Data / Mines / West Virginia / Leer South Mine
Leer South Mine: 1,594 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Leer South Mine is an active coal (bituminous) underground mine in Barbour County, West Virginia, operated by Wolf Run Mining LLC with 383 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4604168). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 1,594 citations and orders there with $1,127,080 in proposed penalties, and 82 accident reports were filed there, with 39 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4604168
- Status
- Active since January 11, 2007
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Barbour County, West Virginia
- Nearest town
- Philippi
- Operator
- Wolf Run Mining LLC
- Parent company
- Core Natural Resources Inc
- Employees
- 383
- MSHA field office
- Bridgeport WV Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 1,594
- Significant and substantial
- 217 (13.6%)
- Closure orders
- 13
- High negligence or reckless
- 61
- Proposed penalties
- $1,127,080
- Amount paid so far
- $995,037
- Inspections
- 517
- Inspector hours on site
- 16,288
- Citations per inspection
- 3.08 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 82
- Injury and illness cases
- 39
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- November 2, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 33 ($28,805 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 380 | 62 | $364,031 | 9 |
| 2023 | 318 | 52 | $266,035 | 6 |
| 2024 | 394 | 50 | $217,667 | 10 |
| 2025 | 240 | 15 | $136,746 | 4 |
| 2026 | 262 | 38 | $142,601 | 10 |
Standards cited most at Leer South Mine
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 75.400 | Underground coal mines, safety | 224 |
| 30 CFR 75.370 | Underground coal mines, safety | 138 |
| 30 CFR 75.333 | Underground coal mines, safety | 117 |
| 30 CFR 75.1403 | Underground coal mines, safety | 105 |
| 30 CFR 75.220 | Underground coal mines, safety | 83 |
| 30 CFR 75.202 | Underground coal mines, safety | 82 |
| 30 CFR 75.360 | Underground coal mines, safety | 59 |
| 30 CFR 75.1731 | Underground coal mines, safety | 55 |
| 30 CFR 75.380 | Underground coal mines, safety | 43 |
| 30 CFR 75.517 | Underground coal mines, safety | 38 |
| 30 CFR 75.1725 | Underground coal mines, safety | 36 |
| 30 CFR 75.403 | Underground coal mines, safety | 33 |
| 30 CFR 75.503 | Underground coal mines, safety | 30 |
| 30 CFR 75.1714-3 | Underground coal mines, safety | 30 |
| 30 CFR 75.512 | Underground coal mines, safety | 29 |
Injury and illness cases at Leer South Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Permanent disability | 1 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 21 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 17 |
What the accident reports at Leer South Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Fall of roof or back | 21 |
| Machinery | 13 |
| Hoisting | 12 |
| Handling of materials | 11 |
| Inundation | 5 |
| Powered haulage | 4 |
| Slip or fall of person | 3 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 3 |
| Falling/sliding/rolling materials | 2 |
| Entrapment | 2 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Leer South Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Elevator | 14 |
| Continuous miner | 4 |
| Fan | 4 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 3 |
| Longwall machine | 3 |
| Longwall subparts | 2 |
| Load-haul-dump | 2 |
| Mucking machine | 2 |
| Rock or roof bolting machine | 2 |
| Tugger | 1 |
Other open mines in Barbour County, West Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longview Mine | Allegheny Metallurgical, LLC | Barbour County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 363 | 613 |
| Leer South Preparation Plant | Wolf Run Mining LLC | Barbour County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 28 | 31 |
| High Carbon Processing Plant | High Carbon Processing, LLC | Barbour County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 49 | 15 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.