Mining Incidents

Alpheus Coal Refuse Disposal Facility Coal

Taishan Coal, LLC · Facility
Controlled by Taishan Resources LLC
Gary, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4608438

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2002–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
326
citations
106
significant & substantial
$481,946
proposed penalties
$359,293
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 17,760 16 2 900.9
2025 Q3 531 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,927 4 3 674.9
2024 Q4 14,940 6 2 401.6
2024 Q2 14,868 18 5 1210.7
2024 Q1 17,526 3 0 171.2
2023 Q4 18,382 34 10 1849.6
2023 Q2 17,302 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

5 on file

2025 · 1 incident

October 20, 2025 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Taishan Coal, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking to hang up fuel nozzle after refueling the dozer and slipped in the mud and tried catching themselves and hurt their left shoulder.

2022 · 1 incident

April 29, 2022 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Taishan Coal, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee stated they was dropping plates on #3 clean coal press when hoodie jacket pocket got caught on the dog slide. They reached to pull pocket free, when middle left finger became pinched between the dogs. The pinch caused a laceration requiring 5 stitches. Employee did not miss any work and returned to normal work duties.

2012 · 1 incident

February 22, 2012 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Greenfields Coal Company, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Over extended across grating causing injury to back. Employee finished shift and saw a doctor on 2/23/2012. RTW on 2/24/2012

2011 · 1 incident

June 14, 2011 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Greenfields Coal Company, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Welding a plug on the outside of a chute. The weld broke and a piece of metal came loose and struck the top right of his head causing a laceration. Employee failed to correctly use personal protective equipment he removed his hard hat to weld. Sought medical treatment at Beckley Arh ER received 6 staples in top right of head.

2002 · 1 incident