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Lost Flat Surface Mine Coal

South Fork Coal Company, LLC · Surface

Controlled by White Forest Resources, Inc

Richwood, Greenbrier County, WV · Temporarily Idled

MSHA Mine ID: 4607376

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2018–2019
Latest incident: Mar 2019

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2012

citations

significant & substantial

$3,726

proposed penalties

$3,726

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 Q1	0	0	0
2024 Q4	0	0	0
2024 Q2	0	0	0
2024 Q1	0	0	0
2023 Q4	0	0	0
2023 Q3	0	0	0
2023 Q2	0	0	0
2023 Q1	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

2019 · 1 incident

March 30, 2019 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

South Fork Coal Company, LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee cut a tree. When the tree fell it struck another tree breaking the top out of the tree being cut. The top flew back and hit the employee.

2018 · 1 incident

September 5, 2018 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS

South Fork Coal Company, LLC · Struck by falling object

Contractor was installing liner on the blade of dozer when a bolt broke that was supporting the metal plate. The plate dropped striking the contractor on the left foot. Result was a bruising and a fracture of minor bone in the left foot.