KINGSTON SEWELL: 51 MSHA citations
Coal
Pax,
Fayette County,
WV
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609631
KINGSTON SEWELL has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $816 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
10
significant & substantial
$10,895
proposed penalties
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $816 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: 936 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 $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $816 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.
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
20.4%
significant & substantial
2.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.4%
reasonably likely or greater
32.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 42.9% low, 55.1% moderate, 2.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at KINGSTON SEWELL shows 100% of 131 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2026-08-18
50 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 81 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR43
- ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)32
- (RETURN) TWIN HEAD ROOF BOLTER18
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2026-07-29
Most-sampled occupations
- (RETURN) TWIN HEAD ROOF BOLTER3
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2
- SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)1
Noise
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The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Last sampled: 2026-08-12
Most-sampled occupations
- ELECTRICIAN5
- CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR4
- (RETURN) TWIN HEAD ROOF BOLTER2
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
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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 by year
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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.
| Year |
within 1.5 mg/m3 |
samples |
| 2026 |
100% |
82 |
| 2025 |
100% |
32 |
| 2024 |
100% |
17 |
Silica (quartz) by year
| Year |
silica avg (%) |
samples |
| 2026 |
1.9 |
2 |
| 2025 |
11.3 |
2 |
| 2024 |
9.1 |
2 |
Noise by year
| Year |
over PEL |
samples |
| 2026 |
0% |
10 |
| 2025 |
0% |
5 |
| 2024 |
21% |
14 |
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
KINGSTON SEWELL recorded 4.72 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 3.89 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
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Kingston Mining, Inc.
2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
| Year |
Employees |
Coal produced (tons) |
| 2026 |
60 |
45,909 |
| 2025 |
38 |
|
| 2024 |
19 |
|
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
KINGSTON SEWELL sits in Fayette County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 3.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Fayette County, West Virginia · Population 39,987
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,672
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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 |
| 2026 Q2 |
38,780 |
6 |
2 |
154.7 |
| 2026 Q1 |
29,378 |
2 |
0 |
68.1 |
| 2025 Q4 |
23,197 |
3 |
0 |
129.3 |
| 2025 Q3 |
21,530 |
8 |
2 |
371.6 |
| 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.