MINE DETAILS

AFFINITY MINE

ActiveUndergroundCoal (Bituminous)

MSHA MINE ID4608878

OPERATORPocahontas Coal Company LLC

CONTROLLERMetinvest B V

LOCATIONRaleigh, WV

PUBLIC RECORD43,415 linked rows

LOCATION

Mine location

1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.

Mine coordinates

AFFINITY MINE37.70917, -81.22667Open map ↗

Quarterly trends

2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4

JSON CSV

Database snapshot · 2026-10-17. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.

Coal production

—

reported short tons

2025 Q1—No usable value reported
2025 Q2—No usable value reported
2025 Q3—No usable value reported
2025 Q4—No usable value reported
2026 Q1—No usable value reported
2026 Q2—No usable value reported
2026 Q3—No usable value reported
2026 Q4 *—No usable value reported

Hours worked

—

reported employee hours

2025 Q1—No usable value reported
2025 Q2—No usable value reported
2025 Q3—No usable value reported
2025 Q4—No usable value reported
2026 Q1—No usable value reported
2026 Q2—No usable value reported
2026 Q3—No usable value reported
2026 Q4 *—No usable value reported

Tons per hour

—

production ÷ hours worked

2025 Q1—No usable value reported
2025 Q2—No usable value reported
2025 Q3—No usable value reported
2025 Q4—No usable value reported
2026 Q1—No usable value reported
2026 Q2—No usable value reported
2026 Q3—No usable value reported
2026 Q4 *—No usable value reported

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.

Quarterly data and reporting coverage

Quarterly production, employment and reporting coverage for AFFINITY MINE
Quarter	Coal (short tons)	Hours worked	Tons / hour	Avg. employees	Coverage
2025 Q1	—	—	—	—	No report
2025 Q2	—	—	—	—	No report
2025 Q3	—	—	—	—	No report
2025 Q4	—	—	—	—	No report
2026 Q1	—	—	—	—	No report
2026 Q2	—	—	—	—	No report
2026 Q3	—	—	—	—	No report
2026 Q4	—	—	—	—	No report

Safety and enforcement

2025-01-01 – 2026-10-17

Violations

465

57 significant & substantial (S&S)

2025 Q148
2025 Q270
2025 Q337
2025 Q472
2026 Q185
2026 Q279
2026 Q368
2026 Q4 *6

Accident records

0 records classified as fatality

2025 Q13
2025 Q26
2025 Q38
2025 Q42
2026 Q17
2026 Q22
2026 Q34
2026 Q4 *0

Proposed penalties · USD

189,329.00

430 of 465 violations with amounts

2025 Q111,993
2025 Q220,197
2025 Q37,373
2025 Q427,176
2026 Q189,493
2026 Q223,728
2026 Q39,369
2026 Q4 *—

On-site inspection hours

4,785.75

123 inspections · 123 with hours

2025 Q1595.25
2025 Q2742.25
2025 Q3699.50
2025 Q4597.25
2026 Q1738.75
2026 Q2698.00
2026 Q3620.50
2026 Q4 *94.25

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.

Quarterly safety data

Quarter	Violations	S&S	Proposed USD	Accident records	Inspections	On-site hours
2025-Q1	48	1	11,993.00	3	11	595.3
2025-Q2	70	2	20,197.00	6	24	742.3
2025-Q3	37	3	7,373.00	8	17	699.5
2025-Q4	72	10	27,176.00	2	12	597.3
2026-Q1	85	24	89,493.00	7	20	738.8
2026-Q2	79	12	23,728.00	2	22	698.0
2026-Q3	68	4	9,369.00	4	12	620.5
2026-Q4 *	6	1	—	0	5	94.3

Most cited CFR sections

All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.

Section	Violations	S&S
30 CFR 75.370Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.	59	9
30 CFR 75.400Accumulation of combustible materials.	59	0
30 CFR 75.403Maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust.	42	4
30 CFR 75.202Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.	33	19
30 CFR 75.220Roof control plan.	32	8
30 CFR 75.503Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.	24	0
30 CFR 75.512Electric equipment; examination, testing and maintenance.	17	0
30 CFR 75.1403Other safeguards.	15	5
30 CFR 75.1731Maintenance of belt conveyors and belt conveyor entries.	15	1
30 CFR 72.630Drill dust control at underground areas of underground mines.	13	1

Safety activity

inspection2026-10-15F020DD1
Non-Injury Accident Investigation · 0.0 on-site hours
violation2026-10-155133943
Description not reported
inspection2026-10-14F03FD98
103(i) Spot Inspections · 0.0 on-site hours
violation2026-10-145183648
75.604(b)
violation2026-10-095027043
75.1403
violation2026-10-095027042
62.130(a)
violation2026-10-075027041
75.370(a)(1)
inspection2026-10-06F03FD97
103(i) Spot Inspections · 8.0 on-site hours
violation2026-10-065027040
75.370(a)(1) · S&S
inspection2026-10-03F034305
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 6.0 on-site hours
inspection2026-10-01F011303
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 80.3 on-site hours
inspection2026-09-296322042
103(i) Spot Inspections · 8.5 on-site hours
violation2026-09-295029467
75.360(g)
inspection2026-09-23F020DCA
Spot Inspection · 6.0 on-site hours
violation2026-09-225029466
75.400
violation2026-09-215029465
75.220(a)(1)
violation2026-09-215029464
75.370(a)(1)
violation2026-09-215029463
75.1403 · S&S
inspection2026-09-166322041
103(i) Spot Inspections · 6.0 on-site hours
violation2026-09-155029462
75.503
violation2026-09-155029461
75.400
violation2026-09-155029460
75.523-3(b)(5)
violation2026-09-145029459
75.220(a)(1)
accident2026-09-10220262570009
MACHINERY · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
Employee was bolting in the #7 entry on the #3 section when a rock 4"X4"X1.5" fell off the strap hitting the drill pot and then striking EE on the right cheek. the area was approx. 19' W and 8' H The employee received 3 sutures due to a small laceration on EE's right cheek.
violation2026-09-095029458
75.220(a)(1)

Safety sources and definitions

MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-17.

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

Coal shipments and quality

Receipts reported by power plants and terminals, matched by MSHA mine ID.

REPORTED RECEIPTS · SHORT TONS—0 rows · 0 receiving plants

HEAT CONTENT · BTU/LB—Weighted by reported tons

SULFUR / ASH · % BY WEIGHT— / —Separate averages over measured receipts

DELIVERED COST · USD/TON—No price coverage

No receipts matched this mine 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.

Coverage, sources and calculations

Reported coal receipts at EIA-923 power plants/terminals; this is not a census of mine shipments, exports or metallurgical sales.
Matches use only the published MSHA ID, normalized to seven digits. Unidentified mine origins remain in the source table but are not assigned to a mine.
Portfolio attribution uses current MSHA ownership, not ownership at the shipment date. Receipts and production can differ because of timing, stocks and coverage.
Quality means are weighted by positive reported tons with that measurement. Delivered cost uses only rows with published cost, positive heat and positive tons; missing/withheld costs are never zero-filled.
USD/ton = (cents/MMBtu ÷ 100) × MMBtu/ton. This is plant delivered cost, not mine sales price or revenue.
Receipt month is as published, including records supplied by annual respondents. Recent months are preliminary and subject to revision. Missing rows do not prove zero shipments.

Imported releases start 2008-01. This window includes 12 published months. EIA releases · Survey instructions

2026 · preliminary · EIA923_Schedules_2_3_4_5_M_07_2026_21SEP2026.xlsx · Page 5 Fuel Receipts and Costs
2025 · final · EIA923_Schedules_2_3_4_5_M_12_2025_Final.xlsx · Page 5 Fuel Receipts and Costs

EIA ANNUAL COAL REPORT · 2024

Coal prices and estimated revenue

Annual county prices and a production-based allocation of county coal sales.

FOB PRICE BENCHMARK · USD/TON145.53Published county average

ESTIMATED SALES · SHORT TONS715,754Allocated from published county sales

ESTIMATED COAL REVENUE · USD104,163,696Covered mines only · not reported revenue

ANNUAL PRODUCTION COVERED100.0%1 of 1 producing annual mine records

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. All producing annual records in this selection have estimates. 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
Affinity Mine4608878 · Raleigh, West Virginia	699,401	145.53	715,754	104,163,696	County allocation estimate9.89% of eligible county production12 eligible mines / 12 sales respondents

Method, assumptions and source records

This is an annual county-sales allocation, not reported mine or company revenue. Currency is nominal USD in the source year; quantities are short tons.
Mine share = same-year annual mine production / eligible same-county production. Estimated sales = published county sales × share. Estimated coal revenue = estimated sales × published county average FOB price.
The model assumes eligible mines share county sales in proportion to production and receive the county-average price. Matching mine counts is a check, not proof of identical respondents. Mine quality, contracts and sales timing can differ substantially. No statistical confidence interval is implied.
FOB excludes transport and insurance. EIA-923 delivered costs do not enter this model. No grade premium, state/national fallback, quarterly apportionment or carry-forward to a later year is applied.
Eligibility follows the source's production threshold and excludes preparation-only and refuse operations. Withheld values, inconsistent county counts and missing/ambiguous locations produce no estimate.
County sales are published in thousands of tons and prices to cents. Calculations retain precision, but the inputs are rounded and the allocation is approximate.
Portfolio attribution uses current MSHA ownership, not ownership during the sales year. Covered-mine sums exclude unavailable estimates and must not be read as whole-company revenue. Coverage denominators use the annual EIA mine-production release.

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.

OWNERSHIP

Operator and controller history

Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.

CURRENT HIERARCHYMetinvest B V → Pocahontas Coal Company LLC → AFFINITY MINE

HISTORY RECORDS411 relationships

INTERVAL CHECKPASScontroller/operator overlap

Jun 10, 2011—CURRENT / OPEN

Metinvest B VcontrolsPocahontas Coal Company LLCoperatesAFFINITY MINE

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4608878

Apr 30, 2009—Jun 9, 2011

Metinvest B VcontrolsPocahontas Coal Company LLCoperatesAFFINITY MINE

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4608878

Aug 16, 2006—Apr 29, 2009

United CompanycontrolsPocahontas Coal Company LLCoperatesAFFINITY MINE

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4608878

Feb 1, 2001—Aug 15, 2006

White Mountain Mining Co., LLCcontrolsWhite Mountain Mining Company LlcoperatesAFFINITY MINE

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4608878

Other historical summaries · source-specific periods

RECORD SUMMARY

Production, safety and enforcement

These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.

01 / SAFETYwatch

Accidents and injuries

348 historical accident/injury rows; 2 coded fatalities and 5,904 lost days across the published record.

ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD102 since 2021

accidentsmine-production-quarterly

02 / COMPLIANCEwatch

Violations and penalties

4,657 violation rows across the full record; 617 carry an S&S flag and $4,487,676 appears in current assessed amounts.

ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY1,065 since 2021

inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a

03 / HEALTHwatch

Occupational health samples

23,220 coal dust; 1,001 coal quartz; 521 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 157 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE25K samples

coal-dust-samplesquartz-samplesnoise-samples

04 / PRODUCTIONcontext

Quarterly production and employment

0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.

2002-Q40 tons

mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly

05 / LEGALwatch

Contests, conferences and decisions

1,474 contested-violation rows, 1,474 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 237 conference records linked by issuance number.

POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE3,185 linked rows

conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions

06 / CONTRACTORScontext

Contractors

Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.

ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT22 linked entities

contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations

07 / INSPECTIONScontext

Inspections

1,048 inspection events and 55K published inspection hours across the historical record.

OVERSIGHT COVERAGE342 since 2021

inspectionsviolations

HEALTH SAMPLING

Silica and quartz

Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 17, 2026. 1,001 silica records across the mine’s published history.

Matching records7171 coal · 0 personal · 0 area

Sample status70 not voided1 voided · 0 status not reported

Mean coal quartz concentration15.61 µg/m³70 eligible measurements · 0 missing concentration

Coal quartz concentration

Quarterly mean · µg/m³ · not-voided samples

2026-Q115.4719 measurements
2026-Q212.4127 measurements
2026-Q319.3918 measurements
2026-Q4*19.176 measurements

— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.

Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.

2026 · Jan 30, 2026–Oct 2, 2026
Date / sample	Dataset / analyte	Occupation / area	Measurement	Sample status	Published action
Oct 2, 202658575621 / lab 2026042075	Coal quartzQuartz	SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (OFF STANDARD)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION	10 µg/m³1.6% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Oct 2, 202658575674 / lab 2026042081	Coal quartzQuartz	SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION	11 µg/m³2.5% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Oct 2, 202658575629 / lab 2026042071	Coal quartzQuartz	ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION	8 µg/m³3.6% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Oct 2, 202658575434 / lab 2026042074	Coal quartzQuartz	CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION	21 µg/m³4% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Oct 2, 202658575612 / lab 2026042079	Coal quartzQuartz	ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION	47 µg/m³4.8% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Oct 2, 202658575698 / lab 2026042080	Coal quartzQuartz	CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION	18 µg/m³3.2% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Jul 28, 202658575392 / lab 2026030977	Coal quartzQuartz	CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION	6 µg/m³4.5% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Jul 28, 202658575417 / lab 2026030971	Coal quartzQuartz	SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION	6 µg/m³3.2% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Jul 8, 202658573634 / lab 2026028126	Coal quartzQuartz	CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION	9 µg/m³3.8% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Jul 8, 202658573611 / lab 2026028109	Coal quartzQuartz	SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION	11 µg/m³2.4% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Jul 8, 202658573666 / lab 2026028135	Coal quartzQuartz	ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION	25 µg/m³11.7% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Jul 8, 202658573551 / lab 2026028121	Coal quartzQuartz	ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION	51 µg/m³13.7% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Jul 8, 202658573969 / lab 2026028104	Coal quartzQuartz	ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION	32 µg/m³6.8% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Jul 8, 202658573559 / lab 2026028134	Coal quartzQuartz	SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (OFF STANDARD)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION	25 µg/m³6.5% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Jul 8, 202658573932 / lab 2026028136	Coal quartzQuartz	CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION	32 µg/m³9.6% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Jul 8, 202658573752 / lab 2026028110	Coal quartzQuartz	ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION	11 µg/m³8% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Jul 8, 202658573963 / lab 2026028111	Coal quartzQuartz	CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION	5 µg/m³3.6% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Jul 8, 202658573580 / lab 2026028107	Coal quartzQuartz	CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION	10 µg/m³4.7% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Jul 8, 202658573633 / lab 2026028130	Coal quartzQuartz	SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (OFF STANDARD)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION	12 µg/m³4.2% quartz	Not voided	Not reported
Jul 8, 202658573681 / lab 2026028119	Coal quartzQuartz	CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATORDESIGNATED OCCUPATION	40 µg/m³10.1% quartz	Not voided	Not reported

Sources and interpretation

Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.

Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗

EIA + TITLE 30

EIA production and cited regulations

EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.

EIA MINE CONTEXT2024 record

ANNUAL COAL PRODUCTION699,401short tons

LABOR HOURS: 605,878
AVG EMPLOYEES: 241
SUPPLY REGION: Appalachia Central
UNION: No union code published
OPERATION: Mine only
COMPANY TYPE: Operating Subsidiary

1 published EIA row aggregated under this MSHA ID. Components remain available in JSON.

TITLE 30 CROSSWALKCurrent through 2026-08-19

30 CFR 75.604Permanent splicing of trailing cables.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 75.1403Other safeguards.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 62.130Permissible exposure level.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 75.370Mine ventilation plan; submission and approval.3 recent rows ↗30 CFR 75.360Preshift examination at fixed intervals.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 75.400Accumulation of combustible materials.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 75.220Roof control plan.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 75.503Permissible electric face equipment; maintenance.1 recent row ↗

RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS

Recent violations and samples

Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.

VIOLATIONS12 latest shown

Oct 15, 20265133943—Order

Oct 14, 2026518364875.604(b)Citation

Oct 9, 2026502704375.1403Citation

Oct 9, 2026502704262.130(a)Citation

Oct 7, 2026502704175.370(a)(1)Citation

Oct 6, 2026502704075.370(a)(1)S&S

Sep 29, 2026502946775.360(g)Citation

Sep 22, 2026502946675.400Citation

OTHER HEALTH SAMPLES8 latest shown

Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑

Oct 14, 2026