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Nicholas Contura LLC: 3 open mines, 1,288 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Nicholas Contura LLC (MSHA operator ID 0146435) operates 3 open mines with 224 employees in West Virginia, mostly coal (bituminous). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued it 1,288 citations and orders with $636,596 in proposed penalties, and it reported 50 injury or illness cases, 1 of them fatal. Data from MSHA, November 6, 2026.
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- MSHA operator ID
- 0146435
- Open mines
- 3
- Employees at open mines
- 224
- States
- West Virginia
- Parent company
- Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 1,288
- Significant and substantial
- 129 (10.0%)
- Closure orders
- 7
- High negligence or reckless
- 38
- Proposed penalties
- $636,596
- Amount paid so far
- $559,544
- Inspections
- 327
- Inspector hours on site
- 15,215
- Citations per inspection
- 3.94 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 53
- Injury and illness cases
- 50
- Fatalities
- 1
- Latest MSHA record
- November 3, 2026
Open mines of Nicholas Contura LLC
Ranked by citations since January 1, 2022.
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Fork Eagle | Nicholas Contura LLC | Nicholas County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 89 | 1,069 |
| Rolling Thunder Mine | Nicholas Contura LLC | Nicholas County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 115 | 207 |
| Bishop Surface | Nicholas Contura LLC | Fayette County, WV | Coal (bituminous) | 20 | 12 |
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 | 206 | 9 | $54,376 | 12 |
| 2023 | 182 | 13 | $74,258 | 9 |
| 2024 | 392 | 43 | $160,015 | 12 |
| 2025 | 303 | 41 | $234,675 | 14 |
| 2026 | 205 | 23 | $113,272 | 3 |
Standards cited most at Nicholas Contura 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 75.370 | Underground coal mines, safety | 168 |
| 30 CFR 75.400 | Underground coal mines, safety | 132 |
| 30 CFR 75.503 | Underground coal mines, safety | 93 |
| 30 CFR 75.1731 | Underground coal mines, safety | 80 |
| 30 CFR 75.1403 | Underground coal mines, safety | 62 |
| 30 CFR 75.512 | Underground coal mines, safety | 56 |
| 30 CFR 75.604 | Underground coal mines, safety | 47 |
| 30 CFR 75.1725 | Underground coal mines, safety | 46 |
| 30 CFR 75.202 | Underground coal mines, safety | 39 |
| 30 CFR 75.220 | Underground coal mines, safety | 33 |
| 30 CFR 75.403 | Underground coal mines, safety | 32 |
| 30 CFR 75.1107-16 | Underground coal mines, safety | 31 |
| 30 CFR 75.380 | Underground coal mines, safety | 29 |
| 30 CFR 75.333 | Underground coal mines, safety | 26 |
| 30 CFR 75.360 | Underground coal mines, safety | 25 |
Injury and illness cases at Nicholas Contura 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 | 26 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 23 |
What the accident reports at Nicholas Contura LLC describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 12 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 8 |
| Slip or fall of person | 7 |
| Machinery | 7 |
| Dust disease of lungs | 5 |
| Fall of roof or back | 4 |
| Powered haulage | 3 |
| Fall of face/rib/pillar/side/highwall | 3 |
| Inundation | 1 |
| Striking or bumping | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Nicholas Contura LLC
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 8 |
| Rock or roof bolting machine | 4 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 3 |
| Mancar | 3 |
| Continuous miner | 1 |
| Trucks | 1 |
| Shuttle car | 1 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
| Front-end loader | 1 |
Commodities
| Main commodity | Open mines |
|---|---|
| Coal (bituminous) | 3 |
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.