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Samples Mine Highwall Miner Coal

Panther Creek Mining LLC · Surface

Controlled by Sev.en Global Investments a.s.

Eskdale Post Office, Kanawha County, WV · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4609153

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2010–2018
Latest incident: May 2018

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2006

citations

significant & substantial

$7,978

proposed penalties

$7,647

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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	5,675	0	0.0
2025 Q3	623	0	0.0
2025 Q2	6,615	0	0.0
2025 Q1	10,876	0	0.0
2024 Q4	6,200	0	0.0
2024 Q2	1,782	0	0.0
2024 Q1	7,535	1	132.7
2023 Q3	9,936	1	100.6

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

2018 · 1 incident

May 18, 2018 WV · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Panther Creek Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee states that EE was extending the tripod legs out on the transit and as EE extended the legs EE felt a pop in EE's elbows and forearm. Employee was seen by doctor on 5/20/2018 and was given Modified work duty.

2010 · 1 incident

June 1, 2010 WV · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Catenary Coal Company LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured employee was handling a sixty inch long, 6 1/2 inch diameter piece of drill steel used to anchor the highwall miner when he slipped and fell. The end of the employee's left pinky finger was mashed between the steel he was handling and the steel structure of the highwall miner.