Mining Incidents

No. 8 Loadout Coal

XMV, Inc. · Facility
Controlled by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
Elbert, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4607680

No. 8 Loadout has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $571 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1992–2017
Latest incident
Jan 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
88
citations
39
significant & substantial
$14,684
proposed penalties
$13,782
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $902 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
84
inspections on record
1,097
inspection hours
8.0
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.
88 citations across 1,097 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No. 8 Loadout has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $571 outstanding across 1 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$571
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-08-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No. 8 Loadout shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.19 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 113 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.
0.19
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.74
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
113
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-06-22.
Noise
3%
over PEL
63
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-01-06.
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 803 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 65 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 3 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 2 1
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 3 0
2015 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 576 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 731 3 0 4104.0
2015 Q1 678 1 0 1474.9
2014 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 633 2 0 3159.6
2014 Q2 580 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 637 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 635 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 618 3 0 4854.4
2013 Q2 611 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 771 3 0 3891.1
2012 Q4 665 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 603 4 2 6633.5
2012 Q2 618 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 690 1 1 1449.3
2011 Q4 684 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 699 3 1 4291.8
2011 Q2 619 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 764 1 1 1308.9
2010 Q4 716 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 711 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 609 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 633 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 747 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 619 3 2 4846.5
2009 Q2 589 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 734 1 0 1362.4
2008 Q4 532 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 538 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 661 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 485 3 1 6185.6
2007 Q4 594 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 517 5 4 9671.2
2007 Q2 571 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 142 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 594 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 487 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 619 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 491 2 1 4073.3
2005 Q4 631 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 492 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 639 1 1 1564.9
2005 Q1 583 5 2 8576.3
2004 Q4 662 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 520 6 3 11538.5
2004 Q2 4,413 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,129 2 2 389.9
2003 Q4 0 9 8
2003 Q3 4,173 2 0 479.3
2003 Q2 1,940 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,235 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 217 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,615 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,967 3 2 756.2
2002 Q1 4,463 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,612 1 0 216.8
2001 Q3 0 7 4
2001 Q2 0 5 3
2001 Q1 0 3 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 1 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2017 · 1 incident

January 13, 2017 WV · Coal miner, prospector, nec FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
XMV, Inc. · Struck by concussion

EE was standing on the opposite end of truck scales that were being dismantled, at which time the end of the scales being dismantled came apart causing the entire scale structure, to pivot unevenly and drop downward abruptly, allowing the concussion of the event to injure the EE left foot calcaneum (heel) bone.

2001 · 1 incident

May 25, 2001 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
England Environmental Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPAIRING A TRUCK TIRE, WHILE PUTTING AIR IN THE TIRE, THE RIM CAME APART AND STRUCK THE EE.

1998 · 1 incident

July 20, 1998 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Benefactors Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BOTH HANDS GETTING NUMB.

1997 · 1 incident

August 4, 1997 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Benefactors Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING THE BRAKE WHEEL ON A RAIL ROAD CAR WHEN HE PULLE DHIS LEFT ELBOW.

1996 · 1 incident

July 11, 1996 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Benefactors Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLOSING DOOR ON RAIL ROAD CARS WITH A BAR. BAR SLIPPED AND IT STRAINED HIS BACK.

1992 · 3 incidents

August 25, 1992 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Benefactors Inc · Fall from machine

FELL FROM WATER TANKER.

August 21, 1992 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Benefactors Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A PIECE OF METAL.

April 17, 1992 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Benefactors Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

23195D TO CLIMB ON RAILROAD CAR ON 4-17-92 AND FOOT SLIPPED ON THE FIRST STEP AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE REST OF THE DAY HE CAME OUT TO WORK ON 4-20-92 AND HIS KNEE WAS ST 93308URTING SOME HE CALLED THE OFFICE AND INFORMATION US THAT HE WAS GOING TO GO TO THE DR TO GET IT XRAY HE WENT TO THE DR ON THE AFTERNOON OF AND THE X RAY DID NOT REVEAL ANYTHING.

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The full compliance file on No. 8 Loadout

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.