Mining Incidents

Godfrey Branch Surface Mine Coal

Controlled by John Stone
Matoaka, Mercer County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609613

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2025
33
citations
7
significant & substantial
$10,277
proposed penalties
$453
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 20,444 1 0 48.9
2025 Q3 15,199 2 0 131.6
2025 Q2 8,498 1 1 117.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.