Data / Mines / West Virginia / Coal Branch No. 2
Coal Branch No. 2: 181 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Coal Branch No. 2 is an active coal (bituminous) underground mine in Wyoming County, West Virginia, operated by Rockwell Mining LLC with 54 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4609663). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 181 citations and orders there with $55,134 in proposed penalties, and 5 accident reports were filed there, with 3 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4609663
- Status
- Active since June 28, 2024
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Wyoming County, West Virginia
- Nearest town
- Wharton, WV
- Operator
- Rockwell Mining LLC
- Parent company
- Sev.en Global Investments A.s.
- Employees
- 54
- MSHA field office
- Madison WV Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 181
- Significant and substantial
- 24 (13.3%)
- Closure orders
- 3
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $55,134
- Amount paid so far
- $50,064
- Inspections
- 17
- Inspector hours on site
- 1,360
- Citations per inspection
- 10.65 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 5
- Injury and illness cases
- 3
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- November 5, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 1 ($3,022 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 57 | 5 | $11,169 | 1 |
| 2025 | 66 | 7 | $18,415 | 1 |
| 2026 | 58 | 12 | $25,550 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Coal Branch No. 2
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 75.503 | Underground coal mines, safety | 16 |
| 30 CFR 75.512 | Underground coal mines, safety | 11 |
| 30 CFR 75.400 | Underground coal mines, safety | 10 |
| 30 CFR 70.208 | Underground coal mines, health | 10 |
| 30 CFR 75.517 | Underground coal mines, safety | 10 |
| 30 CFR 75.220 | Underground coal mines, safety | 9 |
| 30 CFR 75.604 | Underground coal mines, safety | 9 |
| 30 CFR 75.1725 | Underground coal mines, safety | 8 |
| 30 CFR 75.1100-3 | Underground coal mines, safety | 6 |
| 30 CFR 75.370 | Underground coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 75.204 | Underground coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 75.1731 | Underground coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 75.380 | Underground coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 75.1107-9 | Underground coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 75.523-3 | Underground coal mines, safety | 3 |
Injury and illness cases at Coal Branch No. 2
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 1 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 2 |
What the accident reports at Coal Branch No. 2 describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Fall of roof or back | 2 |
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
| Dust disease of lungs | 1 |
| Machinery | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Coal Branch No. 2
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Rock or roof bolting machine | 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 |
| 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 |
| Tom Bailey Branch Surface Mine | Ed Coal, Inc. | Wyoming County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 50 | 45 |
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.