Mining Incidents

TUG FORK PREPARATION PLANT Coal

Edgarton, Mingo County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4608626

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2014–2025
Latest incident
Jan 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
213
citations
56
significant & substantial
$52,688
proposed penalties
$45,453
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 4,757 1 0 210.2
2025 Q3 5,584 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,628 2 0 301.8
2025 Q1 7,155 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 7,993 3 0 375.3
2023 Q4 0 3 0
2023 Q3 7,692 5 0 650.0
2023 Q1 0 8 2
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

January 27, 2025 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Appalachian Resource West Virginia, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was entering the cab of dozer putting lunch box and hard hat behind the seat. EE didn't realize their hand was in door jam and dozer door closed on EE's thumb.

2024 · 1 incident

December 31, 2024 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Appalachian Resource West Virginia, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Operating a Komatsu articulator truck coming from mud cell front tire dropped in a hole in the roadway and twisted the operators back.

2021 · 1 incident

October 16, 2021 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Appalachian Resource West Virginia, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Was doing maintenance on water pump. Was moving suction line and it had an exposed wire on the bottom side. Punctured hand.

2020 · 1 incident

May 22, 2020 WV · Coal refuse truck driver, backfill truck driver, stock pile truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CAM Mining LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE had cleaned the floc strainer area and was washing the excess floc from the floor of the Refuse Building. EE slipped and fell on EE's left side. EE returned to work on 5/26/2020 but EE's doctor took EE off work on 5/29/2020.

2014 · 1 incident

September 22, 2014 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CAM Mining LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was exiting the cab of an excavator and when he stepped on the track his feet slid out from under him. He tried to catch himself and his right middle finger was caught in the door latch area. Employee sustained a dislocated finger.