ICG Tygart Valley · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was standing on 172 shield and advancing 173 shield towards the face. The employee was found with an injury to the back of the head at 171 shield.
Arch Resources Inc controller
MSHA controller ID: C15561
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
45,764
citations
10,152
significant & substantial
$35,740,830
proposed penalties
$28,912,219
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,828,610 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
14,413
inspections on record
688,170
inspection hours
6.7
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.45,764 citations across 688,170 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$35.7M
proposed penalties
$29.7M
current assessed
$28.9M
paid to date
$801K
outstanding
44,811 assessments are final orders; 1,125 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 4 fatalities · 67 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 fatalities · 85 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 2 fatalities · 11 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 214 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 240 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 124 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
1
2024
79 (4f)
2023
81
2022
56
2021
78 (2f)
2020
64
2019
86
2018
87 (1f)
2017
133
2016
106 (2f)
2015
118
2014
111
Operators under this controller
- Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC 188
- Wolf Run Mining LLC 181
- Mingo Logan Coal LLC 170
- ICG Beckley LLC 118
- ICG Tygart Valley 94
- Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. 80
- ICG-Illinois, LLC 68
- Lone Mountain Processing LLC 65
- Coal-Mac LLC 19
- Cumberland River Coal LLC 9
- Powell Mountain Energy LLC 2
- Vindex Energy LLC 2
- Arch Coal Terminal Inc 1
- ICG Eastern LLC 1
- ICG Hazard, LLC 1
- KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC 1
Mines on record
- BECKLEY POCAHONTAS MINE WV
- Black Thunder WY
- West Elk Mine CO
- LEER MINE WV
- Mountaineer II Mine WV
- Leer South Mine WV
- Beckley Pocahontas Plant WV
- Coal Creek Mine WY
- Leer Prep Plant WV
- Leer South Preparation Plant WV
- Cardinal Preparation Plant WV
- Viper Mine IL
- Holden #22 Surface WV
- Holden No 22 Preparation Plant WV
- Huff Creek Mine KY
- Days Creek Stockpile KY
- Darby Mine KY
- D-30 Clover Fork KY
- Dobbin Ridge Prep Plant WV
- Birch River Mine WV
- Trace Fork 1 Mine KY
- PINE BRANCH 1 VA
- Imperial Mine WV
- Supreme Energy Prep Plant KY
- Mine #1 KY
- CABIN RUN MD
- Lockwood Dock KY
- 6C Mine VA
- Thunder Ridge KY
Fatalities under this controller
23 recorded
September 6, 2024
WV · Coal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Mingo Logan Coal LLC · Struck by falling object
The employee received a fatal injury after being struck by falling rock.
August 11, 2024
CO · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. · Fall from machine
Employee was shoveling coal off a conveyor belt, belt moved forward causing miner to fall down transfer chute onto belt conveyor that transferred EE to stacker tube where EE fell onto coal pile.
August 5, 2024
WV · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
ICG Tygart Valley · Struck by powered moving object
Employee received head injuries while attempting to re-rail a Longwall electrical power car using air lifting bags in the 10 Headgate-16 block spur.
Mingo Logan Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
A fatal incident occurred while traveling the external slope on a rubber tired four wheeler.
July 21, 2021
WY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
Fatality · MACHINERY
Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC · Struck by falling object
A Millwright drove the pins out of a 200-ton crane boom to change out a section and the boom fell on employee.
Wolf Run Mining LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object
The victim was servicing/working on the C/M around the scrubber motor area when a piece of the coal rib measuring approx. 3'L x 2'H x 15"T rolled out crushing the victim against the machine.
May 16, 2016
WV · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
ICG Tygart Valley · Struck against stationary object
Diesel Motor operator was found on the motor unresponsive, the exact cause of death is unknown at this time.
March 25, 2016
KY · Coal
examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner
Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Lone Mountain Processing LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object
While workers were cleaning up material that was removed from a new coal transfer borehole using a continuous miner, a section of rib/brow fell from the inby portion of the entry and continued outby pulling rib bolts. The material rolled down the rib and struck the miner operator causing fatal crushing injuries to chest and abdomen.
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