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Lexington Coal Company, LLC: 881 MSHA citations

Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.

Lexington Coal Company, LLC (MSHA operator ID 0154153) operates 19 open mines with 15 employees in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, mostly coal (bituminous). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued it 881 citations and orders with $736,178 in proposed penalties, and it reported 15 injury or illness cases, 1 of them fatal. Data from MSHA, November 6, 2026.

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MSHA operator ID
0154153
Open mines
19
Employees at open mines
15
States
West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee
Parent company
Lexington Coal Holdings, Inc
Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
881
Significant and substantial
231 (26.2%)
Closure orders
137
High negligence or reckless
156
Proposed penalties
$736,178
Amount paid so far
$109,852
Inspections
672
Inspector hours on site
7,072
Citations per inspection
1.31 (all mines 2.30)
Accident reports
19
Injury and illness cases
15
Fatalities
1
Latest MSHA record
November 2, 2026

Open mines of Lexington Coal Company, LLC

Ranked by citations since January 1, 2022.

MineOperatorCountyMain commodityEmployeesCitations since 2022
Twilight Mtr Surface MineLexington Coal Company, LLCBoone County, WVCoal (bituminous)4289
Fork Creek Prep PlantLexington Coal Company, LLCLincoln County, WVCoal (bituminous)1164
Mine No 6Lexington Coal Company, LLCBoone County, WVCoal (bituminous)1125
Liberty ProcessingLexington Coal Company, LLCBoone County, WVCoal (bituminous)059
Rockspring PlantLexington Coal Company, LLCWayne County, WVCoal (bituminous)151
Long ForkLexington Coal Company, LLCPike County, KYCoal (bituminous)124
Winifrede Surface MineLexington Coal Company, LLCPike County, KYCoal (bituminous)123
Sprouse Creek Processing PlantLexington Coal Company, LLCMingo County, WVCoal (bituminous)117
Black Bear Preparation PlantLexington Coal Company, LLCMingo County, WVCoal (bituminous)115
Preparation PlantLexington Coal Company, LLCMarion County, TNCoal (bituminous)211
Rockcamp Impoundments 1 & 2Lexington Coal Company, LLCNicholas County, WVCoal (bituminous)011
Talon LoadoutLexington Coal Company, LLCBoone County, WVCoal (bituminous)19
Spruce Laurel Preparation PlantLexington Coal Company, LLCBoone County, WVCoal (bituminous)06
Lower Big Branch ImpoundmentLexington Coal Company, LLCRaleigh County, WVCoal (bituminous)06
Prep PlantLexington Coal Company, LLCMingo County, WVCoal (bituminous)12
White Flame Surface MineLexington Coal Company, LLCMingo County, WVCoal (bituminous)02
Mountaineer Alma a MineLexington Coal Company, LLCMingo County, WVCoal (bituminous)02
Pontiki PlantLexington Coal Company, LLCMartin County, KYCoal (bituminous)01
Lilly Fork Surface MineLexington Coal Company, LLCNicholas County, WVCoal (lignite)00

Citations and injury cases by year

Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.

YearCitations and ordersSignificant and substantialProposed penaltiesInjury and illness cases
2022274105$229,8728
202319841$138,8134
202410532$109,9981
202520750$232,3622
2026973$25,1330

Standards cited most at Lexington Coal Company, LLC

Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.

StandardWhat the part coversCitations
30 CFR 77.1606Surface coal mines, safety103
30 CFR 77.216-3Surface coal mines, safety94
30 CFR 77.404Surface coal mines, safety73
30 CFR 77.216Surface coal mines, safety69
30 CFR 77.1605Surface coal mines, safety55
30 CFR 77.205Surface coal mines, safety43
30 CFR 77.1104Surface coal mines, safety36
30 CFR 77.1000Surface coal mines, safety34
30 CFR 77.216-4Surface coal mines, safety33
30 CFR 77.1607Surface coal mines, safety33
30 CFR 71.501Surface coal mines, health32
30 CFR 48.31Training of miners16
30 CFR 77.400Surface coal mines, safety15
30 CFR 77.1713Surface coal mines, safety12
30 CFR 77.1109Surface coal mines, safety12

Injury and illness cases at Lexington Coal Company, LLC

Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.

DegreeCases
Fatality1
Days away from work or restricted activity9
No lost time, or an occupational illness5

What the accident reports at Lexington Coal Company, LLC describe

Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.

ClassificationReports
Powered haulage5
Handling of materials4
Handtools (nonpowered)2
Fire2
Slip or fall of person1
Explosives and breaking agents1
Electrical1
Other1
Fall of face/rib/pillar/side/highwall1
Striking or bumping1

Equipment named in accident reports at Lexington Coal Company, LLC

EquipmentReports
Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks2
Hand tools (not powered)2
Mancar2
Bulldozer1
Auger machine1
Front-end loader1
Pump1

Commodities

Main commodityOpen mines
Coal (bituminous)18
Coal (lignite)1

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.