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Violation Tracker Summary for Mega-Scandal

Mega-Scandal: Upper Big Branch Disaster
Description: This list shows cases in which companies paid penalties of $25 million or more in connection with the Upper Big Branch mine disaster in 2010.
Penalty Total since 2000: $209,000,000
Number of Penalty Records: 1
Note: The totals here are adjusted to account for the fact that each current parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
Alpha Metallurgical Resources$209,000,0001

Individual Penalty Records:

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CompanyCurrent ParentCurrent Parent IndustryPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount sort icon
Alpha Natural ResourcesAlpha Metallurgical Resourcesmining and mineralsworkplace safety or health violation2011MSHA$209,000,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.