Data / Mines / West Virginia / Pocahontas Highwall Mine
Pocahontas Highwall Mine: 18 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Pocahontas Highwall Mine is a nonproducing coal (bituminous) surface mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia, operated by Pocahontas Coal Company LLC with 0 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4609096). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 18 citations and orders there with $2,465 in proposed penalties, and 2 accident reports were filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4609096
- Status
- NonProducing since May 20, 2024
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Raleigh County, West Virginia
- Nearest town
- Josephine
- Operator
- Pocahontas Coal Company LLC
- Employees
- 0
- MSHA field office
- Beckley Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 18
- Significant and substantial
- 2 (11.1%)
- Closure orders
- 1
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $2,465
- Amount paid so far
- $2,465
- Inspections
- 13
- Inspector hours on site
- 327
- Citations per inspection
- 1.38 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 2
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- April 1, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 4 ($3,743 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 | 10 | 0 | $1,208 | 1 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2 | $1,110 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | $147 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Pocahontas Highwall 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 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 6 |
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 77.1604 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.404 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1109 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1000 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1110 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1103 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Pocahontas Highwall Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 1 |
What the accident reports at Pocahontas Highwall Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Machinery | 1 |
| Fall of face/rib/pillar/side/highwall | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Pocahontas Highwall Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (powered) | 1 |
| Carriage-mounted drills | 1 |
Other open mines in Raleigh County, West Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Eagle | Marfork Coal Company Inc | Raleigh County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 133 | 2,005 |
| Beckley Pocahontas Mine | Icg Beckley LLC | Raleigh County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 45 | 1,950 |
| Affinity Mine | Pocahontas Coal Company | Raleigh County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 256 | 905 |
| Panther Eagle Mine | Marfork Coal Company Inc | Raleigh County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 192 | 777 |
| Glen Alum Tunnel Mine | Marfork Coal Company Inc | Raleigh County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 120 | 374 |
| Workman Creek Surface | Republic Energy LLC | Raleigh County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 295 | 124 |
| Marfork Processing | Marfork Coal Company Inc | Raleigh County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 84 | 109 |
| Coon Cedar Grove Mine | Marfork Coal Company Inc | Raleigh County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 17 | 108 |
| Slip Ridge Cedar Grove Mine | Marfork Coal Company Inc | Raleigh County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 25 | 102 |
| Allen Powellton Mine | Marfork Coal Company Inc | Raleigh County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 15 | 62 |
| Sullivan Quarry | Eastern Aggregates, LLC | Raleigh County, WV | Construction sand and gravel | 7 | 57 |
| Edwight Surface Mine | Sundial Mining LLC | Raleigh County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 30 | 44 |
| Tams No.1 Surface Mine | Tams Management, Inc | Raleigh County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 33 |
| Affinity Preparation Plant | Pocahontas Coal Company | Raleigh County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 27 | 32 |
| Orchard Loadout | Tams Management, Inc | Raleigh County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 23 |
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.