Lexington Coal Company, LLC · Struck by flying object
Employee was standing 25' away watching blades of industrial mower be removed by pulling with a chain when chain broke and section of chain hit EE in lower Jaw.
Lower Big Branch Impoundment Coal
Lexington Coal Company, LLC
· Facility
Controlled by
Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc
Montcoal,
Raleigh County,
WV
·
NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4603430
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2012–2021
- Latest incident
- Jun 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
18
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,139
proposed penalties
$1,819
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 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2021 · 1 incident
2013 · 1 incident
Performance Coal Company, LLC · Accident type, without injuries
Dozer cut a pressurized gas line which ignited a fire. Whitesville Fire Department extinguished the flames.
2012 · 1 incident
Performance Coal Company, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee was walking to the bathhouse to get ready for work and stepped in a hole in the grass between building and parking lot. Employee fell and was helped to his feet and when he tried to walk his right knee buckled and he fell again.