Mining Incidents

High Carbon Processing Plant Coal

Volga, Barbour County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609657

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2024–2026
Latest incident
May 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
22
citations
5
significant & substantial
$4,901
proposed penalties
$4,901
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 31,539 1 1 31.7
2025 Q2 24,176 2 0 82.7
2025 Q1 22,934 1 0 43.6
2024 Q4 1,170 1 0 854.7
2024 Q3 21,953 5 1 227.8
2024 Q2 28,449 7 3 246.1
2024 Q1 0 0 0
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 · 2 incidents

May 11, 2026 WV · Coal FIRE
High Carbon Processing, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

An unplanned fire not extinguished within 30 minutes of discovery occurred on a Caterpillar 325c excavator on the course refuse disposal area of the preparation plant. The machine was owned and operated by Doss Enterprises, LLC. No injuries resulted from the incident.

January 6, 2026 WV · Coal ENTRAPMENT
High Carbon Processing, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A dozer entered void on the #2 Met Stockpile at the #3 Feeder resulting in an entrapment. No injuries resulted.

2025 · 1 incident

April 3, 2025 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
High Carbon Processing, LLC · Struck by falling object

Injured employee was hosting the chute below the scalping screen on the rotary breaker floor when a piece of rock fell and struck injured employee's hard hat causing a laceration requiring sutures to close. No time was missed as a result of the incident.

2024 · 1 incident

October 10, 2024 WV · Coal ENTRAPMENT
High Carbon Processing, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A CAT D10T2 dozer fell into a void above the #3 feeder on the raw coal stockpile, entrapping the equipment operator. No injuries resulted.