Mining Incidents

Black Wolf Washer/Loadout Coal

XMV, Inc. · Facility
Controlled by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
Thorpe, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4607208

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2001–2006
Latest incident
May 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
56
citations
22
significant & substantial
$7,589
proposed penalties
$7,350
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 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q4 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

2006 · 1 incident

May 12, 2006 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
XMV, Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee was getting on a front end loader, when he stepped on the first step, he slipped and fell. Employee stated that he injured his hip.

2001 · 1 incident

February 20, 2001 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Island Fork Construction Ltd · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING UP ON BELT AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.