Mining Incidents

Docks Creek, LLC Coal

Docks Creek, LLC · Facility
Kenova, Wayne County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4607458

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
2001–2022
Latest incident
Oct 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
483
citations
192
significant & substantial
$100,886
proposed penalties
$77,019
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 9,284 8 1 861.7
2025 Q3 1,360 59 22 43382.4
2024 Q3 1,407 6 1 4264.4
2024 Q2 1,308 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 918 4 0 4357.3
2023 Q2 7,048 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 8,646 5 0 578.3
2022 Q4 6,660 0 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

15 on file

2022 · 1 incident

October 24, 2022 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Docks Creek, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Lowering a barge wire in the barge. Piece of metal went through finger.

2019 · 1 incident

December 7, 2019 WV · Coal electrician, lineman OTHER
Docks Creek, LLC · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Working in a squatting position for 30 - 40 minutes wiring a crusher motor. Knee began to ache but finished up the shift. Pain intensified on the way home.

2016 · 1 incident

October 27, 2016 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
Docks Creek, LLC · Contact with electrical current

Employee received an electrical shock after touching a power line while cleaning out a drop chute. Employee was sent to the hospital for burns on both hands and an exit injury on the right leg.

2015 · 1 incident

August 26, 2015 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Docks Creek, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The employee was beginning to climb down a set of steps from a work platform when the platform tilted causing a loss of balance. As the individual attempted to secure himself, he fell on his back which ultimately resulted in pain to the back and neck.

2014 · 1 incident

August 11, 2014 WV · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Docks Creek, LLC · Fall from machine

The injured individual was attempting to descend from a piece of chute work onto a tail roller guard following a repair when he found himself to be slipping. He then proceeded to jump from the tail roller guard as opposed to falling from a distance of 4'7" to the concrete pad. The impact ultimately resulted in a fracture to the right heel.

2011 · 1 incident

October 5, 2011 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Docks Creek, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

The injured employee was attempting to remove excess coal buildup from a transfer chute when he slipped and struck his right shoulder on the chute structure ultimately resulting in a contusion.

2010 · 1 incident

January 16, 2010 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Docks Creek, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

While crossing the handrails, his hand slipped and he fell against the rails.

2003 · 1 incident

October 2, 2003 WV · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Docks Creek, LLC · Fall from machine

EE SAID HE PULLED UP ANOTHER DRIVERS TRUCK, WHILE GETTING OUT HE SLIPPED AND FELL. HE TRIED TO GRAB THE HANDRAIL BUT MISSED IT, AND FELL. DRIVER SAID HE HAD MAGNETITE ON HIS BOOTS. DRIVER WORK ED THE REST OF HIS SHIFT AND PART OF THE NEXT DAY, WHEN HE DECIDED HE WAS IN TOO MUCH PAIN TO WORK. POSSIBLE SPRAINS AND STRAINS. NO WITNESSES.

2002 · 3 incidents

December 12, 2002 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Docks Creek, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTING TO START A/C FAN BLADE IN CAB OF LOADER. OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPIN FAN BLADE WHEN IT STARTED, CUT HIS FINGER.

December 8, 2002 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Docks Creek, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS BACKING DOZER OVER SYNFUEL COAL PILE. DOZER BACKED OVER A DITCH AND CAM DOWN REAR END FIRST JARRING BACK & NECK.

July 23, 2002 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Docks Creek, LLC · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING UP, DOWN CRUSHER STEPS, HURT BACK & KNEE. BACK & KNEE STARTED HURTING WHEN HE RETURNED TO HIS LOADER TO BEGIN OPERATION.

2001 · 4 incidents

December 4, 2001 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Docks Creek, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SLICED HIS HAND WHILE WORKING ON A SIZEABLE DYE AND NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION SO WE SENT HIM TO GET THE CUT CLEANED AND STITCHED UP. THEY CLEANED AND GLUED THE CUT AND SENT HIM HOME OK.

August 18, 2001 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Docks Creek, LLC · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING SLAG FROM A WELD AND A PIECE OF SLAG ENTERED HIS EYE.

June 26, 2001 WV · Coal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Docks Creek, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF A WALL ONTO A PILE OF REBAR, REBAR SHIFTED AND EMPLOYEE TWISTED KNEE.

June 14, 2001 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Docks Creek, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO REMOVE FORMS FROM A RADIAL STACKER WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL ON HIS REAR END, LOW BACK PAIN. THIS INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED TO SITE SUPERVISOR UNTIL EMPLOYEE WAS TERMINATED ON 7-1901.