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Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. 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 and equipment; operation and maintenance.

    violationRecord 9735393
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    30 CFR 75.1725(c) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $7,084.00 proposed penalty

  2. 103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio

    inspectionRecord F0063AB
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    4.8 on-site hours reported

  3. Handling of materials

    accidentRecord 220251340017
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    Perm tot or perm prtl disablty

    Accident narrative

    EE WAS CHANGING SHOCK ON BELT SCRAPER WHEN SCRAPER ARM FLIPPED UP AND CONTACTED LEFT INDEX FINGER. FINGER WAS AMPUTATED IN SURGERY AT 2ND KNUCKLE.

  4. Air quality.

    violationRecord 9735392
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    30 CFR 75.321(a)(2) · $193.00 proposed penalty

  5. Spot Inspections

    inspectionRecord F0063AA
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    103(i) · 5.0 on-site hours reported

  6. Other safeguards.

    violationRecord 9735391
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    30 CFR 75.1403 · $818.00 proposed penalty

  7. Handling of materials

    accidentRecord 220251400005
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    Days away from work only

    Accident narrative

    Employees were performing work tasks not focusing on other job tasks occurring around them. A group of employees were working on the lower scaffold deck directly below another group. One employee working directly above lost grip on the form ring, dropping their side allowing it to swing down knock their hardhat off and strike the employee in the back of the head.

  8. Spot Inspections

    inspectionRecord F0063A9
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    103(i) · 6.0 on-site hours reported

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

    violationRecord 9735388
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    30 CFR 75.202(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $6,540.00 proposed penalty

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

    violationRecord 9735387
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    30 CFR 75.202(a) · $209.00 proposed penalty

  11. Ventilation controls.

    violationRecord 9735386
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    30 CFR 75.333(b)(1) · $193.00 proposed penalty

  12. Spot Inspections

    inspectionRecord F0063A8
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    103(i) · 5.3 on-site hours reported

  13. Escapeways; bituminous and lignite mines.

    violationRecord 9735385
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    30 CFR 75.380(d)(7)(vii) · $755.00 proposed penalty

  14. Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.

    violationRecord 9735132
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    30 CFR 75.403 · $3,448.00 proposed penalty

  15. Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.

    violationRecord 9735131
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    30 CFR 75.403 · $288.00 proposed penalty

  16. Spot Inspections

    inspectionRecord F01612A
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    103(i) · 3.5 on-site hours reported

  17. Loading and haulage equipment; installations.

    violationRecord 9733494
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    30 CFR 77.1605(k) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  18. Other safeguards.

    violationRecord 9735378
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    30 CFR 75.1403 · $209.00 proposed penalty

  19. Fire suppression systems for diesel-powered equipment and fuel transportation units.

    violationRecord 9735129
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    30 CFR 75.1911(c) · $193.00 proposed penalty

  20. Ventilation controls.

    violationRecord 9735230
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    30 CFR 75.333(b)(1) · $193.00 proposed penalty

  21. Weekly examination.

    violationRecord 9735229
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    30 CFR 75.364(g) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  22. Ventilation controls.

    violationRecord 9735228
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    30 CFR 75.333(b)(4) · $818.00 proposed penalty

  23. Spot Inspections

    inspectionRecord F01E0BE
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    103(i) · 3.5 on-site hours reported

  24. Spot Inspections

    inspectionRecord F0063A7
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    103(i) · 6.5 on-site hours reported

  25. Roof control plan.

    violationRecord 9735377
    West Elk Mine · 0503672

    30 CFR 75.220(a)(1) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $90,649.00 proposed penalty

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.