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Witcher Creek Surface Mine Coal

Silver Horse Services, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Martha A Ward

Tad, Kanawha County, WV · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4609341

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2021–2024
Latest incident: Jul 2024

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2019

citations

significant & substantial

$14,802

proposed penalties

$8,272

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	22,361	0	0.0
2024 Q4	22,478	2	89.0
2024 Q3	23,378	1	42.8
2023 Q4	26,551	0	0.0
2023 Q3	29,732	0	0.0
2023 Q2	24,919	12	481.6
2023 Q1	1,920	0	0.0
2022 Q4	1,920	6	3125.0

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

2024 · 2 incidents

July 16, 2024 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Silver Horse Services, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Endloader operator accidently dropped the boom of 992 loader onto the side of the rock truck being loaded. The driver of the truck stated the bumping of the truck by the endloader caused a strain to their back.

January 25, 2024 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER

Silver Horse Services, LLC · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Truck Driver in the process off-loading ANFO to overhead bin and bent down to turn valve on tanker when EE felt a pop in EE's left knee. Driver diagnosed with left knee strain.

2021 · 1 incident

February 2, 2021 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Hanover Resources, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was shoveling tailroller on the screen when employee experienced a sharp pain in lower back.