Mining Incidents

Mine No. 40 Coal

XMV, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
Northfork, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609298

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2009–2015
Latest incident
Jun 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
302
citations
62
significant & substantial
$118,074
proposed penalties
$103,691
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
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q4 9,136 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 24,830 8 1 322.2
2015 Q2 34,328 13 1 378.7
2014 Q3 36,776 15 4 407.9
2013 Q4 0 6 0
2013 Q3 29,943 14 1 467.6
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2015 · 1 incident

June 18, 2015 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
XMV, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was tramming the continuous miner out of the No. 8 entry. He stopped the miner to hook up the cable slack rope, as he was moving away from the miner he started the miner up and the continuous miner slewed toward him causing him to be pushed against a timber.

2012 · 1 incident

March 20, 2012 WV · Coal electrician, lineman STRIKING OR BUMPING
XMV, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EE was crawling to put power in on miner when he raised up back of neck hit corner end of a 16' roof strap causing a laceration. Condition contributing to accident low mining height, 16' metal strap.

2009 · 1 incident

November 2, 2009 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
XMV, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Injured was pulling mining cable and injury left shoulder.