Data / Mines / West Virginia / Lanes Branch Surface Mine
Lanes Branch Surface Mine: 8 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Lanes Branch Surface Mine is an active coal (bituminous) surface mine in Wyoming County, West Virginia, operated by Active Resources, Inc with 35 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4609363). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 8 citations and orders there with $302 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4609363
- Status
- Active since August 27, 2026
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Wyoming County, West Virginia
- Nearest town
- Brenton
- Operator
- Active Resources, Inc
- Employees
- 35
- MSHA field office
- Beckley Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 8
- Significant and substantial
- 1 (12.5%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $302
- Amount paid so far
- $0
- Inspections
- 5
- Inspector hours on site
- 103
- Citations per inspection
- 1.60 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- September 24, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 1 ($0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 1 | $302 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Lanes Branch Surface 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 77.1104 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1102 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1103 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.205 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1109 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1007 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
Other open mines in Wyoming County, West Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road Fork #52 Mine | Spartan Mining Company | Wyoming County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 350 | 2,803 |
| Belcher Branch | Frontier Coal Company, Inc. | Wyoming County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 11 | 1,466 |
| Itmann No 5 | Itmann Mining Company LP | Wyoming County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 100 | 1,399 |
| Lower War Eagle | Coal Mac East | Wyoming County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 3 | 1,133 |
| Eagle #3 Mine | Rockwell Mining LLC | Wyoming County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 61 | 857 |
| Flying Eagle | Rockwell Mining LLC | Wyoming County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 57 | 728 |
| Coal Mountain No 1 Surface | CM Energy Operations LP | Wyoming County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 192 | 323 |
| Glancy Surface Mine | Rockwell Mining LLC | Wyoming County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 130 | 304 |
| Ranger Fuel No. 1 Mine | Bluestone Oil Corp. | Wyoming County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 233 |
| Coal Branch No. 2 | Rockwell Mining LLC | Wyoming County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 54 | 181 |
| K-2 Plant | NuFac Mining Company, Inc. | Wyoming County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 104 |
| Kepler No. 1 Prep Plant | Kepler Processing Company LLC | Wyoming County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 8 | 79 |
| Wyco Surface Mine | Pocahontas Coal Company | Wyoming County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 3 | 62 |
| Coal Mountain Loadout | Performance Industries | Wyoming County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 18 | 54 |
| Ranger Fuel Preparation Plant | Bluestone Oil Corp. | Wyoming County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 48 |
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.