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Smith Mine Coal

Webster County Coal, LLC · Facility

Controlled by Alliance Resource Partners LP

Providence, Webster County, KY · NonProducing

MSHA Mine ID: 1511935

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2001–2016
Latest incident: Mar 2016

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$21,744

proposed penalties

$19,851

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	0	0	0
2025 Q2	0	0	0
2025 Q1	0	0	0
2024 Q4	0	0	0
2024 Q3	0	0	0
2024 Q1	0	0	0
2023 Q3	0	0	0
2023 Q2	0	0	0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2016 · 1 incident

March 28, 2016 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Webster County Coal, LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was in the process of performing a pre shift on a Cat 777 end dump. We believe EE was climbing steps on the truck and fell from the lower level. Employee was found on the ground in front of the truck by an employee performing a pre shift inspection on the truck next to injured employee. At this time employee can not tell us what happened.

2001 · 1 incident

October 24, 2001 KY · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Lodestar Energy, Inc. · Fall from machine

WHILE CONTRACTOR WAS TYING DOWN TIRES ON THE BEDOF A SEMI-TRUCK, A STRONG GUST OF AIR FROM A STORM BLEW HIM OFF THE TRAILER. HE FELL APPROXIMATELY 4', LANDING ON HIS LEFT ARM.