Mining Incidents

LONE MOUNTAIN PLANT Coal

St. Charles, Lee County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4405898

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2000–2012
Latest incident
Jun 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
304
citations
111
significant & substantial
$93,722
proposed penalties
$60,247
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 1,421 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,624 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,098 1 0 196.2
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 4,223 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,882 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 2 1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 28, 2002 VA · Coal welder (shop) Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Lone Mountain Processing LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE VICTIM WAS HAULING REFUSE FINES -100 MESH TO THE IMPOUNDMENT. HE WAS BACKING THE TRUCK TO THE DUMPING POINT WHEN FOR SOME REASON. HE TURNED THE TRUCK THROUGH THE BERM. THE TRUCK TURNED TO THE LEFT SIDE AND SLID DOWN THE EMBANKMENT AND CAME TO REST ON IT'S LEFT SIDE, SUBMERGING THE CAB INTO THE IMPOUNDMENT MATERIALS.

Reportable incidents

12 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2012 · 1 incident

June 6, 2012 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lone Mountain Processing LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a conduit bender when his hands slipped from the bender allowing it to come back and strike him in the mouth. This resulted in three chipped teeth requiring resin to repair.

2011 · 1 incident

September 22, 2011 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lone Mountain Processing LLC · Struck against a moving object

A contract employee (J & H Enterprises - I.D. # D671) was operating a Mack coal hauler on the Plant haul road when he lost control of the truck, struck a berm, and flipped the truck over onto the roadway. He suffered lacerations to the head and a concussion. The driver missed the next working day and returned to work on Monday September 26th.

2009 · 2 incidents

July 31, 2009 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lone Mountain Processing LLC · Fall from ladders

While cutting a bracket on some conduit, the conduit shifted, striking the ladder that the employee was on. The ladder fell, causing the employee to hit the floor resulting in a laceration to the head, requiring sutures. It was later found that the employee had suffered a non-displaced compression fractrue to his lower back.

April 23, 2009 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lone Mountain Processing LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employees were cutting 6" off of a 20" piece of 4' steel pipe which was suspended by a crane. The injured employee was holding down the pipe near the sling. When the pipe was cut the suspended piece rose up and caught the employee's thumb between the pipe and a piece of metal gurting resulting in a laceration to his left thumb requiring sutures.

2007 · 1 incident

May 17, 2007 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lone Mountain Processing LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

As EE stepped up to metal platform from the floor, he slipped catching himself before he fell. He con't to work & started missing work due to injury 5/22/07.

2002 · 1 incident

June 7, 2002 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lone Mountain Processing LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER FOR A DUMPING POINT AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT LEG.

2001 · 3 incidents

October 24, 2001 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lone Mountain Processing LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS USING CUTTING TORCHES TO CUT BOLTS OUT OF A CAT PAD ON A D7 BULLDOZER, AS A BOLT WAS CUT, THE PAD JERKED, CATCHING HIS HAND AGAINST ANOTHER PAD.

October 6, 2001 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lone Mountain Processing LLC · Fall onto or against objects

HE SLIPPED OFF OF THE DECK OF A RAW COAL VIBRATER AND STRUCK HIS LEG ON A CROSS MEMBER. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND STARTED MISSING ON 10/17/01.

March 13, 2001 VA · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lone Mountain Processing LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS LIFTING A RAW COAL SCREEN WITH A CHAIN HOIST. THE CHAIN BROKE AND CAUSED HIM TO FALL ON HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND HAD OUTPATIENT SURGERY ON 7-2-01. THIS OCCURRED DURING VACATION SHUTDOWN. HE RETURNED ON HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.

2000 · 3 incidents

October 1, 2000 VA · Coal miner, nec STRIKING OR BUMPING
Lone Mountain Processing LLC · Struck against stationary object

HE WALKED INTO A STEEL ROPE THAT WAS BEING USED TO HOLD A PIPE IN PLACE. THE STEEL ROPE STRUCK HIM ACROSS THE RIGHT EYE LID. (HE RETURNED TO WORK ON HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT)

April 3, 2000 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lone Mountain Processing LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS HE WAS DISMOUNTING D9L DOZER, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 4-17-2000.

February 5, 2000 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Lone Mountain Processing LLC · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED FELT PAIN IN HIS NECK WHEN HE TURNED HIS HEAD TO LOOK IN ANOTHER DIRECTION. HE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 2/17/00 AND ONLY WORKS 3 WEEKEND DAYS A WEEK. SO FAR HE HAS MISSED 6 DAYS. HE HAS H AD PROBLEMS WITH NECK PAIN FOR APPROX 2 YRS BUT DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL NOW.