KINGSTON SEWELL
Coal
Pax,
Fayette County,
WV
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609631
KINGSTON SEWELL has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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
- Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
6
significant & substantial
$8,894
proposed penalties
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 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: 820 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
KINGSTON SEWELL has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at KINGSTON SEWELL shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 60 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: 2026-04-22.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2025-11-18.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2025-10-23.
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 |
23,197 |
3 |
0 |
129.3 |
| 2025 Q3 |
21,530 |
10 |
2 |
464.5 |
| 2025 Q2 |
19,885 |
5 |
1 |
251.4 |
| 2025 Q1 |
20,185 |
4 |
1 |
198.2 |
| 2024 Q4 |
15,098 |
5 |
0 |
331.2 |
| 2024 Q3 |
2,153 |
2 |
0 |
928.9 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2026 · 1 incident
The employee was positioned at the inch control tram controls of the Fletcher HDDR Roof bolter and fell, striking the right side of EE's head, resulting in sutures to EE's right ear.
2025 · 2 incidents
August 4, 2025
WV · Coal
belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
ELECTRICAL
Kingston Mining, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances
The injured employee and a 3rd Part Electrical Engineer were troubleshooting a permissible line splitter. A faulty monitor was identified, the 110 volt circuit was de-energized and the employee proceeded to remove the monitor. Both electricians believed the high voltage was de-energized and during the monitor removal, the employee contacted a phase of the energized high voltage.
July 2, 2025
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Kingston Mining, Inc. · Struck by flying object
Employee was struck in the back of right upper thigh with a piece of carbide from the continuous miner bit, causing a puncture wound requiring 5 sutures. Employee returned to work on their next scheduled shift.
2024 · 1 incident
April 26, 2024
WV · Coal
rotary bucket excavator operator
MACHINERY
Kingston Mining, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Workers were attempting to use the excavator bucket to install sheepsfoot attachment to the roller. EE then reached under the bucket to tighten a bolt, resulting in the bucket slipping off the sheepsfoot catching EE's arm between the bucket and the roller frame.
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