MSHA DATABASEMSHA records · 16 contributing sources · snapshot Oct 13, 2026

MINE DETAILS

Vail Mine

ActiveUndergroundCoal (Bituminous)
MSHA MINE ID3304645
LOCATIONHarrison, OH
PUBLIC RECORD6,414 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

39

2 significant & substantial (S&S)

  1. 2025 Q15
  2. 2025 Q210
  3. 2025 Q36
  4. 2025 Q44
  5. 2026 Q16
  6. 2026 Q24
  7. 2026 Q34
  8. 2026 Q4 *0

Accident records

2

0 records classified as fatality

  1. 2025 Q10
  2. 2025 Q21
  3. 2025 Q31
  4. 2025 Q40
  5. 2026 Q10
  6. 2026 Q20
  7. 2026 Q30
  8. 2026 Q4 *0

Proposed penalties · USD

7,239.00

39 of 39 violations with amounts

  1. 2025 Q1934
  2. 2025 Q22,581
  3. 2025 Q3906
  4. 2025 Q4646
  5. 2026 Q1964
  6. 2026 Q2604
  7. 2026 Q3604
  8. 2026 Q4 *—

On-site inspection hours

998.25

21 inspections · 21 with hours

  1. 2025 Q1269.50
  2. 2025 Q217.50
  3. 2025 Q3166.75
  4. 2025 Q4141.75
  5. 2026 Q1162.00
  6. 2026 Q2122.25
  7. 2026 Q3118.50
  8. 2026 Q4 *0.00
Quarterly safety data
QuarterViolationsS&SProposed USDAccident recordsFatality recordsInspectionsOn-site hours
2025-Q151934.00004269.5
2025-Q21012,581.0010117.5
2025-Q360906.00103166.8
2025-Q440646.00003141.8
2026-Q160964.00002162.0
2026-Q240604.00004122.3
2026-Q340604.00003118.5
2026-Q4 *00—0010.0

Most cited CFR sections

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

Safety activity

  1. inspectionF00C2A7

    Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 0.0 on-site hours

  2. violation9589615

    75.1100-3 · $151.00 proposed

  3. violation7104320

    75.1731(b) · $151.00 proposed

  4. violation7104318

    75.606 · $151.00 proposed

  5. violation7104317

    75.1725(a) · $151.00 proposed

  6. inspectionF02F243

    Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 96.0 on-site hours

  7. inspectionF012BB8

    Ventilation Technical Investigation · 22.5 on-site hours

  8. inspectionF00F04D

    Health Technical Investigation · 0.0 on-site hours

  9. violation9938678

    75.512 · $151.00 proposed

  10. violation9938674

    75.512 · $151.00 proposed

  11. violation9938673

    75.400 · $151.00 proposed

  12. inspectionF013FC8

    Roof Control Technical Investigation · 6.5 on-site hours

  13. violation9938672

    75.202(a) · $151.00 proposed

  14. inspectionF01565B

    Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 93.3 on-site hours

  15. inspectionF038EE1

    Health Technical Investigation · 9.5 on-site hours

  16. inspection4012013

    Electrical Technical Investigation · 13.0 on-site hours

  17. violation8045517

    75.370(a)(1) · $151.00 proposed

  18. violation8045509

    75.350(a)(2) · $151.00 proposed

  19. violation8045508

    75.400 · $151.00 proposed

  20. violation9255912

    75.342(a)(4) · $151.00 proposed

  21. inspectionF0152B7

    Ventilation Technical Investigation · 21.0 on-site hours

  22. violation9255911

    75.1731(b) · $151.00 proposed

  23. violation9255910

    75.1714-4(c) · $209.00 proposed

  24. inspectionF0141BE

    Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 141.0 on-site hours

  25. inspectionF0212DB

    Health Technical Investigation · 6.0 on-site hours

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 TONS488,79545 rows · 4 receiving plants
HEAT CONTENT · BTU/LB12,010Weighted by reported tons
SULFUR / ASH · % BY WEIGHT2.60 / 10.18Separate averages over measured receipts
DELIVERED COST · USD/TON70.8142.9% of reported tons have usable costs
Quarterly receipts and quality
QuarterShort tonsHeat · Btu/lbSulfur %Ash %Delivered USD/ton
2025-Q3 *104,73512,0232.8910.1572.28
2025-Q4132,67212,0532.529.8969.01
2026-Q1119,58611,9562.4110.2368.87
2026-Q297,64012,0102.5410.2772.31
2026-Q3 *34,16211,9892.8710.9370.57
Month / sourceReceiving plant / supplierShort tonsDelivered USD/tonHeat · Btu/lbSulfur %Ash %PurchaseTransport
2026-07EIA row 11770 · preliminaryCardinal2828 · OH · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY15,622—Not published12,0082.9511.30ContractBITTruck
2026-07EIA row 11771 · preliminaryCardinal2828 · OH · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY8,700—Not published11,9012.8011.10ContractBITTruck
2026-07EIA row 12216 · preliminaryMountaineer6264 · WV · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY9,84070.5712,0352.8210.20ContractBITRiver
2026-06EIA row 9879 · preliminaryCardinal2828 · OH · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY6,370—Not published12,2992.559.20ContractBITTruck
2026-06EIA row 9880 · preliminaryCardinal2828 · OH · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY4,638—Not published12,1022.5110.20ContractBITTruck
2026-06EIA row 10305 · preliminaryMountaineer6264 · WV · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY20,15071.6211,9452.8110.80ContractBITRiver
2026-05EIA row 8037 · preliminaryCardinal2828 · OH · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY10,942—Not published11,9962.4010.00ContractBITTruck
2026-05EIA row 8038 · preliminaryCardinal2828 · OH · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY6,576—Not published11,7912.6911.20ContractBITTruck
2026-05EIA row 8439 · preliminaryMountaineer6264 · WV · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY17,27571.4512,0002.6710.47ContractBITRiver
2026-04EIA row 6232 · preliminaryCardinal2828 · OH · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY9,848—Not published12,0212.319.90ContractBITTruck
2026-04EIA row 6235 · preliminaryCardinal2828 · OH · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY7,973—Not published11,9672.609.90ContractBITTruck
2026-04EIA row 6646 · preliminaryMountaineer6264 · WV · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY13,86874.4012,0852.179.99ContractBITRiver
2026-03EIA row 4424 · preliminaryCardinal2828 · OH · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY12,318—Not published12,0782.089.10ContractBITTruck
2026-03EIA row 4425 · preliminaryCardinal2828 · OH · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY12,142—Not published12,0592.239.90ContractBITTruck
2026-03EIA row 4815 · preliminaryMountaineer6264 · WV · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY17,56372.1711,9452.2910.20ContractBITRiver
2026-02EIA row 2464 · preliminaryCardinal2828 · OH · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY11,667—Not published11,9172.4010.50ContractBITTruck
2026-02EIA row 2465 · preliminaryCardinal2828 · OH · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY14,461—Not published11,9422.4610.20ContractBITTruck
2026-02EIA row 2705 · preliminaryH L Spurlock6041 · KY · CCU COAL & CONSTRUCTION, LLC31325.2112,0052.738.00SpotBITRiver
2026-02EIA row 2891 · preliminaryMountaineer6264 · WV · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY19,93170.1611,9402.4911.17ContractBITRiver
2026-01EIA row 462 · preliminaryCardinal2828 · OH · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY12,954—Not published11,8932.3410.70ContractBITTruck
2026-01EIA row 467 · preliminaryCardinal2828 · OH · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY11,682—Not published12,0532.519.70New contractBITTruck
2026-01EIA row 726 · preliminaryH L Spurlock6041 · KY · CCU COAL & CONSTRUCTION, LLC6,55558.1811,6603.369.90SpotBITRiver
2025-12EIA row 34346 · finalCardinal2828 · OH · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY15,924—Not published12,3112.428.40ContractBITTruck
2025-12EIA row 34351 · finalCardinal2828 · OH · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY14,656—Not published12,1252.609.70ContractBITTruck
2025-12EIA row 34370 · finalPainesville2936 · OH · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY34103.0913,0102.147.60SpotBITTruck
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
Vail Mine3304645 · Harrison, Ohio559,753———County sales or price not published3 eligible mines / 3 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 HIERARCHYJ Clifford Forrest III → Rosebud Mining Company → Vail Mine
HISTORY RECORDS13 relationships
INTERVAL CHECKPASScontroller/operator overlap
—

J Clifford Forrest IIIcontrolsRosebud Mining CompanyoperatesVail Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 3304645
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

13 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 553 lost days across the published record.

ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD7 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly
02 / COMPLIANCEwatch

Violations and penalties

352 violation rows across the full record; 25 carry an S&S flag and $64,003 appears in current assessed amounts.

ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY129 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a
03 / HEALTHwatch

Occupational health samples

4,838 coal dust; 156 coal quartz; 207 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 10 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 EXPOSURE5K samples
coal-dust-samplesquartz-samplesnoise-samples
04 / PRODUCTIONcontext

Quarterly production and employment

29K employee hours and 50 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.

2026-Q2111K tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly
05 / LEGALwatch

Contests, conferences and decisions

26 contested-violation rows, 26 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.

POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE52 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 CONTEXT1 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations
07 / INSPECTIONScontext

Inspections

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

OVERSIGHT COVERAGE72 since 2021
inspectionsviolations

HEALTH SAMPLING

Silica and quartz

Matching records2121 coal · 0 personal · 0 area
Sample status21 not voided0 voided · 0 status not reported
Mean coal quartz concentration6.81 µg/m³21 eligible measurements · 0 missing concentration
2026 · Feb 17, 2026–Jul 27, 2026
Date / sampleDataset / analyteOccupation / areaMeasurementSample statusPublished action
58599780 / lab 2026031065Coal quartzQuartzMOBILE BRIDGE OPERATORNON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION2 µg/m³0.8% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58599707 / lab 2026031063Coal quartzQuartzROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION2 µg/m³1.7% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58599807 / lab 2026031061Coal quartzQuartzMOBILE BRIDGE OPERATORNON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION5 µg/m³1.9% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58603027 / lab 2026030216Coal quartzQuartzMOBILE BRIDGE OPERATORNON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION7 µg/m³2.3% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58603087 / lab 2026030217Coal quartzQuartzROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION4 µg/m³1.9% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58603034 / lab 2026030218Coal quartzQuartzMOBILE BRIDGE OPERATORNON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION7 µg/m³1.7% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58603006 / lab 2026030219Coal quartzQuartzCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION4 µg/m³1.6% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58599746 / lab 2026024643Coal quartzQuartzROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION5 µg/m³3.9% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58599562 / lab 2026024641Coal quartzQuartzMOBILE BRIDGE OPERATORNON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION5 µg/m³2.4% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58600132 / lab 2026024640Coal quartzQuartzMOBILE BRIDGE OPERATORNON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION5 µg/m³2.8% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58600067 / lab 2026024644Coal quartzQuartzCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION8 µg/m³3.4% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58565761 / lab 2026016613Coal quartzQuartzROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION7 µg/m³4% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58565678 / lab 2026016614Coal quartzQuartzCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION8 µg/m³4% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58562208 / lab 2026008832Coal quartzQuartzCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION10 µg/m³2.7% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58561813 / lab 2026008833Coal quartzQuartzMOBILE BRIDGE OPERATORNON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION8 µg/m³2% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58562034 / lab 2026008829Coal quartzQuartzROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION10 µg/m³3.3% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58562202 / lab 2026008835Coal quartzQuartzMOBILE BRIDGE OPERATORNON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION7 µg/m³1.5% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58565420 / lab 2026006605Coal quartzQuartzMOBILE BRIDGE OPERATORNON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION10 µg/m³2.5% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58565753 / lab 2026006607Coal quartzQuartzCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION11 µg/m³3.2% quartzNot voidedNot reported
58565757 / lab 2026006604Coal quartzQuartzMOBILE BRIDGE OPERATORNON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION7 µg/m³1.9% 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
958961575.1100-3Citation
710432075.1731(b)Citation
710431875.606Citation
710431775.1725(a)Citation
993867875.512Citation
993867475.512Citation
993867375.400Citation
993867275.202(a)Citation
OTHER HEALTH SAMPLES8 latest shown

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

Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.989 mg/m³Voided
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.191 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.889 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.729 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.41 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.045 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.722 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustCONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR
.685 mg/m³Not voided

SOURCE COVERAGE

Reporting dates and coverage

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

DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors13Jan 15, 2013—Sep 6, 2025mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Sep 14, 2015—Sep 14, 2015mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal351Sep 24, 2012—Aug 12, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal26Mar 24, 2014—Jul 9, 2025mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety4,838Dec 18, 2012—Oct 7, 2026mine-keyed
Conferencescompliance · legal—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Contested Violationscompliance · legal26Jul 17, 2013—Feb 11, 2025mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety74Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety25Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance1Oct 18, 2010—Oct 18, 2010mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance135Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance30Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance178Nov 3, 2010—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 · equipment207Mar 19, 2013—Aug 10, 2026mine-keyed
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety156Jan 28, 2014—Jul 27, 2026mine-keyed
Violationscompliance · safety · legal352Sep 24, 2012—Aug 12, 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.