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

MINE DETAILS

Spring Creek Mine

ActiveSurfaceCoal (Bituminous)
MSHA MINE ID2401457
LOCATIONBig Horn, MT
PUBLIC RECORD7,574 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

18

3 significant & substantial (S&S)

  1. 2025 Q10
  2. 2025 Q20
  3. 2025 Q310
  4. 2025 Q40
  5. 2026 Q15
  6. 2026 Q20
  7. 2026 Q33
  8. 2026 Q4 *0

Accident records

5

0 records classified as fatality

  1. 2025 Q10
  2. 2025 Q20
  3. 2025 Q34
  4. 2025 Q41
  5. 2026 Q10
  6. 2026 Q20
  7. 2026 Q30
  8. 2026 Q4 *0

Proposed penalties · USD

8,094.00

18 of 18 violations with amounts

  1. 2025 Q1—
  2. 2025 Q2—
  3. 2025 Q32,606
  4. 2025 Q4—
  5. 2026 Q12,002
  6. 2026 Q2—
  7. 2026 Q33,486
  8. 2026 Q4 *—

On-site inspection hours

270.75

7 inspections · 7 with hours

  1. 2025 Q1—
  2. 2025 Q2—
  3. 2025 Q3105.50
  4. 2025 Q43.50
  5. 2026 Q175.75
  6. 2026 Q24.00
  7. 2026 Q382.00
  8. 2026 Q4 *—
Quarterly safety data
QuarterViolationsS&SProposed USDAccident recordsFatality recordsInspectionsOn-site hours
2025-Q100—000—
2025-Q200—000—
2025-Q31012,606.00402105.5
2025-Q400—1013.5
2026-Q1512,002.0000175.8
2026-Q200—0014.0
2026-Q3313,486.0000282.0
2026-Q4 *00—000—

Most cited CFR sections

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

Safety activity

  1. violation9607098

    77.400(a) · $151.00 proposed

  2. violation5033579

    77.204 · S&S · $3,184.00 proposed

  3. inspectionF003103

    Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 74.0 on-site hours

  4. violation5033572

    77.107-1 · $151.00 proposed

  5. inspectionF0030FF

    Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 8.0 on-site hours

  6. inspectionF009DA8

    Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 4.0 on-site hours

  7. violation5033752

    77.404(c) · S&S · $1,219.00 proposed

  8. violation5033751

    77.400(d) · $288.00 proposed

  9. violation5033750

    77.1110 · $151.00 proposed

  10. violation5033749

    77.1104 · $151.00 proposed

  11. violation5033748

    77.1110 · $193.00 proposed

  12. inspectionF010EDD

    Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 75.8 on-site hours

  13. inspectionF002D82

    Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 3.5 on-site hours

  14. accident220253170636

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

    Accident narrative

    EE was cutting rubber skirting with a box cutter style knife. The knife slipped and cut through the welding gloves they were wearing. EE received 5 sutures to close a laceration on the back of their left hand above the thumb.

  15. accident220252590013

    MACHINERY · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT

    Accident narrative

    The cutoff wheel fractured during grinding, and a fragment struck the employee's right arm, causing a laceration that required sutures to close. The disc had the proper RPM rating for the grinder, and the employee was wearing all necessary PPE at the time of the incident.

  16. accident220252480018

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

    Accident narrative

    EE was replacing a single point lubricator on a plant roller bearing cap. While withdrawing their hand their right index finger contacted the zero speed sensor mount causing a laceration requiring 5 sutures to close.

  17. inspection6462400

    Spot Inspection · 6.0 on-site hours

  18. violation9732346

    77.1607(b) · S&S · $1,219.00 proposed

  19. accident220252340018

    MACHINERY · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY

    Accident narrative

    EE was pushing dirt off a coal fender to bury warm coal when the fender gave out and the dozer slide off sideways. The dozer overturned landing upright on the tracks. EE sustained a 1 inch laceration on their scalp requiring a suture to close.

  20. accident220252060016

    FIRE · ACCIDENT ONLY

    Accident narrative

    A coal smoker was discovered in the ramp 20 waste dump. Dozer was walked over to bury the smoker. Smoker was extinguished but took longer than 30 minutes. No people, equipment or property was threatened at anytime.

  21. violation9732480

    77.404(a) · $151.00 proposed

  22. violation9732477

    77.404(a) · $151.00 proposed

  23. violation9732332

    77.505 · $165.00 proposed

  24. violation9732476

    77.502-2 · $151.00 proposed

  25. violation9732475

    77.1301(c)(6) · $165.00 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 TONS2,879,25431 rows · 5 receiving plants
HEAT CONTENT · BTU/LB9,317Weighted by reported tons
SULFUR / ASH · % BY WEIGHT0.33 / 5.42Separate averages over measured receipts
DELIVERED COST · USD/TON47.2087.4% of reported tons have usable costs
Quarterly receipts and quality
QuarterShort tonsHeat · Btu/lbSulfur %Ash %Delivered USD/ton
2025-Q3 *1,118,9349,3890.335.5247.14
2025-Q4712,5509,2330.315.8146.84
2026-Q1445,8739,3020.355.0243.61
2026-Q2463,9999,2850.335.0050.09
2026-Q3 *137,8989,3200.355.3450.90
Month / sourceReceiving plant / supplierShort tonsDelivered USD/tonHeat · Btu/lbSulfur %Ash %PurchaseTransport
2026-07EIA row 11644 · preliminaryClay Boswell1893 · MN · SPRING CREEK77,91437.449,3450.355.30ContractSUBRail
2026-07EIA row 12141 · preliminaryCoronado6177 · AZ · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC59,98468.409,2880.355.40ContractSUBRail
2026-06EIA row 9745 · preliminaryClay Boswell1893 · MN · SPRING CREEK93,53944.749,2750.325.20ContractSUBRail
2026-06EIA row 10231 · preliminaryCoronado6177 · AZ · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC45,39066.849,2750.344.90ContractSUBRail
2026-05EIA row 7928 · preliminaryClay Boswell1893 · MN · SPRING CREEK141,22244.199,2600.345.50ContractSUBRail
2026-05EIA row 8372 · preliminaryCoronado6177 · AZ · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC44,97465.709,3460.354.70ContractSUBRail
2026-04EIA row 6097 · preliminaryClay Boswell1893 · MN · SPRING CREEK94,00042.559,2900.274.40ContractSUBRail
2026-04EIA row 6572 · preliminaryCoronado6177 · AZ · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC44,87463.079,3270.374.70ContractSUBRail
2026-03EIA row 4287 · preliminaryClay Boswell1893 · MN · SPRING CREEK124,96441.929,2700.334.80ContractSUBRail
2026-02EIA row 2322 · preliminaryClay Boswell1893 · MN · SPRING CREEK156,05942.059,2950.375.10ContractSUBRail
2026-01EIA row 328 · preliminaryClay Boswell1893 · MN · SPRING CREEK107,07842.909,3350.335.10ContractSUBRail
2026-01EIA row 838 · preliminaryCoronado6177 · AZ · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC57,77252.819,3300.345.10ContractSUBRail
2025-12EIA row 34168 · finalClay Boswell1893 · MN · SPRING CREEK124,45140.489,2750.335.00ContractSUBRail
2025-12EIA row 34869 · finalCoronado6177 · AZ · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC59,40359.669,3570.334.70ContractSUBRail
2025-11EIA row 31187 · finalClay Boswell1893 · MN · SPRING CREEK141,26540.549,3100.294.70ContractSUBRail
2025-11EIA row 31673 · finalTransalta Centralia Generation3845 · WA · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY78,747—Not published8,8700.289.10ContractSUBRail / Tram/conveyor
2025-11EIA row 31877 · finalCoronado6177 · AZ · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC60,00259.679,3150.375.50ContractSUBRail
2025-10EIA row 28224 · finalClay Boswell1893 · MN · SPRING CREEK78,48240.469,4350.274.60ContractSUBRail
2025-10EIA row 28719 · finalTransalta Centralia Generation3845 · WA · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY79,106—Not published8,8950.309.00ContractSUBRail / Tram/conveyor
2025-10EIA row 28932 · finalCoronado6177 · AZ · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC59,61159.609,2520.375.50ContractSUBRail
2025-10EIA row 29598 · finalDTE-BRSC Shared Storage8841 · MI · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC31,48343.399,5530.264.10ContractSUBRail / Great Lakes
2025-09EIA row 25156 · finalClay Boswell1893 · MN · SPRING CREEK94,42840.569,4850.294.60ContractSUBRail
2025-09EIA row 25651 · finalTransalta Centralia Generation3845 · WA · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY94,951—Not published8,9150.339.30ContractSUBRail / Tram/conveyor
2025-09EIA row 25867 · finalCoronado6177 · AZ · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC59,65159.699,4860.354.80ContractSUBRail
2025-09EIA row 26474 · finalNorth Valmy8224 · NV · NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY CO., LLC20,934108.799,5400.334.40New contractBITRail
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
Spring Creek Mine2401457 · Big Horn, Montana13,053,955———County sales or price not published2 eligible mines / 2 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 → Spring Creek Mine
HISTORY RECORDS513 relationships
INTERVAL CHECK1 REVIEWcontroller/operator overlap
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Navajo NationcontrolsNavajo Transitional Energy Company, LLCoperatesSpring Creek Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 2401457
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Navajo Transitional Energy Company LLCcontrolsNavajo Transitional Energy Company, LLCoperatesSpring Creek Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 2401457
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Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLCcontrolsSpring Creek Coal LLCoperatesSpring Creek Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 2401457
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RTZ-CRA GroupcontrolsSpring Creek Coal LLCoperatesSpring Creek Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 2401457
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MidAmerican Energy Holdings CompanycontrolsSpring Creek Coal CompanyoperatesSpring Creek Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 2401457
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

62 historical accident/injury rows; 2 coded fatalities and 933 lost days across the published record.

ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD19 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly
02 / COMPLIANCEwatch

Violations and penalties

277 violation rows across the full record; 57 carry an S&S flag and $158,458 appears in current assessed amounts.

ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY83 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a
03 / HEALTHwatch

Occupational health samples

760 coal dust; 61 coal quartz; 208 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 18 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

130K employee hours and 259 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.

2026-Q22.4M tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly
05 / LEGALwatch

Contests, conferences and decisions

8 contested-violation rows, 8 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 8 conference records linked by issuance number.

POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE24 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 CONTEXT25 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations
07 / INSPECTIONScontext

Inspections

112 inspection events and 7K published inspection hours across the historical record.

OVERSIGHT COVERAGE26 since 2021
inspectionsviolations

HEALTH SAMPLING

Silica and quartz

Matching records00 coal · 0 personal · 0 area
Sample status0 not voided0 voided · 0 status not reported
Mean coal quartz concentration— µg/m³0 eligible measurements · 0 missing concentration
2026 · No reported dates in this selection
Date / sampleDataset / analyteOccupation / areaMeasurementSample statusPublished action
No silica records match these filters. Missing samples do not establish safe conditions.
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
960709877.400(a)Citation
503357977.204S&S
503357277.107-1Citation
503375277.404(c)S&S
503375177.400(d)Citation
503375077.1110Citation
503374977.1104Citation
503374877.1110Citation
OTHER HEALTH SAMPLES8 latest shown

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

Coal dustHIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR
.046 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustREFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE
.045 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustHIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER
.056 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustBULLDOZER OPERATOR
.068 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustCLEANUP MAN
.207 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustBULLDOZER OPERATOR
.062 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustHIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR
.059 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustBULLDOZER OPERATOR
.023 mg/m³Not voided

SOURCE COVERAGE

Reporting dates and coverage

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

DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors62Feb 8, 2000—Oct 28, 2025mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Dec 12, 1980—Dec 12, 1980mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal274May 4, 2000—Aug 30, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal8Aug 30, 2007—Jun 1, 2016mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety760Jan 14, 2000—Sep 3, 2026mine-keyed
Conferencescompliance · legal8May 9, 2002—Mar 29, 2024mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal8Mar 14, 2007—Jan 27, 2015mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety4,561Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety919Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance5Jan 1, 1979—Oct 25, 2019mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance247Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance62Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance112Mar 6, 2000—Aug 24, 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 · equipment208May 11, 2000—Sep 3, 2026mine-keyed
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety61Jun 6, 2001—Nov 14, 2024mine-keyed
Violationscompliance · safety · legal277May 4, 2000—Aug 30, 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.