Mining Incidents

Holden No 22 Preparation Plant Coal

Coal-Mac LLC · Facility
Controlled by John Mitch Potter
Holden, Logan County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4605909

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
2001–2020
Latest incident
May 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
525
citations
200
significant & substantial
$356,703
proposed penalties
$121,783
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 1,124 9 0 8007.1
2025 Q3 12,410 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 13,157 8 0 608.0
2024 Q2 1,557 15 2 9633.9
2024 Q1 15,833 19 10 1200.0
2023 Q4 1,491 46 24 30851.8
2023 Q2 11,258 15 4 1332.4
2023 Q1 13,408 10 0 745.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2020 · 1 incident

May 16, 2020 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coal-Mac LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mechanic used a chain as a puller to replace center bushings and chain broke and hit mechanic in the mouth. The lip was split open and employee was taken to hospital where it was sewn back up. Mechanic tried to come back to work the next scheduled work day but was advised to take a few days off with pay to let it start healing.

2018 · 1 incident

April 16, 2018 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal-Mac LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was out of truck, tightening nuts on a wheels. Employee slipped in mud, twisting the right ankle. Later, found to be broken.

2016 · 1 incident

January 20, 2016 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal-Mac LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Driver was waiting for road to be cleared. Road was snow covered. Employee fell after exiting coal truck.

2011 · 1 incident

July 25, 2011 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Coal-Mac LLC · Struck against stationary object

Traveling (walking) across ground tripped on a rock and loose material and twisted knee. EE was carrying tools to the pick up truck. He worked until he had surgery on 9/21/11 and began missing work 9/22/11.

2010 · 1 incident

May 19, 2010 WV · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Coal-Mac LLC · Flash burns (electric)

EE was trouble shooting a breaker panel, as he moved away from the panel there was an electrical arc flash resulting in burns to his hands and face.

2008 · 1 incident

July 18, 2008 WV · Coal pumper MACHINERY
Coal-Mac LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An employee was using an impact wrench to tighten a carriage bolt into a screen. He saw the bolt turning so he used his right thumb to push the bolt back into the hole. (He was on the oppsite side of the screen.) and the edge of the bolt head caught his right index finger causing a laceration.

2006 · 3 incidents

July 8, 2006 WV · Coal miner, prospector, nec OTHER
Coal-Mac LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

This EE contacted Legionnaires Disease that was determined to have come while working at this site.

May 25, 2006 WV · Coal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coal-Mac LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee suffered a hairline fracture to hisleft hand when it was smashed between the crane pad and crib block.

April 22, 2006 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coal-Mac LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While lifting on a piece of metal, employee pulled a muscle in his back.

2005 · 3 incidents

December 26, 2005 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Coal-Mac LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was raising screen plate and 3" pipe caught on chain hoist, causing pipe to break loose, smashing left hand & breaking it.

October 22, 2005 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal-Mac LLC · Fall from machine

EE CLIMBED DOWN FROM SUCTION LINE OF SUMP PUMP (4'H) AND STEPPED ON A VALVE AND JUMPED ONTO FLOOR. HE LANDED ONHIS FEET AND LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR AND HIS HEAD STRUCK CONCRETE CAUSING A CUT OVER LEFT EYE.

January 3, 2005 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coal-Mac LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee call the supervisor on this job on January 9, 2005, to report this accident, he did not mention anything to him on the date he said it happened and continued to work that shift as well as every day that week. The employee said that his knees were sore, he was pulling the hose for grout down the hill and hurt his knee.

2004 · 1 incident

November 10, 2004 WV · Coal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coal-Mac LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTING A CONTRACT EMPLOYEE AS TO THE PROPER OPERATION OF A BACKHOE. WHILE BEGINNING TO SWITCH POSITIONS IN THE MACHINE, EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST THE SEAT BY USING THE DOOR FRAME TO PULL SEAT INTO POSITION. DURING THIS THE CONTRACT EE CLOSED THE DOOR, INJURING THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS.

2003 · 2 incidents

December 15, 2003 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver NO VALUE FOUND
Coal-Mac LLC · No Value Found

WHILE THE EE WAS MOUNTING THE 777-B ROCK TRUCK, HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND. RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT WRIST.

February 19, 2003 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator NO VALUE FOUND
Rio Group Inc · No Value Found

WHILE THE EE WAS OPERATING THE MUSTANG LOADER, CLEANING TRACKS, THE LOADER TURNED OVER. THE EE'S LEG CAME OUT OF THE PROTECTED AREA THUS RESULTING IN A FRACTURED ANKLE. HE WAS WEARING A SEAT B ELT.

2001 · 2 incidents

August 18, 2001 WV · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rio Group Inc · Fall from machine

DRIVER WAS STANDING ON FENDER OF COAL TRUCK AND FELL OFF WHILE TRYING TO CHANGE A AIR FILTER.

January 2, 2001 WV · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ace Trucking Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVER SLID BACKWARDS IN TRUCK, GOT OUT AND FELL WHILE WALKING TO BACK OF TRUCK, HURTING HIS BACK.