The employee was tramming company ID 537 CIA scoop when EE trammed over a piece of four-inch driscoplex 6300 water pipe approximately 17ft long causing the loose end to enter the scoop operator compartment striking EE. The employee received first aid and was transported to the surface before being transported via ambulance to CAMC General where EE was pronounced deceased.
Panther Creek Mining LLC operator
Controlled by
Sev.en Global Investments a.s.
MSHA operator ID: 0141673
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- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 361
- Mines on record
- 11
- Years on record
- 2015–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
10,193
citations
1,721
significant & substantial
$9,415,881
proposed penalties
$6,604,819
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 20 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 89 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 73 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 54 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 42 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
4
2025
20
2024
31
2023
27
2022
27
2021
20
2020
13 (1f)
2019
43 (1f)
2018
55
2017
65
2016
47
2015
9
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
November 23, 2020
WV · Coal
lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Panther Creek Mining LLC
· Struck by flying object
Panther Creek Mining LLC
· Contact with electrical current
EE was attempting to identify the problems with the scrubber motor on the JM 6911 continuous miner on the number one section in the number one entry when EE came in contact with electricity. The employee was brought to the surface and transported by ambulance to a Hospital where EE later passed away from the injury sustained from the incident.