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Beech Creek North Surface Mine Coal

Matewan, Mingo County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609671

Beech Creek North Surface Mine has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Apr 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2025
30
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,173
proposed penalties
$2,663
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,510 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2025
3
inspections on record
231
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 231 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Beech Creek North Surface Mine has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Beech Creek North Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 23 samples.

Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
ⓘ Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.10
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.52
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-25.
Silica (quartz)
2.7
silica avg (%)
2.7
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-02-17.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-02-11.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 6,546 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,108 17 3 1866.5
2025 Q2 1,518 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

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