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Commonwealth Mining, LLC operator

Controlled by SDC LLC; Cox Enterprises LLC

MSHA operator ID: 0109325

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 9
Mines on record: 3
Years on record: 2013–2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2010

217

citations

significant & substantial

$211,711

proposed penalties

$128,198

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 fatality
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 1 non-fatal
INUNDATION 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2025

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2016

2015

2014

1 (1f)

2013

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

October 7, 2014 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Commonwealth Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee apparently entered into highwall miner hole in an attempt to retrieve a cutter chain. While at the chain, the employee was struck by rock from roof.