Mining Incidents

Surface Mine No. 1 Coal

Controlled by Metinvest B V
Maxie, VA, Buchanan County, VA  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4407355

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2016–2024
Latest incident
Jan 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
164
citations
39
significant & substantial
$96,439
proposed penalties
$51,367
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 2,288 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 24,574 10 0 406.9
2024 Q2 12,314 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,966 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 17,019 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q4 8,604 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 10,491 7 2 667.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2024 · 1 incident

January 30, 2024 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Surface Minerals Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The mechanic stated: was attempting to step up on a handrail to remove a chain on the drill. When EE raised EE's leg EE felt this knee pop. This resulted in a partially torn tendon.

2018 · 2 incidents

September 27, 2018 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Surface Minerals Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

The employee was grinding on a push arm pin in order to weld the pin. The pin rolled on to their left pointer finger, while the grinding was being done, resulting in a broken bone.

June 8, 2018 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Surface Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

Kneeling underneath dozer, utilized an air nozzle to clean debris from bolts to remove final drive. Debris blew back into employees face and underneath safety glasses of right eye.

2017 · 1 incident

September 13, 2017 VA · Coal welder (non-shop) MACHINERY
Surface Minerals Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

Lying underneath excavator utilizing an acetylene torch to cut track guide when a piece of hot slag entered right ear

2016 · 1 incident

August 2, 2016 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Surface Minerals Company · Fall from machine

The employee lost footing as ee climbed down the steps of a CAT 992D loader. EE fell to the ground sustaining bruises to back and the back of head.