Victim was assisting with extracting the highwall miner cars. EE had been shoveling dirt/mud off the deck of the miner. EE was standing at the rear of the deck while a car was being extracted and for unknown reason head came forward and was caught between the car and a support post. Suffered crushing injuries to the head.
White Forest Resources, Inc controller
MSHA controller ID: 0133023
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
491
citations
163
significant & substantial
$182,895
proposed penalties
$123,678
paid to date
68% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $59,217 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
321
inspections on record
13,478
inspection hours
3.6
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.491 citations across 13,478 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.$183K
proposed penalties
$144K
current assessed
$124K
paid to date
$21K
outstanding
483 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 6 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 11 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 7 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 5 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
- DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2024
2
2023
4
2022
2
2021
3
2020
2
2019
9 (1f)
2018
5
2017
4
2016
5
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
1 recorded
March 7, 2019
WV · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
Fatality · MACHINERY
South Fork Coal Co., LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
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