2.5% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58538444 / lab 2026021999Coal quartzQuartzBULLDOZER OPERATORDESIGNATED WORK POSITION3 µg/m³2.9% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58517010 / lab 2026015521Coal quartzQuartzROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION9 µg/m³1.6% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58517004 / lab 2026015520Coal quartzQuartzCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION3 µg/m³0.6% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58516707 / lab 2026015405Coal quartzQuartzROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION1 µg/m³0.2% quartzVoidedINVALID SAMPLE TYPENot reported
58516702 / lab 2026015404Coal quartzQuartzCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION3 µg/m³0.4% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58516696 / lab 2026013055Coal quartzQuartzROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION5 µg/m³1.7% 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
503581475.370(a)(1)Citation
503581375.380(d)(1)S&S
503071175.333(h)Citation
503563475.403Citation
503635875.601-1Citation
503581275.402Citation
503581175.333(h)Citation
503563275.333(h)Citation
OTHER HEALTH SAMPLES8 latest shown

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

Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.256 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.178 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustLONGWALL OPERATOR (TAILGATE SIDE)
.201 mg/m³Voided
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.09 mg/m³Voided
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.124 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.177 mg/m³Voided
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.103 mg/m³Voided · INVALID PRODUCTION
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.088 mg/m³Not voided

SOURCE COVERAGE

Reporting dates and coverage

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

DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors42Jan 6, 2000—Sep 18, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Sep 4, 2024—Sep 4, 2024mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal335Jan 4, 2000—Aug 14, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety2,142Jan 4, 2000—Oct 7, 2026mine-keyed
Conferencescompliance · legal17Aug 3, 2000—Dec 8, 2016mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal1Dec 1, 2025—Dec 1, 2025mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety1,405Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety332Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance7Oct 1, 1975—Jun 5, 2015mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance40Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance15Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance122Jan 5, 2000—Oct 1, 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 · equipment175Nov 28, 2000—Sep 17, 2026mine-keyed
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety71Feb 8, 2000—Sep 17, 2026mine-keyed
Violationscompliance · safety · legal368Jan 4, 2000—Oct 6, 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.