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K-2 Plant Coal

Controlled by James C Justice III
Pineville, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609316

K-2 Plant has $180K in proposed MSHA penalties and $82K outstanding across 28 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2011–2019
Latest incident
Apr 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
362
citations
99
significant & substantial
$179,788
proposed penalties
$57,004
paid to date
32% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $122,784 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
105
inspections on record
2,092
inspection hours
17.3
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.
362 citations across 2,092 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

K-2 Plant has $180K in proposed MSHA penalties and $82K outstanding across 28 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.
$180K
proposed penalties
$139K
current assessed
$57K
paid to date
$82K
outstanding
332 assessments are final orders; 28 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at K-2 Plant shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.29 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 74 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.
0.29
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.39
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
74
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-04.
Silica (quartz)
2.1
silica avg (%)
4.7
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-11.
Noise
10%
over PEL
51
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-12-08.
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 4,769 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,862 13 5 2673.8
2025 Q2 3,500 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,178 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,973 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,704 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,582 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,592 1 0 217.8
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,931 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 1 0
2022 Q4 0 28 13
2022 Q3 12,855 2 1 155.6
2022 Q2 14,231 18 2 1264.8
2022 Q1 1,440 31 2 21527.8
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 17 1
2021 Q2 8,158 6 3 735.5
2021 Q1 7,504 2 0 266.5
2020 Q4 7,530 32 7 4249.7
2020 Q2 7,127 18 5 2525.6
2020 Q1 801 1 0 1248.4
2019 Q4 8,747 3 0 343.0
2019 Q3 14,135 13 4 919.7
2019 Q2 8,064 23 6 2852.2
2019 Q1 8,015 3 0 374.3
2018 Q4 9,696 5 0 515.7
2018 Q3 7,959 3 0 376.9
2018 Q2 10,256 4 0 390.0
2018 Q1 6,535 9 1 1377.2
2017 Q4 3,605 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 12,104 39 26 3222.1
2017 Q2 15,400 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 1,132 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 172 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 726 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 676 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,491 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,680 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 7,186 3 1 417.5
2013 Q3 8,181 9 1 1100.1
2013 Q2 11,701 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 13,453 8 2 594.7
2012 Q4 10,354 1 0 96.6
2012 Q3 14,715 13 1 883.5
2012 Q2 13,972 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 19,757 7 1 354.3
2011 Q4 23,751 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 25,196 6 0 238.1
2011 Q2 14,631 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 9,771 2 1 204.7
2010 Q3 708 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2019 · 1 incident

April 30, 2019 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Nufac Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee stepped on a floor drainway gate and twisted right knee

2011 · 1 incident

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