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MSHA DATABASEMSHA records · 17 contributing sources · snapshot Oct 13, 2026
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc→Prime Processing, Inc.→Eckman Plant

MINE DETAILS

Eckman Plant

ActiveFacilityCoal (Bituminous)
MSHA MINE ID4609357
LOCATIONMcdowell, WV
PUBLIC RECORD3,746 linked rows

LOCATION

Mine location

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

Mine coordinates

2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13Applies to production, safety and portfolio metrics. Silica samples have separate filters.

2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4

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Database snapshot · 2026-10-13. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.

Coal production

0

reported short tons

  1. 2025 Q10
  2. 2025 Q20
  3. 2025 Q30
  4. 2025 Q40
  5. 2026 Q10
  6. 2026 Q20
  7. 2026 Q3—No usable value reported
  8. 2026 Q4 *—No usable value reported

Hours worked

225,224

reported employee hours

  1. 2025 Q136,359
  2. 2025 Q234,935
  3. 2025 Q335,655
  4. 2025 Q436,127
  5. 2026 Q140,455
  6. 2026 Q241,693
  7. 2026 Q3—No usable value reported
  8. 2026 Q4 *—No usable value reported

Tons per hour

0.00

production ÷ hours worked

  1. 2025 Q10.00
  2. 2025 Q20.00
  3. 2025 Q30.00
  4. 2025 Q40.00
  5. 2026 Q10.00
  6. 2026 Q20.00
  7. 2026 Q3—No usable value reported
  8. 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 Eckman Plant
QuarterCoal (short tons)Hours workedTons / hourAvg. employeesCoverage
2025 Q1036,3590.00631/1 mines reporting
2025 Q2034,9350.00591/1 mines reporting
2025 Q3035,6550.00601/1 mines reporting
2025 Q4036,1270.00601/1 mines reporting
2026 Q1040,4550.00611/1 mines reporting
2026 Q2041,6930.00631/1 mines reporting
2026 Q3————No report
2026 Q4————No report

Safety and enforcement

2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13

Violations

28

4 significant & substantial (S&S)

  1. 2025 Q10
  2. 2025 Q213
  3. 2025 Q30
  4. 2025 Q40
  5. 2026 Q18
  6. 2026 Q20
  7. 2026 Q37
  8. 2026 Q4 *0

Accident records

2

0 records classified as fatality

  1. 2025 Q10
  2. 2025 Q20
  3. 2025 Q30
  4. 2025 Q40
  5. 2026 Q12
  6. 2026 Q20
  7. 2026 Q30
  8. 2026 Q4 *0

Proposed penalties · USD

4,151.00

26 of 28 violations with amounts

  1. 2025 Q1—
  2. 2025 Q21,963
  3. 2025 Q3—
  4. 2025 Q4—
  5. 2026 Q11,208
  6. 2026 Q2—
  7. 2026 Q3980
  8. 2026 Q4 *—

On-site inspection hours

212.25

8 inspections · 8 with hours

  1. 2025 Q15.50
  2. 2025 Q240.50
  3. 2025 Q3—
  4. 2025 Q455.50
  5. 2026 Q113.50
  6. 2026 Q212.00
  7. 2026 Q385.25
  8. 2026 Q4 *—

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
QuarterViolationsS&SProposed USDAccident recordsFatality recordsInspectionsOn-site hours
2025-Q100—0015.5
2025-Q21301,963.0000240.5
2025-Q300—000—
2025-Q400—00155.5
2026-Q1801,208.0020213.5
2026-Q200—00112.0
2026-Q374980.0000185.3
2026-Q4 *00—000—

Most cited CFR sections

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

SectionViolationsS&S
30 CFR 77.1606Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.60
30 CFR 77.1605Loading and haulage equipment; installations.52
30 CFR 77.410Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.31
30 CFR 77.403-1Mobile equipment; rollover protective structures (ROPS).20
30 CFR 47.41Requirement for container labels.10
30 CFR 71.201Sampling; general and technical requirements.10
30 CFR 71.208Respirable dust samples; report to operator; posting.10
30 CFR 71.209Status change reports.10
30 CFR 77.1104Accumulations of combustible materials.10
30 CFR 77.1607Loading and haulage equipment; operation.10

Safety activity

  1. violation5134802

    77.205(a)

  2. violation9592069

    77.410(b) · S&S

  3. violation5131412

    71.201(d) · $151.00 proposed

  4. violation5095591

    77.204 · S&S · $226.00 proposed

  5. violation5095590

    77.1605(d) · S&S · $226.00 proposed

  6. violation5095589

    77.1605(d) · S&S · $226.00 proposed

  7. inspectionF0307BE

    Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 85.3 on-site hours

  8. violation5095588

    77.1605(d) · $151.00 proposed

  9. inspectionF0219CA

    Health Technical Investigation · 12.0 on-site hours

  10. accident220261030008

    HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT

    Accident narrative

    Employee was using a pry bar when working on a bus, removing the transmission. The bar slipped and struck EE in the mouth, causing the tooth filling to fall out and broke part of the tooth.

  11. accident220260790015

    NONPOWERED HAULAGE · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT

    Accident narrative

    Employee was moving a 15 Hp pump and caught EE's fingers between the wheel dolly and the pump. Employee finished EE's shift and decided to see Dr. the next shift, and returned to work EE's next shift after the Dr visit.

  12. inspectionF010854

    Spot Inspection · 6.0 on-site hours

  13. violation5092315

    77.1607(p) · $151.00 proposed

  14. inspectionF010853

    103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 7.5 on-site hours

  15. violation5092314

    77.1606(c) · $151.00 proposed

  16. violation5092313

    77.1605(a) · $151.00 proposed

  17. violation5092312

    77.1606(c) · $151.00 proposed

  18. violation5092311

    77.1605(a) · $151.00 proposed

  19. violation5092310

    77.410(b) · $151.00 proposed

  20. violation5092309

    77.1606(c) · $151.00 proposed

  21. violation5092308

    77.1606(c) · $151.00 proposed

  22. inspectionF00EB32

    Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 55.5 on-site hours

  23. inspectionF0116DB

    Spot Inspection · 1.5 on-site hours

  24. violation5091620

    77.1705 · $151.00 proposed

  25. violation5091619

    71.208(c) · $151.00 proposed

Safety sources and definitions

MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-13.

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.

Latest EIA month: 2026-07Source checked 2026-10-13 · publication lag differs from MSHA.

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.

Latest priced year: 2024Source checked 2026-10-13. Prices apply only to their calendar year.

FOB PRICE BENCHMARK · USD/TON—Published county average
ESTIMATED SALES · SHORT TONS—Allocated from published county sales
ESTIMATED COAL REVENUE · USD—Covered mines only · not reported revenue
ANNUAL PRODUCTION COVERED—0 of 0 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. 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 / countyAnnual production · tonsCounty FOB · USD/tonEst. sales · tonsEst. coal revenue · USDBasis / availability
Eckman Plant4609357 · Mcdowell, West Virginia0150.07——Preparation plant10 eligible mines / 10 sales respondents
Method, assumptions and source records
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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 HIERARCHYCleveland-Cliffs Inc → Prime Processing, Inc. → Eckman Plant
HISTORY RECORDS918 relationships
INTERVAL CHECK3 REVIEWcontroller/operator overlap
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Cleveland-Cliffs InccontrolsPrime Processing, Inc.operatesEckman Plant

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609357
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Cleveland-Cliffs InccontrolsPrime Processing, Inc.operatesEckman Plant

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609357
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ArcelorMittalcontrolsPrime Processing, Inc.operatesEckman Plant

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609357
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Steven W Haynes et alcontrolsPrime Processing, Inc.operatesEckman Plant

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609357
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DRA Global Holdings Proprietary LTDcontrolsDRA Taggart Site Services, LLCoperatesEckman Plant

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609357
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Vicky L Martin et alcontrolsCougar Processing LLCoperatesEckman Plant

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609357
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Kristie K Janutolo et alcontrolsCougar Processing LLCoperatesEckman Plant

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609357
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ArcelorMittalcontrolsPrime Processing, Inc.operatesEckman Plant

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609357
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Steven W Haynes et alcontrolsPrime Processing, Inc.operatesEckman Plant

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4609357
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

41 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 759 lost days across the published record.

ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD12 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly
02 / COMPLIANCEwatch

Violations and penalties

371 violation rows across the full record; 146 carry an S&S flag and $250,186 appears in current assessed amounts.

ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY114 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a
03 / HEALTHwatch

Occupational health samples

272 coal dust; 8 coal quartz; 97 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 9 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 EXPOSURE377 samples
coal-dust-samplesquartz-samplesnoise-samples
04 / PRODUCTIONcontext

Quarterly production and employment

42K employee hours and 63 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.

2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly
05 / LEGALwatch

Contests, conferences and decisions

101 contested-violation rows, 101 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 conference records linked by issuance number.

POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE204 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 CONTEXT23 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations
07 / INSPECTIONScontext

Inspections

98 inspection events and 3K published inspection hours across the historical record.

OVERSIGHT COVERAGE32 since 2021
inspectionsviolations

HEALTH SAMPLING

Silica and quartz

Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026. 8 silica records across the mine’s published history.

Matching records00 coal · 0 personal · 0 area
Sample status0 not voided0 voided · 0 status not reported
Mean coal quartz concentration— µg/m³0 eligible measurements · 0 missing concentration

Coal quartz concentration

Quarterly mean · µg/m³ · not-voided samples

  1. 2026-Q1—0 measurements
  2. 2026-Q2—0 measurements
  3. 2026-Q3—0 measurements
  4. 2026-Q4*—0 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 · No reported dates in this selection
Date / sampleDataset / analyteOccupation / areaMeasurementSample statusPublished action
No silica records match these filters. Missing samples do not establish safe conditions.
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 PRODUCTION0short tons
LABOR HOURS
154,281
AVG EMPLOYEES
65
SUPPLY REGION
Appalachia Central
UNION
No union code published
OPERATION
Preparation Plant
COMPANY TYPE
Operating Subsidiary

2 published EIA rows aggregated under this MSHA ID. Components remain available in JSON.

TITLE 30 CROSSWALKCurrent through 2026-08-19
30 CFR 77.205Travelways at surface installations.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 77.410Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 71.201Sampling; general and technical requirements.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 77.204Openings in surface installations; safeguards.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 77.1605Loading and haulage equipment; installations.5 recent rows ↗30 CFR 77.1607Loading and haulage equipment; operation.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 77.1606Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.2 recent rows ↗

RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS

Recent violations and samples

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

VIOLATIONS12 latest shown
513480277.205(a)Citation
959206977.410(b)S&S
513141271.201(d)Citation
509559177.204S&S
509559077.1605(d)S&S
509558977.1605(d)S&S
509558877.1605(d)Citation
509231577.1607(p)Citation
OTHER HEALTH SAMPLES8 latest shown

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

Coal dustBULLDOZER OPERATOR
.024 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustBULLDOZER OPERATOR
.59 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustBULLDOZER OPERATOR
.028 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustHIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER
.043 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustBULLDOZER OPERATOR
.024 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustBULLDOZER OPERATOR
.019 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustUTILITY MAN
.343 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustELECTRICIAN
.163 mg/m³Not voided

SOURCE COVERAGE

Reporting dates and coverage

17 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.

DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors41May 26, 2010—Mar 31, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Oct 21, 2015—Oct 21, 2015mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal361Oct 27, 2009—Aug 25, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal101Apr 21, 2011—Sep 4, 2024mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety272Nov 9, 2009—Sep 9, 2026mine-keyed
Conferencescompliance · legal2Apr 2, 2014—Aug 24, 2016mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal101Oct 27, 2009—Jan 26, 2024mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety1,803Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety397Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance9Oct 14, 2009—Dec 28, 2015mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance66Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance17Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance98Oct 27, 2009—Aug 18, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment97Nov 9, 2009—Apr 7, 2026mine-keyed
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety8Dec 10, 2014—Feb 27, 2025mine-keyed
Violationscompliance · safety · legal371Oct 27, 2009—Sep 1, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable

NOTES

Limitations

  • Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
  • Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.