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Coal mines in Wyoming: 17 open mines and MSHA citations

MSHA lists 17 open coal mines in Wyoming, run by 13 operators and employing 3,663 people. Since January 1, 2022 its inspectors issued 2,128 citations and orders there with $1,873,385 in proposed penalties, and operators reported 273 injury or illness cases. The operators with the most open mines are Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC; Eagle Specialty Materials LLC; Peabody Caballo Mining, LLC. Data from MSHA, November 6, 2026.

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Open mines
17
Operators
13
Employees
3,663
Active
15
Temporarily Idled
1
NonProducing
1
Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
2,128
Significant and substantial
294 (13.8%)
Closure orders
17
High negligence or reckless
103
Proposed penalties
$1,873,385
Amount paid so far
$1,471,296
Inspections
384
Inspector hours on site
19,941
Citations per inspection
5.54 (all mines 2.30)
Accident reports
384
Injury and illness cases
273
Fatalities
0
Latest MSHA record
November 4, 2026

Operators with the most open mines in Wyoming

Ranked by open mines, then by citations. Sole proprietors and individuals are not listed.

OperatorOpen minesEmployeesCitations since 2022Proposed penaltiesInjury cases
Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC2444465$402,02252
Eagle Specialty Materials LLC2472326$204,65035
Peabody Caballo Mining, LLC2276251$117,87321
Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC2645157$77,69720
Peabody Powder River Mining LLC11,207593$824,44986
Buckskin Mining Company1120130$114,9308
Kemmerer Operations, LLC1155108$100,54227
Black Hills Energy15345$13,6064
Black Butte Coal Company15923$8,0226
Bridger Coal Company116016$4,89512
Western Fuels-Wyoming Inc16714$4,6992
Brook Mining Company, LLC150$00
Green Bridge Holdings, Inc.100$00

Operators with the most citations in Wyoming

Citations and orders issued since January 1, 2022 at their open mines here.

OperatorOpen minesEmployeesCitations since 2022Proposed penaltiesInjury cases
Peabody Powder River Mining LLC11,207593$824,44986
Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC2444465$402,02252
Eagle Specialty Materials LLC2472326$204,65035
Peabody Caballo Mining, LLC2276251$117,87321
Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC2645157$77,69720
Buckskin Mining Company1120130$114,9308
Kemmerer Operations, LLC1155108$100,54227
Black Hills Energy15345$13,6064
Black Butte Coal Company15923$8,0226
Bridger Coal Company116016$4,89512
Western Fuels-Wyoming Inc16714$4,6992
Brook Mining Company, LLC150$00
Green Bridge Holdings, Inc.100$00

Mines with the most citations

Open mines, ranked by citations and orders since January 1, 2022.

MineOperatorCountyMain commodityEmployeesCitations since 2022
North Antelope Rochelle MinePeabody Powder River Mining LLCCampbell County, WYCoal (bituminous)1,207593
Black ThunderThunder Basin Coal Company LLCCampbell County, WYCoal (bituminous)408394
Belle Ayr MineEagle Specialty Materials LLCCampbell County, WYCoal (bituminous)240207
Caballo MinePeabody Caballo Mining, LLCCampbell County, WYCoal (bituminous)163131
Buckskin MineBuckskin Mining CompanyCampbell County, WYCoal (bituminous)120130
Rawhide MinePeabody Caballo Mining, LLCCampbell County, WYCoal (bituminous)113120
Eagle Butte MineEagle Specialty Materials LLCCampbell County, WYCoal (bituminous)232119
Kemmerer MineKemmerer Operations, LLCLincoln County, WYCoal (bituminous)155108
Cordero Rojo MineNavajo Transitional Energy Company, LLCCampbell County, WYCoal (bituminous)21579
Antelope Coal MineNavajo Transitional Energy Company, LLCConverse County, WYCoal (bituminous)43078
Coal Creek MineThunder Basin Coal Company LLCCampbell County, WYCoal (bituminous)3671
Wyodak MineBlack Hills EnergyCampbell County, WYCoal (bituminous)5345
Black Butte And Leucite Hills MinesBlack Butte Coal CompanySweetwater County, WYCoal (bituminous)5923
Jim Bridger MineBridger Coal CompanySweetwater County, WYCoal (bituminous)16016
Dry Fork MineWestern Fuels-Wyoming IncCampbell County, WYCoal (bituminous)6714
Brook MineBrook Mining Company, LLCSheridan County, WYCoal (bituminous)50
Synthetic FuelsGreen Bridge Holdings, Inc.Campbell County, WYCoal (bituminous)00

Citations and injury cases by year

Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.

YearCitations and ordersSignificant and substantialProposed penaltiesInjury and illness cases
202245671$367,82155
202356167$415,23172
202444160$604,81754
202539557$337,56445
202627539$147,95247

Standards cited most at coal mines in Wyoming

Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.

StandardWhat the part coversCitations
30 CFR 77.1104Surface coal mines, safety223
30 CFR 77.502Surface coal mines, safety185
30 CFR 77.404Surface coal mines, safety168
30 CFR 77.1110Surface coal mines, safety149
30 CFR 77.1605Surface coal mines, safety127
30 CFR 77.1606Surface coal mines, safety102
30 CFR 77.1607Surface coal mines, safety101
30 CFR 77.410Surface coal mines, safety71
30 CFR 77.400Surface coal mines, safety71
30 CFR 77.502-2Surface coal mines, safety71
30 CFR 77.512Surface coal mines, safety69
30 CFR 77.505Surface coal mines, safety56
30 CFR 77.205Surface coal mines, safety53
30 CFR 77.516Surface coal mines, safety50
30 CFR 77.1101Surface coal mines, safety32

Injury and illness cases at coal mines in Wyoming

Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.

DegreeCases
Permanent disability4
Days away from work or restricted activity154
No lost time, or an occupational illness115

What the accident reports at coal mines in Wyoming describe

Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.

ClassificationReports
Fire99
Handling of materials92
Slip or fall of person71
Machinery30
Powered haulage30
Other21
Handtools (nonpowered)16
Disorders (repeated trauma)7
All other occupational illnesses5
Stepping or kneeling on object4

Equipment named in accident reports at coal mines in Wyoming

EquipmentReports
Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks29
Shovel18
Hand tools (not powered)16
Bulldozer15
Hand tools (powered)13
Trucks9
Mancar5
Road grader4
Front-end loader3
Tugger2

Updated November 6, 2026. Read from US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets. 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.