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Wyco Surface Mine Coal

Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Metinvest B V

Helen, Wyoming County, WV · NonProducing

MSHA Mine ID: 4609627

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2022–2025
Latest incident: May 2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2022

citations

significant & substantial

$87,350

proposed penalties

$81,827

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 Q2	18,495	25	7	1351.7
2024 Q4	28,974	8	2	276.1
2024 Q1	26,763	14	6	523.1
2023 Q3	29,316	2	0	68.2
2023 Q1	15,946	6	0	376.3
2022 Q2	366	3	0	8196.7

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

July 12, 2024 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC · Struck by powered moving object

Employee was out of their truck and on the pit floor while the 993 (LD270) Loader was being trouble shot trying to find a leaking hose. While walking to their 785 truck the employee traveled under the bucket of the 993 loader and was struck causing severe crushing injuries from their waist down.

Reportable incidents

3 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2025 · 2 incidents

May 12, 2025 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC · Struck by flying object

Individual was grinding welds with a grinder. A small piece of metal worked its way under the individuals safety glasses and face shield into their eye. Medical personnel removed the debris and prescribed Ophthalmic Ointment.

January 24, 2025 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee backed a 785-caterpillar rock truck over the dumping point on the south side of the mine. EE received 10 staples for a laceration above their right eye.

2022 · 1 incident

August 9, 2022 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC · Struck by falling object

Tree limb fell and hit EE making EE fall and cut - laceration on their head.