Mining Incidents

Pax Load Out Coal

Republic Energy LLC · Facility
Pax, Fayette County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609114

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2006–2022
Latest incident
Jun 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
117
citations
36
significant & substantial
$25,346
proposed penalties
$22,216
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 8,590 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,169 1 0 109.1
2025 Q2 9,787 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,682 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,670 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,886 5 1 634.0
2023 Q2 7,101 1 0 140.8
2023 Q1 6,109 6 1 982.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2022 · 1 incident

June 25, 2022 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Republic Energy LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was holding a part for the feeder weighing approx. 40 pounds, with arms extended out when EE felt pain in the left shoulder. Employee had surgery on 12/30/2022 and began missing work.

2015 · 1 incident

June 12, 2015 WV · Coal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Republic Energy Inc · Fall onto or against objects

The employee was changing attachments on a bobcat from a bucket to forks. As he applied hand pressure to get the forks into place, the employee may have slipped allowing his chin to strike the lift bar on the bobcat.

2013 · 1 incident

July 18, 2013 WV · Coal electrician, lineman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Simmons Fork Mining, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

On 7-18-13 an employee was assisting in carrying a pump when he allegedly twisted an ankle. The employee completed that shift & all shifts leading up to 8-5-13, when he was placed off for non work related & pre scheduled surgery. The operator learned of the physical therapy for the ankle during an investigation & well after the employee was placed off. There were no days lost

2006 · 3 incidents

June 13, 2006 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pioneer Fuel Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was hanging sheets of sheet metal on the side of train load out and was pulling it up and his left hand caught the edge of the sheet.

May 30, 2006 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pioneer Fuel Corporation · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling sheets of sheeting up on belt line and his back gave out. Suffered upper back strain.

May 8, 2006 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pioneer Fuel Corporation · Struck by falling object

Crew was moving grating on 5th floor of loadout. When the grating fell over it caught injured employee on the back of his right leg causing a large laceration.