Mining Incidents

CAM HIGHWALL MINER Coal

Matewan, Mingo County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609545

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2018–2026
Latest incident
May 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
107
citations
24
significant & substantial
$51,484
proposed penalties
$40,004
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 4,222 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 2 1
2025 Q1 4,275 3 0 701.8
2024 Q4 3,556 1 1 281.2
2024 Q3 2,803 2 2 713.5
2024 Q2 0 4 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 8 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2026 · 1 incident

May 12, 2026 WV · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Appalachian Resource West Virginia, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee alleges that EE was working on anti-freeze hose and having trouble with the quick connect. as EE got the hoses connected, EE claims EE felt a pain on the left side of EE's neck. EE finished the shift and worked the next day. The pain allegedly got worse and EE went to the er to be checked out on 5/15/2026

2024 · 1 incident

2022 · 2 incidents

April 22, 2022 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Appalachian Resource West Virginia, LLC · Struck by flying object

Track came off of rail of highwall miner while tramming causing a small piece of metal to shear off striking the employee in the left leg below the knee. The employee never missed work till 5/2/2022.

March 22, 2022 WV · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Appalachian Resource West Virginia, LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee was using a shop hammer to remove a pin from the cutter chain on the HWM when a piece of metal coming from the pin punctured EE's right leg just above the knee.

2018 · 1 incident

January 9, 2018 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CAM Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While taking the front hood off a D11 tractor EE bent EE's head sideways looking under the hood and felt a pop in EE's neck.