Mining Incidents

High Carbon Processing PlantCoal

Volga, Barbour County, WV · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609657
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2024–2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2026 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

A dozer entered void on the #2 Met Stockpile at the #3 Feeder resulting in an entrapment. No injuries resulted.

2025 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Injured employee was hosting the chute below the scalping screen on the rotary breaker floor when a piece of rock fell and struck injured employee's hard hat causing a laceration requiring sutures to close. No time was missed as a result of the incident.

2024 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

A CAT D10T2 dozer fell into a void above the #3 feeder on the raw coal stockpile, entrapping the equipment operator. No injuries resulted.