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.
High Carbon Processing Plant Coal
High Carbon Processing, LLC
· Facility
Controlled by
Taurus LLC; JAZ NCR LLC; AMCI White Knight Funding LLC
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 file2026 · 2 incidents
High Carbon Processing, LLC · Accident type, without injuries
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
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.