Mining Incidents

Lanes Branch Surface Mine Coal

Controlled by Jon Nix
Brenton, Wyoming County, WV  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4609160

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Feb 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
7
citations
3
significant & substantial
$745
proposed penalties
$745
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
2008 Q1 1,302 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 258 2 1 7751.9
2007 Q2 1,540 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 886 3 1 3386.0
2006 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 510 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 356 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

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

February 17, 2007 WV · Coal MACHINERY
Rolling S Augering, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Pin loosened from auger head causing the head to stay approximately 50' underground in pit area #43.