High Carbon Processing Plant
Coal
Volga,
Barbour County,
WV
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Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609657
High Carbon Processing Plant has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2024–2026
- Latest incident
- May 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
5
significant & substantial
$4,901
proposed penalties
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2024
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 406 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
High Carbon Processing Plant has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at High Carbon Processing Plant shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.07 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 48 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.
Most recent sample: 2026-06-08.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2025-02-13.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2026-01-05.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
31,539 |
1 |
1 |
31.7 |
| 2025 Q3 |
29,851 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 |
24,176 |
2 |
0 |
82.7 |
| 2025 Q1 |
22,934 |
1 |
0 |
43.6 |
| 2024 Q4 |
20,969 |
1 |
0 |
47.7 |
| 2024 Q3 |
21,953 |
5 |
1 |
227.8 |
| 2024 Q2 |
28,449 |
7 |
3 |
246.1 |
| 2024 Q1 |
12,861 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2026 · 2 incidents
High Carbon Processing, LLC · Accident type, without injuries
An unplanned fire not extinguished within 30 minutes of discovery occurred on a Caterpillar 325c excavator on the course refuse disposal area of the preparation plant. The machine was owned and operated by Doss Enterprises, LLC. No injuries resulted from the incident.
High Carbon Processing, LLC · 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
High Carbon Processing, LLC · 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
High Carbon Processing, LLC · 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.
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