Data / Mines / West Virginia / Elklick Surface Mine
Elklick Surface Mine: 140 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Elklick Surface Mine is a nonproducing coal (bituminous) surface mine in Logan County, West Virginia, operated by Coal Mac East with 37 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4609564). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 140 citations and orders there with $81,445 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4609564
- Status
- NonProducing since September 3, 2025
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Logan County, West Virginia
- Nearest town
- Lorado
- Operator
- Coal Mac East
- Employees
- 37
- MSHA field office
- Logan WV Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 140
- Significant and substantial
- 26 (18.6%)
- Closure orders
- 2
- High negligence or reckless
- 2
- Proposed penalties
- $81,445
- Amount paid so far
- $54,135
- Inspections
- 17
- Inspector hours on site
- 586
- Citations per inspection
- 8.24 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- April 25, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 3 ($661 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 | 22 | 4 | $4,357 | 0 |
| 2023 | 54 | 10 | $24,135 | 0 |
| 2024 | 42 | 9 | $21,368 | 1 |
| 2025 | 22 | 3 | $31,585 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Elklick 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 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 57 |
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 24 |
| 30 CFR 77.1110 | Surface coal mines, safety | 10 |
| 30 CFR 77.1607 | Surface coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 77.1000 | Surface coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 77.205 | Surface coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 72.620 | Part 72 | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.404 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.1104 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.208 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1109 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1007 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 71.209 | Surface coal mines, health | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.403-1 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
Injury and illness cases at Elklick Surface Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 1 |
What the accident reports at Elklick Surface Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
Other open mines in Logan County, West Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountaineer II Mine | Mingo Logan Coal LLC | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 310 | 1,930 |
| Lynn Branch No. 2 Mine | Aracoma Coal Inc | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 168 | 1,373 |
| Stonecoal Branch Mine No. 2 | Ramaco Resources, LLC | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 131 | 1,201 |
| No. 2 Gas | Ramaco Resources, LLC | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 97 | 835 |
| Muddy Bridge | Coal Mac East | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 787 |
| Michael Powellton Deep Mine | Ramaco Resources, LLC | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 49 | 687 |
| Eagle No 1 Mine | Coal Mac East | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 666 |
| Davy Branch Mine | Aracoma Coal Inc | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 112 | 621 |
| Eagle Seam Deep Mine | Ramaco Resources, LLC | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 8 | 510 |
| Crucible Deep Mine | Ramaco Resources, LLC | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 61 | 493 |
| Cedar Grove Mine No 3 | Aracoma Coal Inc | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 70 | 403 |
| Powellton #1 Mine | Coal Mac East | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 22 | 395 |
| Holden #22 Surface | Coal Mac Inc | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 14 | 343 |
| Cub Branch Surface | Coal Mac Inc | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 277 |
| Jireh | Jet Coal Company Inc | Logan County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 56 | 259 |
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.