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Frontier Coal Company safety activity

MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections across the current mine portfolio.

2025-01-01 – 2026-10-31Database snapshot · 2026-10-31

Safety activity

  1. Machinery

    accidentRecord 220251820007
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act

    Accident narrative

    While using a drill with a wire wheel, EE was cleaning off a flanged surface. Unknowingly EE left a thin metal shim on one of the surfaces. When the wire wheel made contact with the shim. It spun it around at high speed resulting in cuts to EE's right hand.

  2. Spot Inspection

    inspectionRecord F00198D
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    1.5 on-site hours reported

  3. 103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio

    inspectionRecord F00198B
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    3.5 on-site hours reported

  4. Spot Inspection

    inspectionRecord F00198C
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    1.0 on-site hours reported

  5. Temporary notations, revisions, and supplements.

    violationRecord 5091123
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    30 CFR 75.1202-1(b)(3) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  6. Spot Inspections

    inspectionRecord F02B61D
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    103(i) · 6.5 on-site hours reported

  7. Spot Inspections

    inspectionRecord F02A964
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    103(i) · 4.8 on-site hours reported

  8. Communication facilities; working sections; installation and maintenance requirements; audible or visual alarms.

    violationRecord 5090823
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    30 CFR 75.1600-2(e) · $245.00 proposed penalty

  9. Short circuit protection of trailing cables.

    violationRecord 5090822
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    30 CFR 75.601 · $818.00 proposed penalty

  10. Cable fittings; suitability.

    violationRecord 9839885
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    30 CFR 77.505 · $245.00 proposed penalty

  11. Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.

    violationRecord 9839761
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    30 CFR 75.370(a)(1)

  12. Spot Inspections

    inspectionRecord 7048932
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    103(i) · 7.5 on-site hours reported

  13. Status change reports.

    violationRecord 5090594
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    30 CFR 70.212(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  14. Spot Inspections

    inspectionRecord F010C46
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    103(i) · 1.8 on-site hours reported

  15. Escapeway maps.

    violationRecord 5090586
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    30 CFR 75.1505(b) · $755.00 proposed penalty

  16. Identification of circuit breakers.

    violationRecord 5090585
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    30 CFR 75.904 · $755.00 proposed penalty

  17. Rock dusting.

    violationRecord 5090584
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    30 CFR 75.402 · $549.00 proposed penalty

  18. Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.

    violationRecord 9839749
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    30 CFR 75.370(a)(1) · $714.00 proposed penalty

  19. Conventional roof support.

    violationRecord 9839748
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    30 CFR 75.206(e) · $1,818.00 proposed penalty

  20. On-shift examination.

    violationRecord 9839747
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    30 CFR 75.362(d)(1)(iii) · $818.00 proposed penalty

  21. Roof control plan.

    violationRecord 9839746
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    30 CFR 75.220(a)(1) · $5,574.00 proposed penalty

  22. Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.

    violationRecord 9839745
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    30 CFR 75.202(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $9,757.00 proposed penalty

  23. Mine map.

    violationRecord 9839744
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    30 CFR 75.1200(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  24. Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.

    violationRecord 9837633
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    30 CFR 75.370(a)(1)

  25. Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.

    violationRecord 9837632
    BELCHER BRANCH · 4609474

    30 CFR 75.202(a)

Sources and definitions

MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).

Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.

Status is from the current MSHA Mines snapshot, not the selected reporting period. Closed records can retain their last reported controller/operator.

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.