Mining Incidents

Nelms Plant Coal

Leesville Land LLC · Facility
Hopedale, Harrison County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3304187

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2002–2024
Latest incident
Jun 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
171
citations
39
significant & substantial
$27,931
proposed penalties
$23,936
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 4,304 2 0 464.7
2025 Q3 4,990 4 1 801.6
2024 Q4 4,773 3 0 628.5
2024 Q2 5,294 4 1 755.6
2024 Q1 4,902 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,888 1 0 204.6
2023 Q3 3,642 3 0 823.7
2023 Q2 7,983 0 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

8 on file

2024 · 1 incident

June 20, 2024 OH · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Leesville Land LLC · Fall from machine

A fully trained miner was welding in a boom truck when the boom of the truck caught fire. The IE jumped from the bucket and the lanyard burnt in two causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a broken pelvis.

2019 · 1 incident

November 25, 2019 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hopedale Mining LLC · Struck by flying object

While grinding on a steel pipe, a spark bounced off of the front of employees jacket, up under the welding hood, and safety glasses, contacting EE's left eye.

2018 · 1 incident

July 17, 2018 OH · Coal FIRE
Hopedale Mining LLC · Accident type, without injuries

An open flame was observed on the raw coal stockpile at the preparation plant.

2015 · 1 incident

January 23, 2015 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hopedale Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While working in the outside shop on a mantrip, the employee was removing a speed reducer and it slid off of the axle pinching his Rt. ring finger against the shop floor resulting in a laceration and a fracture to the tip of the finger. The employee was wearing gloves at the time of the accident.

2014 · 1 incident

July 9, 2014 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hopedale Mining LLC · Fall onto or against objects

While standing on a wooden plank above an empty sump repairing a water line, the plank broke causing the employee to fall injuring his left shoulder on impact with the side of the sump.

2013 · 1 incident

June 25, 2013 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hopedale Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

While raising one end of a pipe with a come-a-long, the opposite end of the pipe fell striking the employee on the right hand causing a laceration requiring 7 stitches.

2008 · 1 incident

June 5, 2008 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hopedale Mining LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Had hand under metal cutting with torch. When ball released metal dropped and punctured hand (7 stitches) bolt was holding 2 pieces of metal together.

2002 · 1 incident

May 16, 2002 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
AEP Ohio Coal L L C · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS A PASSENGER IN ROCK TRUCK, HE HAD REPLACED HIS ARM OVER THE OPERATIONS SEAT UNAWARE HIS LT. HAND, THUMB WAS IN THE DOOR JAM- THE TRUCK OPERATOR CLOSED THE DOOR, EE'S THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN DOOR/JAM. INATTENTION TO ACTIVITY-MAJOR FACTOR.