Data / Mines / West Virginia / Godfrey Branch Surface Mine
Godfrey Branch Surface Mine: 30 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Godfrey Branch Surface Mine is an active coal (bituminous) surface mine in Mercer County, West Virginia, operated by Onyx Energy, LLC with 10 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4609613). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 30 citations and orders there with $5,791 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4609613
- Status
- Active since August 7, 2026
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Mercer County, West Virginia
- Nearest town
- Matoaka
- Operator
- Onyx Energy, LLC
- Parent company
- Mohegan Energy Trustees LLC
- Employees
- 10
- MSHA field office
- Beckley Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 30
- Significant and substantial
- 6 (20.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $5,791
- Amount paid so far
- $302
- Inspections
- 6
- Inspector hours on site
- 175
- Citations per inspection
- 5.00 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- April 22, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 3 ($4,486 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | $453 | 0 |
| 2026 | 27 | 5 | $5,338 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Godfrey 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 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 14 |
| 30 CFR 77.404 | Surface coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 77.1000 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.400 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.205 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.410 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1007 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 72.620 | Part 72 | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1104 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1109 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1103 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
Other open mines in Mercer County, West Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rane Deep Mine | Star Services, LLC | Mercer County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 3 | 252 |
| Mine No. 1 | Onyx Energy, LLC | Mercer County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 21 | 57 |
| Saturn Surface Mine | Onyx Energy, LLC | Mercer County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 51 |
| Highwall Park Surface Mine | Onyx Energy, LLC | Mercer County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 13 | 43 |
| Ingleside Plant | East River Aggregates, Inc | Mercer County, WV | Crushed, broken limestone | 16 | 37 |
| Olan Processing Plant | Onyx Energy, LLC | Mercer County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 14 | 37 |
| Mercer Stone Plant | Appalachian Aggregates, LLC | Mercer County, WV | Crushed, broken limestone | 13 | 36 |
| SHM #67 | Onyx Energy, LLC | Mercer County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 10 | 16 |
| Crane Creek Refuse Recovery | Onyx Energy, LLC | Mercer County, WV | Not stated | 0 | 0 |
| Beckley Deep Mine | Onyx Energy, LLC | Mercer County, WV | 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.