Mining Incidents

SHM-14 Coal

Coal-Mac MET, LLC · Surface
Controlled by John Mitch Potter
Kincaid, Fayette County, WV  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4003353

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2015–2019
Latest incident
Apr 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
91
citations
21
significant & substantial
$15,880
proposed penalties
$10,096
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 Q3 0 1 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 5,628 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 0 2 0
2023 Q3 0 2 0
2023 Q2 5,110 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

2 on file

2019 · 1 incident

April 11, 2019 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kopper Glo Mining, LLC · Fall from ladders

The injured employee was on a small ladder working on the highwall miner hose reel. The base of the ladder kicked out and the employee fell injuring right shoulder.

2015 · 1 incident

November 9, 2015 WV · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wilson Creek Energy, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was helping change a cutter chain on the highwall miner. Employee was using a pry bar to line up the holes in the chain for the pin to be installed when his pry bar slipped and he smashed his finger between the pry bar and the shear arm. The employee received several stitches as a result of the incident.