Data / Mines / West Virginia / Rockspring Plant
Rockspring Plant: 51 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Rockspring Plant is a nonproducing coal (bituminous) processing facility in Wayne County, West Virginia, operated by Lexington Coal Company, LLC with 1 employee on MSHA's record (mine ID 4608030). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 51 citations and orders there with $12,979 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4608030
- Status
- NonProducing since May 6, 2024
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Facility
- County
- Wayne County, West Virginia
- Nearest town
- East Lynn
- Operator
- Lexington Coal Company, LLC
- Parent company
- Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc
- Employees
- 1
- MSHA field office
- Logan WV Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 51
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 14
- High negligence or reckless
- 17
- Proposed penalties
- $12,979
- Amount paid so far
- $0
- Inspections
- 44
- Inspector hours on site
- 203
- Citations per inspection
- 1.16 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- November 2, 2026
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 | 6 | 0 | $1,953 | 0 |
| 2023 | 31 | 0 | $9,477 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | $424 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | $806 | 0 |
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | $319 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Rockspring Plant
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 77.216-3 | Surface coal mines, safety | 23 |
| 30 CFR 77.205 | Surface coal mines, safety | 10 |
| 30 CFR 77.216-4 | Surface coal mines, safety | 7 |
| 30 CFR 77.216 | Surface coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 71.501 | Surface coal mines, health | 2 |
| 30 CFR 41.30 | Notice of legal identity | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1706 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.54 | Hazard communication | 1 |
Other open mines in Wayne County, West Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Docks Creek, LLC | Docks Creek, LLC | Wayne County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 14 | 112 |
| Ceredo Dock | Kanawha River Terminals LLC | Wayne County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 47 | 83 |
| Quality Magnetite LLC | Quality Magnetite LLC | Wayne County, WV | Iron ore | 33 | 3 |
| Kiah Creek Preparation Plant | Argus Energy WV, LLC | Wayne County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 1 |
| Cyrus River Terminal LLC | Cyrus River Terminal LLC | Wayne County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 9 | 0 |
| Wayne County River Terminal | Argus Energy WV, LLC | Wayne County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
| Deep Mine No 7 | Argus Energy WV, LLC | Wayne County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
| Deep Mine No 8 | Argus Energy WV, LLC | Wayne County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
| Stone Mine No. 1 | Powdermill Processing Inc | Wayne County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
| No. 11 | Argus Energy WV, LLC | Wayne County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
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.