Mining Incidents

Superior Preparation Plant Coal

Coal-Mac, LLC · Facility
Controlled by John Mitch Potter
Omar, Logan County, WV  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4602515

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2000–2006
Latest incident
Jan 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
305
citations
125
significant & substantial
$132,229
proposed penalties
$106,826
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 195 0 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

8 on file

2006 · 1 incident

January 1, 2006 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Stirrat Coal Company LLC · Flash burns (welding)

Over course of day, employee was exposed to welder's arc. He was assisting another employee who was welding from an aerial lift he was also working from. Did not go to physician till 1/3/06, and returned to work 1/4/06.

2005 · 1 incident

December 21, 2005 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Stirrat Coal Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Belt splilled. When attempting to apply pressure with foot felt pop and pain in right side of foot.

2004 · 1 incident

October 4, 2004 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Stirrat Coal Company LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

BURNING METAL WITH TORCH, HE CUT INTO PIPE CONTAINING OIL WHICH BLEW BACK ON HIS STOMACH.

2003 · 3 incidents

October 8, 2003 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Stirrat Coal Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT LEG WITH CIRCULAR SAW.

September 30, 2003 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stirrat Coal Company LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

OVEREXERTION PULLED MUSCLE IN CHEST.

January 31, 2003 WV · Coal electrician, lineman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Stirrat Coal Company LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THIS REPORT IS TO DENOTE THAT EE HAS RECEIVED A 5% AWARD FRO OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS BASED ON THE BOARDS DECISION OF JAN 31ST, 2003 AND WAS CHARGED TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED STIRRAT COAL CO.

2002 · 1 incident

September 17, 2002 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Stirrat Coal Company LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

ON 9/17/2002, EE WAS AWARDED 5% PPD FOR OCCUPATIONAL PNEUMONO ULTRA MICROSCOPIC SILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS. THIS WAS CHARGED TO STIRRAT COAL COMPANY OF WEST VIRGINIA, LOGAN COUNTY.

2000 · 1 incident

September 28, 2000 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stirrat Coal Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE REMOVING BRACKET ON REAR OF MACHINE, BRACKET SLIPPED AND CAUGHT MIDDLE FINGER AGAINST FRAME OF MACHINE, CUT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.