Mining Incidents

SHM-75 Coal

Powelton, WV, Fayette County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4003398

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2015–2020
Latest incident
Aug 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
69
citations
17
significant & substantial
$17,567
proposed penalties
$17,240
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 5,854 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,033 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,542 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,371 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,793 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,735 1 0 114.5
2023 Q3 2,736 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,224 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

2020 · 1 incident

August 12, 2020 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rockwell Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a 980H front loader. Employee was handling coal from the SHM-75 stacker and transporting over to a stockpile area. Employee hit a hole located in the pit area and jarred the neck area.

2015 · 1 incident

September 2, 2015 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Contract Highwall Mining, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was installing a shear cylinder in cutter head and the chisel dislodged while spreading yoke on shear cylinder striking employee is the left leg.