Mining Incidents

Winchester 2 Coal

Panther Creek Mining LLC · Underground
Dawes, Kanawha County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609615

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2022–2025
Latest incident
Apr 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
180
citations
30
significant & substantial
$72,971
proposed penalties
$51,642
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 32,148 24 10 746.5
2025 Q3 33,723 20 1 593.1
2025 Q2 1,761 19 1 10789.3
2025 Q1 34,761 2 0 57.5
2024 Q4 20,157 6 2 297.7
2024 Q3 2,208 27 3 12228.3
2024 Q2 2,404 18 2 7487.5
2024 Q1 1,908 17 1 8909.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2025 · 1 incident

April 16, 2025 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Panther Creek Mining LLC · Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned roof fall occurred on 4/16/2025 at approximately 10:30 am on the 1 section, which is currently retreat mining in front of an MRS in the No. 3 Entry at 16 crosscut on the 2 left panel. The fall was approximately 8' x 8' x 3' thick.

2024 · 2 incidents

November 22, 2024 WV · Coal electrician, lineman STRIKING OR BUMPING
Panther Creek Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was in the process of hooking the retriever to the continuous miner when EE struck their back on the conveyor boom while attempting to stand up.

February 5, 2024 WV · Coal apprentice, trainee HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Panther Creek Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee states was in the process of replacing a boom swing jack on C/M when the jack suddenly began to slide, catching EE's ring finger between the frame of the C/M and the jack. Employee was diagnosed with an open fracture of the distal phalanx of EE's right ring finger. Employee was given a full release to return to work on EE's next regularly scheduled shift.

2023 · 2 incidents

June 21, 2023 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Panther Creek Mining LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee was bolting in 3 Left crosscut and had just finished drilling the hole and was in the process to install a bolt. As they pushed the install iii bolt up using the fast feed it stopped and they bumped the rotation. When they did it caused the 24" bolt wrench to break and strike them in the side of the face. Employee received 12 stitches.

March 16, 2023 WV · Coal miner, nec MACHINERY
Panther Creek Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

IW left hand caught between rib and drill.

2022 · 2 incidents

October 5, 2022 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Panther Creek Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee backed dump truck into fill area and began dumping spoil. The load weight shifted, causing the cab of the truck to raise and turn onto the driver's side. Employee was treated for a shoulder strain/sprain.

March 14, 2022 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Panther Creek Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was cutting a tree. As the tree fell it slipped off the stump falling onto employees foot, resulting in a broken foot.