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Highwall Miner #1: 11 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Highwall Miner #1 is an active coal (bituminous) surface mine in Tazewell County, Virginia, operated by Extra Energy, Inc. with 4 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4609182). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 11 citations and orders there with $1,568 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4609182
- Status
- Active since August 4, 2025
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Tazewell County, Virginia
- Nearest town
- Horsepen
- Operator
- Extra Energy, Inc.
- Parent company
- Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
- Employees
- 4
- MSHA field office
- Vansant VA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 11
- Significant and substantial
- 1 (9.1%)
- Closure orders
- 1
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $1,568
- Amount paid so far
- $1,568
- Inspections
- 15
- Inspector hours on site
- 246
- Citations per inspection
- 0.73 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- June 8, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 2 ($286 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 | 3 | 0 | $399 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | $724 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | $294 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | $151 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Highwall Miner #1
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 | 2 |
| 30 CFR 48.3 | Training of miners | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.208 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 48.29 | Training of miners | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.404 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1104 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.502 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1000 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
Other open mines in Tazewell County, Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Creek Prep Plant | Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 15 | 30 |
| Virginia Point No. 1 Surface Mine | Extra Energy, Inc. | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 53 | 29 |
| Hill Creek Auger | Auger Coal, LLC | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 7 | 25 |
| Bluefield Plant | Appalachian Aggregates, LLC | Tazewell County, VA | Crushed, broken limestone | 13 | 18 |
| Limestone Dust Corp. | Limestone Dust Corp | Tazewell County, VA | Crushed, broken limestone | 12 | 18 |
| Big Creek Surface | Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 35 | 15 |
| Pounding Mill Plant | Appalachian Aggregates, LLC | Tazewell County, VA | Crushed, broken limestone | 12 | 15 |
| Auger No. 1 | Auger Coal, LLC | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 2 | 5 |
| Tazewell County Quarry | Bizzack Construction LLC | Tazewell County, VA | Crushed, broken limestone | 6 | 2 |
| No. 4 Auger | G & R Augering Inc | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 4 | 2 |
| Bar C Sand #1 | Helton Grading Inc | Tazewell County, VA | Sand, industrial | 2 | 2 |
| Tiller No 1 | Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
| Raven Dock | Mountaineer Metallurgical Holdings LLC | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
| Mine No. 41 | XMV, Inc. | Tazewell County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
| V-2 #1 | V2 Construction, Inc. | Tazewell County, VA | 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.