Mining Incidents

Carico Ridge Strip Coal

Nora, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4407019

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Carico Ridge Strip.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2002–2005
Latest incident
Jan 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
124
citations
60
significant & substantial
$26,648
proposed penalties
$14,961
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 2,350 17 11 7234.0
2025 Q3 2,600 4 1 1538.5
2025 Q2 1,440 1 0 694.4
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 2,005 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,930 6 3 3108.8
2024 Q2 1,832 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2005 · 1 incident

January 15, 2005 VA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hokie Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was standing on a trailer (approximatelt 18 inches high) that a 6 inch water pump was mounted on. He went to exit the trailer and his right foot got caught on a metal bracket.

2004 · 4 incidents

October 4, 2004 VA · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hokie Mining Company · Fall from machine

Employee was stepping off of a launch pad to the ground when he stepped on a sump cylinder and slipped and fell approximately 5 feet to the ground and in doing so he straddled a 4x8 inch piece of tubeing.

July 21, 2004 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hokie Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee and co-worker carried a bottle of oxygen approximately 25 feet and loaded it into a service truck, a lift of approximately 3 feet. During the lift he felt a burning in the lower right side of his back.

March 6, 2004 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hokie Mining Company · Fall from ladders

EE CLIMBED ON TO HIS LOADER & CHECKED THE ANTI FREEZE BEFORE THE START OF HIS SHIFT. AS HE WAS COMING OFF THEL LOADER HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE STEP AND HE FELL APPROX. 3 FT TO THE GROUND

March 1, 2004 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hokie Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A SET OF FORKS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO INSTALL ON A FORK LIFT WHEN THE FORKS TILTED AND THREW HIM OFF.

2002 · 4 incidents

September 12, 2002 VA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Highwall Energy Company · Flash burns (welding)

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WELDING AT THE SAME TIME ON METAL BOXES. SOMETIME DURING THIS PERIOD ONE EMPLOYEE BURNT HIS EYES.

June 11, 2002 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Highwall Energy Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING A GENERATOR ONTOP THE HIGHWALL MINER. THE GENERATOR WAS HUNG FROM A TRUCK HOIST. AS IT WAS BEING LOWERED THE GENERATOR STARTED SPINNING. WHEN THE EE WAS TRYING TO STOP THE RO TATION HE STEPPED INTO THE HOLE WHERE THE GENERATOR WAS TO SET.

May 7, 2002 VA · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator MACHINERY
Highwall Energy Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS CUTTING ON A PIECE OF METAL WITH A SET OFTORCHES AND THE METAL POPPED AND A PIECE WENT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS LT. EYE.

February 23, 2002 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Highwall Energy Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING A LOADER AND AS HE WAS COMING DOWN THE LADDER HE MISSED A STEP AND TWISTED HIS BACK.