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Little Seam Mining Co.: 2 open mines, 20 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Little Seam Mining Co. (MSHA operator ID 0097905) operates 2 open mines with 6 employees in West Virginia, mostly coal (bituminous). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued it 20 citations and orders with $2,234 in proposed penalties, and it reported no injury or illness cases. Data from MSHA, November 6, 2026.
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- MSHA operator ID
- 0097905
- Open mines
- 2
- Employees at open mines
- 6
- States
- West Virginia
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 20
- Significant and substantial
- 5 (25.0%)
- Closure orders
- 1
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $2,234
- Amount paid so far
- $1,932
- Inspections
- 17
- Inspector hours on site
- 209
- Citations per inspection
- 1.18 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 27, 2026
Open mines of Little Seam Mining Co.
Ranked by citations since January 1, 2022.
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tea Branch Surface Mine | Little Seam Mining Co. | Mcdowell County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 14 |
| Newhall Surface Mine No. 2 | Little Seam Mining Co. | Mcdowell County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 6 |
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 | 2 | 0 | $266 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | $855 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | $294 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | $819 | 0 |
| 2026 | 9 | 3 | $0 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Little Seam Mining Co.
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 77.1713 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 71.209 | Surface coal mines, health | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1004 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1000 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.205 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 48.26 | Training of miners | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1103 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1109 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.208 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.505 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
Commodities
| Main commodity | Open mines |
|---|---|
| Coal (bituminous) | 2 |
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.