Data / Mines / Lexington Coal Company, LLC
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.
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twilight Mtr Surface Mine | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 4 | 289 |
| Fork Creek Prep Plant | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Lincoln County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 164 |
| Mine No 6 | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 125 |
| Liberty Processing | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 59 |
| Rockspring Plant | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Wayne County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 51 |
| Long Fork | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Pike County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 24 |
| Winifrede Surface Mine | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Pike County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 23 |
| Sprouse Creek Processing Plant | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 17 |
| Black Bear Preparation Plant | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 15 |
| Preparation Plant | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Marion County, TN | Coal (bituminous) | 2 | 11 |
| Rockcamp Impoundments 1 & 2 | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Nicholas County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 11 |
| Talon Loadout | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 9 |
| Spruce Laurel Preparation Plant | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Boone County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 6 |
| Lower Big Branch Impoundment | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Raleigh County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 6 |
| Prep Plant | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 2 |
| White Flame Surface Mine | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 2 |
| Mountaineer Alma a Mine | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Mingo County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 2 |
| Pontiki Plant | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Martin County, KY | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 1 |
| Lilly Fork Surface Mine | Lexington Coal Company, LLC | Nicholas County, WV | Coal (lignite) | 0 | 0 |
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 | 274 | 105 | $229,872 | 8 |
| 2023 | 198 | 41 | $138,813 | 4 |
| 2024 | 105 | 32 | $109,998 | 1 |
| 2025 | 207 | 50 | $232,362 | 2 |
| 2026 | 97 | 3 | $25,133 | 0 |
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.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 103 |
| 30 CFR 77.216-3 | Surface coal mines, safety | 94 |
| 30 CFR 77.404 | Surface coal mines, safety | 73 |
| 30 CFR 77.216 | Surface coal mines, safety | 69 |
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 55 |
| 30 CFR 77.205 | Surface coal mines, safety | 43 |
| 30 CFR 77.1104 | Surface coal mines, safety | 36 |
| 30 CFR 77.1000 | Surface coal mines, safety | 34 |
| 30 CFR 77.216-4 | Surface coal mines, safety | 33 |
| 30 CFR 77.1607 | Surface coal mines, safety | 33 |
| 30 CFR 71.501 | Surface coal mines, health | 32 |
| 30 CFR 48.31 | Training of miners | 16 |
| 30 CFR 77.400 | Surface coal mines, safety | 15 |
| 30 CFR 77.1713 | Surface coal mines, safety | 12 |
| 30 CFR 77.1109 | Surface coal mines, safety | 12 |
Injury and illness cases at Lexington Coal Company, LLC
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Fatality | 1 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 9 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 5 |
What the accident reports at Lexington Coal Company, LLC describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Powered haulage | 5 |
| Handling of materials | 4 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 2 |
| Fire | 2 |
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
| Explosives and breaking agents | 1 |
| Electrical | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Fall of face/rib/pillar/side/highwall | 1 |
| Striking or bumping | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Lexington Coal Company, LLC
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 2 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 2 |
| Mancar | 2 |
| Bulldozer | 1 |
| Auger machine | 1 |
| Front-end loader | 1 |
| Pump | 1 |
Commodities
| Main commodity | Open 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.