---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 100.4"
title: "30"
number: "100.4"
heading: "Unwarrantable failure and immediate notification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/100.4"
---

# §100.4. Unwarrantable failure and immediate notification.

- (a) The minimum penalty for any citation or order issued under section 104(d)(1) of the Mine Act shall be $3,022.
- (b) The minimum penalty for any order issued under section 104(d)(2) of the Mine Act shall be $6,041.
- (c) The penalty for failure to provide timely notification to the Secretary under section 103(j) of the Mine Act will be not less than $7,555 and not more than $90,649 for the following accidents:
  - (1) The death of an individual at the mine, or
  - (2) **An injury or entrapment of an individual at the mine, which has a reasonable potential to cause death.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 13635, Mar. 22, 2007, as amended at 74 FR 68919, Dec. 29, 2009; 77 FR 76408, Dec. 28, 2012; 81 FR 43455, July 1, 2016; 82 FR 5383, Jan. 18, 2017; 83 FR 14, Jan. 2, 2018; 84 FR 220, Jan. 23, 2019; 85 FR 2299, Jan. 15, 2020; 86 FR 2970, Jan. 14, 2021; 87 FR 2336, Jan. 14, 2022; 88 FR 2218, Jan. 13, 2023; 89 FR 1818, Jan. 11, 2024; 90 FR 1862, Jan. 10, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 815, 820, 957; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 13635, Mar. 22, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[72 FR 13635, Mar. 22, 2007, as amended at 74 FR 68919, Dec. 29, 2009; 77 FR 76408, Dec. 28, 2012; 81 FR 43455, July 1, 2016; 82 FR 5383, Jan. 18, 2017; 83 FR 14, Jan. 2, 2018; 84 FR 220, Jan. 23, 2019; 85 FR 2299, Jan. 15, 2020; 86 FR 2970, Jan. 14, 2021; 87 FR 2336, Jan. 14, 2022; 88 FR 2218, Jan. 13, 2023; 89 FR 1818, Jan. 11, 2024; 90 FR 1862, Jan. 10, 2025]