while working on the 3rd floor of rail load-out building, the worker stepped backwards not realizing there was a hole opening in the floor. The worker fell through towards the floor below but caught self and was able to pull self up enough to roll out onto EE's stomach until help arrived. the hatch was left open by another company and not closed prior to work.
Moundsville Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Moundsville Plant has $3K 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
- 3
- Years on record
- 2024–2026
- Latest incident
- Jun 2026
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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.Moundsville Plant has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
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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.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
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| 2025 Q4 | 12,607 | 1 | 0 | 79.3 |
| 2025 Q3 | 10,819 | 1 | 0 | 92.4 |
| 2025 Q2 | 8,829 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 9,241 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 9,298 | 2 | 0 | 215.1 |
| 2024 Q3 | 7,052 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 10,905 | 4 | 0 | 366.8 |
| 2024 Q1 | 12,341 | 4 | 3 | 324.1 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
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| 2023 Q4 | 10,533 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 6,190 | 6 | 2 | 969.3 |
Reportable incidents
3 on file2026 · 1 incident
2025 · 1 incident
Worker was shoveling spilled material underneath an enclosed conveyor and, forgetting that they were under the conveyor, stood up quickly and hit the back of their head on a sample valve that extended out of the bottom of the enclosed conveyor.
2024 · 1 incident
Worker was cutting bags filled with barite above the hopper feeding the mill conveyor. While cutting the bags, the liner fell out of the outer bag (with material still in the liner) leading to the material banging the workers arm against the handrail.
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