Data / Mines / West Virginia / Surface Mine 1
Surface Mine 1: 122 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Surface Mine 1 is a nonproducing coal (bituminous) surface mine in Mingo County, West Virginia, operated by Mega Highwall Mining LLC with 10 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4609632). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 122 citations and orders there with $73,342 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4609632
- Status
- NonProducing since July 28, 2026
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Mingo County, West Virginia
- Nearest town
- Wharncliffe
- Operator
- Mega Highwall Mining LLC
- Employees
- 10
- MSHA field office
- Logan WV Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 122
- Significant and substantial
- 36 (29.5%)
- Closure orders
- 8
- High negligence or reckless
- 8
- Proposed penalties
- $73,342
- Amount paid so far
- $37,384
- Inspections
- 20
- Inspector hours on site
- 657
- Citations per inspection
- 6.10 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- July 28, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 1 ($143 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 | 4 | 2 | $7,916 | 0 |
| 2023 | 73 | 27 | $56,741 | 0 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2 | $2,789 | 0 |
| 2025 | 30 | 5 | $5,594 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | $302 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Surface Mine 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 | 28 |
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 20 |
| 30 CFR 77.1000 | Surface coal mines, safety | 9 |
| 30 CFR 77.1110 | Surface coal mines, safety | 7 |
| 30 CFR 77.410 | Surface coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 77.1713 | Surface coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 77.205 | Surface coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 77.1109 | Surface coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 77.208 | Surface coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 77.1607 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 71.209 | Surface coal mines, health | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.1004 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.1104 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.1600 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.502 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Surface Mine 1
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 Surface Mine 1 describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Exploding vessels under pressure | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Surface Mine 1
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
Other open mines in Mingo County, West Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Branch No 1 Surface | Coal Mac Inc | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 165 | 580 |
| Grapevine South Surface Mine | Appalachian Resource West Virginia, LLC | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 60 | 416 |
| Delbarton Preparation Plant | Coal Mac Inc | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 21 | 289 |
| Remining #3 | Appalachian Resource West Virginia, LLC | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 38 | 274 |
| Eagle No. 1 Mine | Mega Highwall Mining LLC | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 2 | 186 |
| Mine No. 5 | S E L a H Corporation | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 169 |
| Glen Alum Plant | Mega Highwall Mining LLC | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 9 | 125 |
| Road Fork Deep Mine | Coal Mac Inc | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 110 |
| No. 8 | Active Resources, Inc | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 11 | 107 |
| Tug Fork Preparation Plant | Appalachian Resource West Virginia, LLC | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 11 | 85 |
| Gilbert Plant | Active Resources, Inc | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 11 | 84 |
| Cam Highwall Miner | Appalachian Resource West Virginia, LLC | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 6 | 81 |
| Ragland Loadout | Coal Mac Inc | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 14 | 80 |
| Ned's Branch Surface Mine | Reflectance Energy LLC | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 22 | 77 |
| Gilbert Creek Loadout | Active Resources, Inc | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 2 | 70 |
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.