Mining Incidents

Eagle Energy Mine No.1 Coal

Coal-Mac MET LLC · Underground
Controlled by John Mitch Potter
Mt. Carbon, Fayette County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609425

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2024–2026
Latest incident
May 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
68
citations
10
significant & substantial
$17,863
proposed penalties
$2,413
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 26,871 6 0 223.3
2025 Q3 23,091 21 6 909.4
2025 Q1 14,647 8 1 546.2
2024 Q4 8,621 5 0 580.0
2024 Q3 883 7 0 7927.5
2024 Q2 0 1 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 1 0
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

2026 · 2 incidents

May 18, 2026 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coal-Mac MET LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee bolting in #7 entry received laceration to right arm from bolt plate while installing roof support. Received 5 stitches to laceration.

March 17, 2026 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coal-Mac MET LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee travelling in Intake portal was walking to EE's ride when EE slipped and fell on EE's right ankle causing a fracture in EE's right distal fibula.

2025 · 3 incidents

December 4, 2025 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coal-Mac MET LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee went to move welder cable in tool sled. Picked up a wad of cable as they stood to throw it out of the way had pain in lower back then in left groin.

September 26, 2025 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Coal-Mac MET LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was installing roof support when finger was smashed between the drilling arm and the bolt head on the canopy post of the bolt machine.

July 24, 2025 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Coal-Mac MET LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated EE was helping to strip the red phase lead in the High Line preparing to enter the High Line into the #3 Outby KVA. As EE was stripping the lead EE's knife blade slipped causing a laceration to EE's left thumb. Employee sought medical treatment and received 5 stitches.

2024 · 1 incident

September 27, 2024 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Civil, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Highwall fell at drift damaging 10' of canopy approximately 8' high, 10' long on right and 1' long on left side of entry. Damaged 2 rows of bolts.