Mining Incidents

KINGSTON SEWELL Coal

KINGSTON MINING, INC. · Underground
Pax, Fayette County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609631

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2024–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
37
citations
6
significant & substantial
$8,743
proposed penalties
$8,743
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 23,197 3 0 129.3
2025 Q3 538 10 2 18587.4
2025 Q2 700 5 1 7142.9
2024 Q3 1,823 2 0 1097.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2026 · 1 incident

February 24, 2026 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kingston Mining, Inc. · Fall from machine

The employee was positioned at the inch control tram controls of the Fletcher HDDR Roof bolter and fell, striking the right side of EE's head, resulting in sutures to EE's right ear.

2025 · 2 incidents

August 4, 2025 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor ELECTRICAL
Kingston Mining, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

The injured employee and a 3rd Part Electrical Engineer were troubleshooting a permissible line splitter. A faulty monitor was identified, the 110 volt circuit was de-energized and the employee proceeded to remove the monitor. Both electricians believed the high voltage was de-energized and during the monitor removal, the employee contacted a phase of the energized high voltage.

July 2, 2025 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Kingston Mining, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was struck in the back of right upper thigh with a piece of carbide from the continuous miner bit, causing a puncture wound requiring 5 sutures. Employee returned to work on their next scheduled shift.

2024 · 1 incident

April 26, 2024 WV · Coal rotary bucket excavator operator MACHINERY
Kingston Mining, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Workers were attempting to use the excavator bucket to install sheepsfoot attachment to the roller. EE then reached under the bucket to tighten a bolt, resulting in the bucket slipping off the sheepsfoot catching EE's arm between the bucket and the roller frame.