Mining Incidents

Mine No. 42 Coal

XMV, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
Keystone, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609378

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
2012–2018
Latest incident
Apr 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
681
citations
161
significant & substantial
$512,521
proposed penalties
$372,447
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
2019 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 9,569 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 27,505 16 5 581.7
2018 Q1 25,509 31 12 1215.3
2017 Q3 34,568 69 19 1996.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2018 · 5 incidents

April 30, 2018 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
XMV, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was riding a rubber tired man trip across the section when ee went under a low place and was caught between the ride and the top.

March 20, 2018 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
XMV, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was traveling up the fuel tank steps, when they lost balance, foot and hand slipped, body then twisted and impacted the truck bed and they fell to the ground. During the fall employee scraped their right side on the truck bed.

March 16, 2018 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
XMV, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE was setting a timber and another timber nearby fell, that was not wedged tight and struck EE on the right shoulder and chest area.

January 12, 2018 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
XMV, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a belt with a razor knife that slipped cutting the left hand, stitches were required to close the wound. Employee brought Dr report on 1/15/18 showing stitches were required to close the wound.

January 8, 2018 WV · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
XMV, Inc. · Contact with electrical current

EE tried to reset power breaker at the conveyor belt drive two, to three times when the breaker failed.

2016 · 2 incidents

April 18, 2016 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
XMV, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting open a splice on the miner cable when the knife slipped cutting employee's left forearm.

March 28, 2016 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
XMV, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee stated that while bending a roof bolt, felt something pop in shoulder. Employee returned to work on 3/30/16 and worked until 4/4/16.

2015 · 6 incidents

December 9, 2015 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
XMV, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was tramming a shuttle car when the metal cover over the pump motor came in contact with a roof bolt causing the cover to become dislodged and striking the employee

September 2, 2015 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
XMV, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was installing a roof bolt when he caught his thumb between the roof bolt plate and the mine roof.

May 11, 2015 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
XMV, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was unloading 60 pound rail, one rail slipped off truck, striking right foot

April 30, 2015 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
XMV, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was assisting a co-worker in making a belt splice. As the co-worker was swinging a hammer to secure the splice the injured employee turned toward him causing the co-worker to strike him with the hammer.

February 26, 2015 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
XMV, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE was changing a chuck in drill pot of roof bolting machine. While leaning over drill head, a piece of draw rock fell striking him in back of head. This pushed his head down onto drill head of roof bolter causing 2 teeth to be loosened. (The EE had a pending appointment to have his upper teeth extracted and replaced with dentures. The EE elected to have the loose teeth removed).

February 9, 2015 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
XMV, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was making a splice on a high voltage cable and while cutting the cable the knife slipped causing him to cut his left hand.

2014 · 2 incidents

June 26, 2014 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
XMV, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was getting on personnel carrier when he slipped and struck his lower leg against the frame of the ride.

March 31, 2014 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
XMV, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was moving a piece of metal when it slipped and struck his right index finger.

2013 · 1 incident

June 10, 2013 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
XMV, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was operating roof bolter, he was setting canopy and pinched left hand requiring 2 stitches.

2012 · 1 incident

June 20, 2012 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
XMV, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was removing the panel lid off a 21 SC Shuttle Car and the lid fell down and caught the EE's finger between the panel and the mine floor.