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Exhibit 95

Mine Safety and Health Administration Safety Data
We believe that CONSOL Energy 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 year ended December 31, 2017, for each coal mine of CONSOL Energy and its subsidiaries that has an outstanding MSHA citation, order or violation, 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) proposed assessments from MHSA (regardless of whether CONSOL Energy has challenged or appealed the assessment); (vii) 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 December 31, 2017) 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.




1




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Received
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notice
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Received
 
of
 
Legal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Dollar
 
Total
 
Notice of
 
Potential
 
Actions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Section
 
 
 
 
 
Value of
 
Number
 
Pattern of
 
to have
 
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 (in
 
Related
 
Section
 
Section
 
Day of
 
During
 
During
Identification Number
 
Citations
 
Orders
 
Orders
 
Violations
 
Orders
 
dollars)
 
Fatalities
 
104(e)
 
104(e)
 
Period (1)
 
Period
 
Period
Active Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bailey
 
36-07230
 
85

 

 

 

 

 
$
136,216

 

 
No
 
No
 
28

 
11

 
7

Enlow Fork
 
36-07416
 
92

 

 
2

 

 

 
244,656

 

 
No
 
No
 
21

 
12

 
12

Harvey
 
36-10045
 
43

 

 
2

 

 

 
86,381

 

 
No
 
No
 
19

 
11

 
5

 
 
 
 
220

 

 
4

 

 

 
$
467,253

 

 
 
 
 
 
68

 
34

 
24




(1) See table below for additional detail regarding Legal Actions Pending as of December 31, 2017.  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 December 31, 2017.


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Mine or Operating Name/MSHA Identification Number
 
Contests of Citations, Orders
(as of 12.31.17)
(a)
 
Contests of Proposed Penalties
(as of 12.31.17)

(b)
 
Complaints for Compensation
(as of 12.31.17)

(c)
 
Complaints of Discharge, Discrimination or Interference
(as of 12.31.17)

(d)
 
Applications for Temporary Relief
(as of 12.31.17)

(e)
 
Appeals of Judges' Decisions or Order
(as of 12.31.17)

(f)
 
 
 
 
 
Dockets
 
Citations
 
 
 
 
Active Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bailey
 
36-07230
 

 
28

 
133

 

 

 

 

Enlow Fork
 
36-07416
 

 
21

 
235

 

 

 

 

Harvey
 
36-10045
 

 
19

 
86

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 
68

 
454

 

 

 

 



(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. This column includes one action involving civil penalties against agents of the operator that has been contested and two appeals of a decision 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.

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