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Mountaineer Pocahontas No 1 Prep Plant Coal

Controlled by Haghler LLC
Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609125

Mountaineer Pocahontas No 1 Prep Plant has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2007–2022
Latest incident
Aug 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
95
citations
31
significant & substantial
$44,893
proposed penalties
$27,366
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,527 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
73
inspections on record
3,496
inspection hours
2.7
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.
95 citations across 3,496 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mountaineer Pocahontas No 1 Prep Plant has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 8 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.
$45K
proposed penalties
$38K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
88 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Mountaineer Pocahontas No 1 Prep Plant shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 212 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.
0.15
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.03
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
212
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-11.
Silica (quartz)
8.5
silica avg (%)
8.5
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-11-02.
Noise
4%
over PEL
112
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-03-10.
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 2,860 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,553 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,210 3 0 1357.5
2025 Q1 2,480 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,020 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,640 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,473 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,360 0 0 0.0
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,648 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,622 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,010 1 0 249.4
2023 Q1 1,656 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,401 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,553 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,517 4 2 2636.8
2022 Q1 1,584 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,334 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,673 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,248 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 680 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 670 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,514 3 0 399.3
2019 Q4 6,523 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,945 1 0 125.9
2019 Q2 8,093 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 7,632 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 7,017 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 8,264 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 8,868 3 0 338.3
2018 Q1 7,990 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 7,801 1 1 128.2
2017 Q3 6,949 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,113 1 0 123.3
2017 Q1 7,481 1 0 133.7
2016 Q4 4,254 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,021 1 0 248.7
2016 Q2 3,419 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,517 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 8,293 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 9,662 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 10,413 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 10,776 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,665 6 0 1286.2
2014 Q3 19,029 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 19,478 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 17,261 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 9,343 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8,595 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 18,939 10 3 528.0
2013 Q1 23,135 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 21,056 4 2 190.0
2012 Q3 5,790 6 3 1036.3
2012 Q2 28,017 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 33,974 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 11,366 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 27,722 7 4 252.5
2011 Q2 2,477 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 24,468 3 1 122.6
2010 Q4 21,027 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 19,787 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 14,360 2 1 139.3
2010 Q1 13,386 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 9,514 4 2 420.4
2009 Q3 8,301 1 0 120.5
2009 Q2 7,114 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 10,172 2 1 196.6
2008 Q4 8,427 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,176 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,988 1 0 143.1
2008 Q1 2,751 2 0 727.0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 24 11
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2022 · 2 incidents

August 6, 2022 WV · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Greenbrier Minerals LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting welding lead with grinder. The grinder kicked back and cut employee's left thumb, resulting in five stitches to left thumb.

June 20, 2022 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Greenbrier Minerals LLC · Fall onto or against objects

While dumping loaded truck, part of the load came out of the back of the trailer, when bed jack reached 2.5 to 3 stage the trailer went over onto the passenger side pulling tractor over onto its side, driver stated they were fine until they unbuckled seatbelt and wasn't able to hold their weight and fell to passenger side of truck.

2018 · 1 incident

December 27, 2018 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Greenbrier Minerals LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Pulled on tailgate to clean bottom rail and slipped on ice. Tailgate came back to closed position and smashed left hand.

2015 · 1 incident

October 27, 2015 WV · Coal steel worker, iron metal worker, iron worker DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Greenbrier Minerals LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Received notice on 5-12-16 that an employee has filed a hearing loss claim and been deemed compensable, ee last exposure prior to claim was 10-27-15

2014 · 1 incident

September 29, 2014 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Greenbrier Minerals LLC · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE was swinging a 15 LB. sledge hammer while attempting to free a bearing out of the tailgate of a A-40 D Artic Truck when he felt a sharp pain in abdomen. Result of injury was a hernia.

2013 · 1 incident

May 9, 2013 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
West Virginia Mine Power, Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Standing on a material screen removing a rock from the shoot when his foot slipped and he fell on his right hip.

2012 · 1 incident

August 22, 2012 WV · Coal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
West Virginia Mine Power, Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employees states that he was impacting bolts and the swivel on the impact swung around and caught his finger, tearing his glove and cutting the ring finger on his left hand. Employee received 4 stitches at a medical facility and was released to full duty the same day.

2011 · 3 incidents

December 8, 2011 WV · Coal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
West Virginia Mine Power, Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Security guard was found on the sidewalk and stated that he slipped on sidewalk and injured left arm,jaw,back of head.

August 5, 2011 WV · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Virginia Mine Power, Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee caught right forearm on an old weld resulting in a laceration. Not aware of stitches or medical treatment until 8/22/11. Employee continued to work.

2009 · 2 incidents

August 13, 2009 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Virginia Mine Power, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee states he was moving steel plates on take-up and smashed his left ring finger between pieces of plate suffering a laceration. Employee was taken off work pending surgical consult to remove bone fragments from the top of finger.

August 4, 2009 WV · Coal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
West Virginia Mine Power, Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee states he suffered a sprain to his left wrist when he was throwing conveyor idlers across a beltline. Employee received medical treatment and was placed on modified duty.

2007 · 4 incidents

July 18, 2007 WV · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
West Virginia Mine Power, Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking on welded angle and fell when angle weld broke. Employee suffered cervical sprain when he fell. He was wearing proper safety equipment and did not fall completely to the ground.

April 13, 2007 WV · Coal miner, prospector, nec OTHER
West Virginia Mine Power, Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee suffered low back pain/muscle strain as he bent over to put on safety harness.

April 2, 2007 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
West Virginia Mine Power, Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

A platform collapsed and fell approx. 28 feet. An employee on the platform was injured in the fall.

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