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Buffalo Creek Mine: 5 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Buffalo Creek Mine is an active coal (bituminous) surface mine in Whitley County, Kentucky, operated by Alden Resources LLC with 12 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1519950). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 5 citations and orders there with $755 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1519950
- Status
- Active since July 15, 2025
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Whitley County, Kentucky
- Nearest town
- Williamsburg, KY
- Operator
- Alden Resources LLC
- Parent company
- Ferroglobe PLC
- Employees
- 12
- MSHA field office
- Barbourville KY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 5
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $755
- Amount paid so far
- $453
- Inspections
- 7
- Inspector hours on site
- 222
- Citations per inspection
- 0.71 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- September 17, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 5 ($16,656 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | $302 | 0 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | $453 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Buffalo Creek Mine
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 77.1104 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 71.403 | Surface coal mines, health | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1707 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 71.209 | Surface coal mines, health | 1 |
Other open mines in Whitley County, Kentucky
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alden Resources Harps Creek | Alden Resources LLC | Whitley County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 16 | 326 |
| Gatliff Tipple | Alden Resources LLC | Whitley County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 32 | 52 |
| Mosley Gap Mine | Alden Resources LLC | Whitley County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 14 | 36 |
| CHM 48 | Contract Highwall Mining LLC | Whitley County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 9 | 26 |
| CHM 10 | Contract Highwall Mining LLC | Whitley County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 9 | 24 |
| CHM 1 | Contract Highwall Mining LLC | Whitley County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 4 | 21 |
| Hubbs Hollow Mine | Alden Resources LLC | Whitley County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 9 | 20 |
| Eaton Town Mine | Marlow Energy LLC | Whitley County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 9 |
| Bradford Branch | Alden Resources LLC | Whitley County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 1 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.