Data / Mines / West Virginia / Black Castle Mining Company, LLC
Black Castle Mining Company, LLC: 1 MSHA citation
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Black Castle Mining Company, LLC is an active coal (bituminous) surface mine in Boone County, West Virginia, operated by Black Castle Mining Company LLC with 34 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4607938). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 1 citation and orders there with $143 in proposed penalties, and 2 accident reports were filed there, with 2 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4607938
- Status
- Active since December 18, 1990
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Boone County, West Virginia
- Nearest town
- Sylvester
- Operator
- Black Castle Mining Company LLC
- Parent company
- Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- Employees
- 34
- MSHA field office
- Madison WV Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 1
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $143
- Amount paid so far
- $143
- Inspections
- 17
- Inspector hours on site
- 455
- Citations per inspection
- 0.06 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 2
- Injury and illness cases
- 2
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- June 24, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 2 ($294 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | $143 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | $0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | $0 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Black Castle Mining Company, LLC
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 77.1104 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Black Castle Mining Company, LLC
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 2 |
What the accident reports at Black Castle Mining Company, LLC describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
| Handling of materials | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Black Castle Mining Company, LLC
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Front-end loader | 1 |
Other open mines in Boone County, West Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester Peerless Rachel Mine | Kanawha Eagle Mining, LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 163 | 1,008 |
| North Eagle Mine | Kanawha Eagle Mining, LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 122 | 820 |
| Coal Branch No.1 Mine | Rockwell Mining LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 409 |
| Rocklick Preparation Plant | Rockwell Mining LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 50 | 406 |
| Twilight Mtr Surface Mine | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 4 | 289 |
| Checkmate Powellton | Elk Run Coal Company, LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 162 |
| Mine No 6 | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 125 |
| Bull Creek Prep & Refuse Disp Facility | Eagle Horizon Resources, LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 14 | 98 |
| Liberty Processing | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 59 |
| Chess Processing | Elk Run Coal Company, LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 12 | 55 |
| Boone North No. 2 Surface Mine | Eagle Horizon Resources, LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 50 | 53 |
| Wells Prep Plant and Loadout | Rockwell Mining LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 9 | 36 |
| Endeavor Surface Mine | Potomac North Inc | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 6 | 13 |
| Harris Prep Plant | Rockwell Mining LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 12 |
| Talon Loadout | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 9 |
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.