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No. 5 Coal

DaCoal Mining, Inc. · Underground

Controlled by David Stevenson

MAXIE, Buchanan County, VA · Temporarily Idled

MSHA Mine ID: 4407154

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2007–2014
Latest incident: Jul 2014

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2006

622

citations

149

significant & substantial

$152,870

proposed penalties

$137,921

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	0	0	0
2025 Q3	0	0	0
2025 Q2	0	0	0
2025 Q1	0	0	0
2024 Q3	0	0	0
2024 Q2	0	0	0
2024 Q1	0	0	0
2023 Q4	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

3 on file

2014 · 1 incident

July 15, 2014 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE

DaCoal Mining, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a 21SC shuttle car when he hit a hole in the bottom (mine floor) causing him to bounce in the operator's seat causing injury to his lower back and tail bone.

2010 · 1 incident

March 10, 2010 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY

DaCoal Mining, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was installing roof bolts when his glove (leather) was caught between the head (drill) and pinner steel dislocating the thumb on his right hand.

2007 · 1 incident

May 8, 2007 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

DaCoal Mining, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall occurred in the #4 entry crosscut (break). The fall measured approximately 30' in length, 10' in width and 48" to 60" in thickness covering up our Fletcher single head roof bolter.