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Mountaineer Pocahontas No 1 Mine: 131 MSHA citations

Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.

Mountaineer Pocahontas No 1 Mine is an active coal (bituminous) underground mine in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, operated by Greenbrier Smokeless Coal Mining, LLC. with 53 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4609172). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 131 citations and orders there with $28,794 in proposed penalties, and 8 accident reports were filed there, with 5 injury or illness cases.

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MSHA mine ID
4609172
Status
Active since February 23, 2026
Main commodity
Coal (bituminous)
Mine type
Underground
County
Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Nearest town
Rupert
Operator
Greenbrier Smokeless Coal Mining, LLC.
Parent company
Haghler LLC
Employees
53
MSHA field office
Summersville WV Field Office
Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
131
Significant and substantial
11 (8.4%)
Closure orders
5
High negligence or reckless
5
Proposed penalties
$28,794
Amount paid so far
$1,850
Inspections
26
Inspector hours on site
2,129
Citations per inspection
5.04 (all mines 2.30)
Accident reports
8
Injury and illness cases
5
Fatalities
0
Latest MSHA record
November 3, 2026

Citations and injury cases by year

Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.

YearCitations and ordersSignificant and substantialProposed penaltiesInjury and illness cases
202290$1,1190
202330$4290
2025473$15,8352
2026728$11,4113

Standards cited most at Mountaineer Pocahontas No 1 Mine

Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.

StandardWhat the part coversCitations
30 CFR 75.370Underground coal mines, safety18
30 CFR 75.400Underground coal mines, safety9
30 CFR 75.503Underground coal mines, safety9
30 CFR 75.512Underground coal mines, safety9
30 CFR 75.403Underground coal mines, safety7
30 CFR 75.202Underground coal mines, safety6
30 CFR 75.220Underground coal mines, safety5
30 CFR 72.630Part 724
30 CFR 75.517Underground coal mines, safety3
30 CFR 75.1504Underground coal mines, safety3
30 CFR 75.1732Underground coal mines, safety3
30 CFR 75.360Underground coal mines, safety3
30 CFR 77.207Surface coal mines, safety2
30 CFR 75.333Underground coal mines, safety2
30 CFR 75.362Underground coal mines, safety2

Injury and illness cases at Mountaineer Pocahontas No 1 Mine

Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.

DegreeCases
Days away from work or restricted activity5

What the accident reports at Mountaineer Pocahontas No 1 Mine describe

Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.

ClassificationReports
Fall of roof or back3
Slip or fall of person2
Handtools (nonpowered)1
Handling of materials1
Powered haulage1

Equipment named in accident reports at Mountaineer Pocahontas No 1 Mine

EquipmentReports
Hand tools (not powered)1
Mancar1

Other open mines in Greenbrier County, West Virginia

MineOperatorCountyMain commodityEmployeesCitations since 2022
Clearco Prep & Loadout FacilityClearco Processing CorporationGreenbrier County, WVCoal (bituminous)040
Greystone Quarry and PlantR B S IncGreenbrier County, WVCrushed, broken limestone1425
No. 1 Surface MinePrincess Polly Anna Coal IncGreenbrier County, WVCoal (bituminous)216
Lewisburg PlantAppalachian Aggregates, LLCGreenbrier County, WVCrushed, broken limestone1413
Elevation Surface MineAurevo ResourcesGreenbrier County, WVCoal (bituminous)012
Pollock Knob Surface MineGreenbrier Smokeless Coal Mining, LLC.Greenbrier County, WVCoal (bituminous)2210
Mountaineer Pocahontas No 1 Prep PlantGreenbrier Smokeless Coal Mining, LLC.Greenbrier County, WVCoal (bituminous)56
Auger No. 29Resource Management & Recovery LLCGreenbrier County, WVCoal (bituminous)23
Blue Knob Surface MineSouth Fork Coal Co., LLCGreenbrier County, WVCoal (bituminous)42
Brown Creek Contour MineGreenbrier Smokeless Coal Mining, LLC.Greenbrier County, WVCoal (bituminous)22
Mountaineer Pocahontas No 1 Load-OutGreenbrier Smokeless Coal Mining, LLC.Greenbrier County, WVCoal (bituminous)41
Laurel Creek Contour No. 1 Surface MineAurevo ResourcesGreenbrier County, WVCoal (bituminous)100
No. 1 Surface MineBlack Water, IncGreenbrier County, WVCoal (bituminous)40
Sewell Valley #2Black Water, IncGreenbrier County, WVCoal (bituminous)30
Hickory Patch Surface MineGreenbrier Smokeless Coal Mining, LLC.Greenbrier County, WVCoal (bituminous)10

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.