EX-95 6 exhibit95-q22025.htm EX-95 Document

Exhibit 95
 
Mine Safety and Health Administration Safety Data
 
We believe that Core Natural Resources is one of the safest mining companies in the world. The Company has in place health and safety programs that include extensive employee training, accident prevention, workplace inspection, emergency response, accident investigation, regulatory compliance and program auditing. The objectives of our health and safety programs are to eliminate workplace incidents, comply with all mining-related regulations and provide support for both regulators and the industry to improve mine safety.

The operation of our mines is subject to regulation by the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act). MSHA inspects our mines on a regular basis and issues various citations, orders and violations when it believes a violation has occurred under the Mine Act. We present information below regarding certain mining safety and health violations, orders and citations, issued by MSHA and related assessments and legal actions and mine-related fatalities with respect to our coal mining operations. In evaluating this information, consideration should be given to factors such as: (i) the number of violations, orders and citations will vary depending on the size of the coal mine, (ii) the number of violations, orders and citations issued will vary from inspector to inspector and mine to mine, and (iii) violations, orders and citations can be contested and appealed, and in that process, are often reduced in severity and amount, and are sometimes dismissed.

The table below sets forth for the three months ended June 30, 2025 for each coal mine of Core Natural Resources and its subsidiaries, the total number of: (i) violations of mandatory health or safety standards that could significantly and substantially contribute to the cause and effect of a coal or other mine safety or health hazard under section 104 of the Mine Act for which the operator received a citation from MSHA; (ii) orders issued under section 104(b) of the Mine Act; (iii) citations and orders for unwarrantable failure of the mine operator to comply with mandatory health or safety standards under section 104(d) of the Mine Act; (iv) flagrant violations under section 110(b)(2) of the Mine Act; (v) imminent danger orders issued under section 107(a) of the Mine Act; (vi) the total dollar value of proposed assessments from MSHA (regardless of whether Core Natural Resources has challenged or appealed the assessment); (vii) the total number of mining-related fatalities; (viii) notices from MSHA of a pattern of violations of mandatory health or safety standards that are of such nature as could have significantly and substantially contributed to the cause and effect of coal or other mine health or safety hazards under section 104(e) of the Mine Act; (ix) notices from MSHA regarding the potential to have a pattern of violations as referenced in (viii) above; and (x) pending legal actions before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (as of June 30, 2025) involving such coal or other mine, as well as the aggregate number of legal actions instituted and the aggregate number of legal actions resolved during the reporting period.



  
 
        Section     Total Dollar
Value of
 Total Number Received Notice of Pattern of Received Notice of Potential to have Legal Actions Pending Legal Legal
    Section   104(d)     MSHA of Violations Pattern as of Actions Actions
Mine or Operating 104 Section Citations Section Section Assessments Mining- Under Under Last Initiated Resolved
Name/MSHA S&S 104(b) and 110(b)(2) 107(a) Proposed Related Section Section Day of During During
Identification Number Citations Orders Orders Violations Orders (In Dollars) Fatalities 104(e) 104(e) 
Period (1)
 Period Period
Active Operations                          
West Elk Mine0503672424,954NoNo11
Meigs #31 Mine3301172NoNo
Robena Preparation Plant3604175NoNo
Bailey Mine36072301382,505NoNo412
Enlow Fork Mine3607416229,284NoNo51
Harvey Mine3610045212,204NoNo211
Leer South Mine4604168571,116NoNo11
Beckley Pocahontas Mine46052522113,295NoNo433
Upshur Complex4605823NoNo
Leer South Preparation Plant4608777NoNo
Eccles Refuse Area4609023NoNo
Mountaineer II Mine460902926149,345NoNo121
Cardinal Preparation Plant 4609046      2,372  No No  2 2
Leer Prep Plant 4609191 1       No No   
Leer Mine 4609192 11     83,004  No No 1 1 
Beckley Pocahontas Plant4609216NoNo11
Itmann No 5460956937159,800NoNo537
Itmann No 5 Plant46095981479NoNo
Black Thunder48009774302NoNo
Coal Creek Mine4801215NoNo
    108  1   628,660      24 16 18

(1) See table below for additional details regarding Legal Actions Pending as of June 30, 2025. With respect to Contests of Proposed Penalties, we have included the number of dockets (as opposed to citations) when counting the number of Legal Actions Pending as of June 30, 2025.




  Contests of Citations, Orders
(as of 6.30.2025)
 Contests of Proposed Penalties
(as of 6.30.2025)
(b)
 Complaints for Compensation
(as of 6.30.2025)
 Complaints of Discharge, Discrimination or Interference
(as of 6.30.2025)
 Applications for Temporary Relief
(as of 6.30.2025)
 Appeals of Judges' Decisions or Order
(as of 6.30.2025)
Mine or Operating Name/
MSHA Identification Number
 (a) Dockets Citations 
(c) 
 
(d) 
 (e) (f)
Active Operations                
West Elk Mine0503672       
Meigs #31 Mine3301172
Robena Preparation Plant3604175
Bailey Mine36072304182
Enlow Fork Mine36074165151
Harvey Mine361004525
Leer South Mine4604168111
Beckley Pocahontas Mine46052524150
Upshur Complex4605823
Leer South Preparation Plant4608777
Eccles Refuse Area4609023
Mountaineer II Mine4609029111
Cardinal Preparation Plant4609046
Leer Prep Plant4609191
Leer Mine460919211
Beckley Pocahontas Plant460921613
Itmann No 54609569530
Itmann No 5 Plant4609598
Black Thunder4800977
Coal Creek Mine4801215
     24 244    3
 
(a) Represents (if any) contests of citations and orders, which typically are filed prior to an operator's receipt of a proposed penalty assessment from MSHA or relate to orders for which penalties are not assessed (such as imminent danger orders under Section 107 of the Mine Act). This category includes: (i) contests of citations or orders issued under section 104 of the Mine Act, (ii) contests of imminent danger withdrawal orders under section 107 of the Mine Act, and (iii) Emergency response plan dispute proceedings (as required under the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-236, 120 Stat. 493).

(b) Represents (if any) contests of proposed penalties, which are administrative proceedings before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (“FMSHRC”) challenging a civil penalty that MSHA has proposed for the violation contained in a citation or order.

(c) Represents (if any) complaints for compensation, which are cases under section 111 of the Mine Act that may be filed with the FMSHRC by miners idled by a closure order issued by MSHA who are entitled to compensation.

(d) Represents (if any) complaints of discharge, discrimination or interference under section 105 of the Mine Act, which cover: (i) discrimination proceedings involving a miner's allegation that he or she has suffered adverse employment action because he or she engaged in activity protected under the Mine Act, such as making a safety complaint, and (ii)



temporary reinstatement proceedings involving cases in which a miner has filed a complaint with MSHA stating that he or she has suffered such discrimination and has lost his or her position. Complaints of Discharge, Discrimination, or Interference are also included in Contests of Proposed Penalties, Column B.

(e) Represents (if any) applications for temporary relief, which are applications under section 105(b)(2) of the Mine Act for temporary relief from any modification or termination of any order or from any order issued under section 104 of the Mine Act (other than citations issued under section 104(a) or (f) of the Mine Act).

(f) Represents (if any) appeals of judges' decisions or orders to the FMSHRC, including petitions for discretionary review and review by the FMSHRC on its own motion.