Road Fork Deep Mine Coal
Coal-Mac LLC
· Underground
Controlled by
John Mitch Potter
Nolan,
Mingo County,
WV
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609648
Road Fork Deep Mine has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
62
citations
14
significant & substantial
$20,794
proposed penalties
$8,905
paid to date
43% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,889 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2024
15
inspections on record
549
inspection hours
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: 549 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Road Fork Deep Mine has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 2 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.$21K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$9K
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Road Fork Deep Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.29 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 73 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.0.29
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.12
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
73
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-05-19.
Silica (quartz)
3.4
silica avg (%)
4.1
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-05-19.
Noise
0%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-02-24.
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 | 1,525 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 744 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 6,055 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 15,899 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 15,713 | 28 | 9 | 1782.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 12,397 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Road Fork Deep Mine
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.