ICG Tygart Valley · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was standing on 172 shield and advancing 173 shield towards the face. The employee was found with an injury to the back of the head at 171 shield.
ICG Tygart Valley operator
Controlled by
Core Natural Resources Inc
MSHA operator ID: 0078004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
4,198
citations
892
significant & substantial
$2,919,174
proposed penalties
$2,321,941
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $597,233 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
1,586
inspections on record
62,648
inspection hours
6.7
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.4,198 citations across 62,648 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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.$2.9M
proposed penalties
$2.5M
current assessed
$2.3M
paid to date
$171K
outstanding
4,103 assessments are final orders; 109 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 fatalities · 8 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 20 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 43 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 27 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 24 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 7 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
8
2025
18
2024
11 (2f)
2023
5
2022
7
2021
6
2020
12
2019
4
2018
7
2017
11
2016
12 (1f)
2015
10
2014
12
2013
9
2012
8
2011
7
Mines on record
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Fatalities under this operator
3 recorded
August 5, 2024
WV · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
ICG Tygart Valley · Struck by powered moving object
Employee received head injuries while attempting to re-rail a Longwall electrical power car using air lifting bags in the 10 Headgate-16 block spur.
May 16, 2016
WV · Coal
motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
ICG Tygart Valley · Struck against stationary object
Diesel Motor operator was found on the motor unresponsive, the exact cause of death is unknown at this time.
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