Coal production
6,221,616reported short tons
ACTIVE / CONTROLLER PORTFOLIO
Membership and operating status are from the latest MSHA Mines snapshot. Open a mine for its ownership history.
MINE PORTFOLIO
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-18. Active records; production reporting is not required.
Material, method and type filters apply to this table. The portfolio’s status applies to the entire page. GEM fields describe their own release, not the selected MSHA year.
| Mine | Location / type | Coal · short tons | Hours worked | Violations | Accident records | On-site inspection hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan Mine #14404856 · Active6/8 quarters reported | Buchanan, VAUnderground · MSHA: Coal (Bituminous) | 6,221,616 | 2,462,240 | 735 | 87 | 8,663.8 |
Production and hours sum available quarterly reports. — means unavailable; zero safety records means none in the selected imported period. Ownership reflects the current MSHA record.
LOCATION
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-18. All 1 mines listed under this controller were checked; 1 have reports in the available quarters. Totals use current ownership.
reported short tons
reported employee hours
production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 884,581 | 442,239 | 2.00 | 709 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 982,524 | 360,772 | 2.72 | 563 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,139,172 | 377,291 | 3.02 | 631 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 912,634 | 381,767 | 2.39 | 669 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 1,086,096 | 448,973 | 2.42 | 706 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 1,216,609 | 451,198 | 2.70 | 747 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-18
137 significant & substantial (S&S)
0 records classified as fatality
666 of 735 violations with amounts
162 inspections · 162 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 54 | 10 | 52,170.00 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 1,000.5 |
| 2025-Q2 | 78 | 19 | 59,167.00 | 9 | 0 | 23 | 1,118.5 |
| 2025-Q3 | 91 | 15 | 92,955.00 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 1,125.3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 143 | 20 | 85,539.00 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 1,222.0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 97 | 29 | 107,128.00 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 1,246.8 |
| 2026-Q2 | 105 | 25 | 72,887.00 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 1,387.0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 130 | 14 | 33,295.00 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 1,418.8 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 37 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 145.0 |
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
75.400 · $1,037.00 proposed
MACHINERY · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Shear Operator was spotting a shield to catch rock on the LW face, a piece of rock rolled out into the panline and hit the spill board and a piece of rock measuring 54"x14"x3-8" broke off after striking the spill board and fell into the walkway and struck the the employee on the right side of right foot causing a laceration which required 2 staples to close.
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 1,204.8 on-site hours
103(i) Spot Inspections · 7.0 on-site hours
77.205(b) · $177.00 proposed
77.200 · $177.00 proposed
Spot Inspection · 7.0 on-site hours
103(i) Spot Inspections · 4.8 on-site hours
75.400 · $151.00 proposed
62.130(a) · $267.00 proposed
62.130(a) · $151.00 proposed
62.130(a) · S&S · $592.00 proposed
103(i) Spot Inspections · 9.5 on-site hours
75.342(a)(4) · $151.00 proposed
72.630(b) · S&S · $592.00 proposed
75.400 · $151.00 proposed
75.364(g) · $177.00 proposed
HOISTING · ACCIDENT ONLY
Light on the control panel for "Door open" on the Horn Mountain Portal Hoist stayed on and was flashing even when the door was shut and the hoist would not work when a button was pushed to send it to mine level. T
75.400 · $1,126.00 proposed
75.202(a) · S&S · $398.00 proposed
75.400 · $313.00 proposed
103(i) Spot Inspections · 7.0 on-site hours
75.403 · $193.00 proposed
75.403 · $193.00 proposed
77.306(a) · $151.00 proposed
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-18.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
EIA-923 · COAL RECEIPTS
Receipts reported by power plants and terminals, matched by MSHA mine ID.
No receipts matched this controller in the selected period. EIA-923 does not cover all mine sales, exports or metallurgical coal shipments.
Delivered cost includes transport and is not mine revenue. Missing prices remain blank. * Fewer than three months are published in the selected quarter. Receipts reflect the months EIA has published; an unfinished quarter is not comparable with a full quarter. Portfolio matches use current ownership.
Imported releases start 2008-01. This window includes 12 published months. EIA releases · Survey instructions
EIA ANNUAL COAL REPORT · 2024
Annual county prices and a production-based allocation of county coal sales.
The estimate assumes each eligible mine receives its county-average price and shares county sales in proportion to production. Actual sales and prices can differ substantially. Unavailable estimates are excluded; this is not a total for the whole portfolio. Annual price data uses a separate window from the MSHA charts.
| Mine / county | Annual production · tons | County FOB · USD/ton | Est. sales · tons | Est. coal revenue · USD | Basis / availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan Mine #14404856 · Buchanan, Virginia | 3,874,816 | — | — | — | County sales or price not published6 eligible mines / 6 sales respondents |
Sales-reporting threshold: 50,000 short tons per mine in 2024. Withheld sales or prices stay unavailable.
EIA Table 30 · county sales and FOB prices · EIA annual mine production · Release index
Annual report released November 19, 2025. Method: county-sales-allocation-v1. JSON and CSV preserve source row numbers and file checksums.
SELECTED PORTFOLIO
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