Mining Incidents

MINE #9 Coal

CLAS COAL COMPANY INC. · Underground
Controlled by William Ridley Elkins Jr
Dante, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4407217

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2011–2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
886
citations
213
significant & substantial
$264,407
proposed penalties
$212,476
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 13,319 22 3 1651.8
2025 Q3 15,666 13 3 829.8
2025 Q2 15,238 17 1 1115.6
2025 Q1 11,933 15 4 1257.0
2024 Q4 11,728 14 2 1193.7
2024 Q3 11,457 11 4 960.1
2024 Q2 10,987 10 1 910.2
2024 Q1 11,191 11 5 982.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

July 10, 2025 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Coal Corp. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Setting feeder on belt move pinched EE's thumb in between 2 crib blocks

July 10, 2025 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Coal Corp. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Setting feeder on belt move pinched thumb between two crib blocks

2023 · 1 incident

May 10, 2023 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Coal Corp. · Struck by falling object

Pulling a bearing off feeder shaft because bearing was down while pulling it off chain, slipped off bearing, striking them on the right wrist.

2021 · 1 incident

2018 · 2 incidents

October 15, 2018 VA · Coal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Four O Mining Corporation · Struck by flying object

Employee was working on a continuous miner using a sledge hammer to drive a new piece in. A small piece of metal broke off and flew into the employees upper right arm.

January 5, 2018 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Four O Mining Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Bridge op side cat was up on employee's foot.

2011 · 1 incident

August 30, 2011 VA · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Four O Mining Corporation · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE got on buggy, he did not put on safety glasses going to ride buggy to outside, he stepped on fire ext. and it went off in his face and eyes. Another ee and another ee flushed his eyes when inside mine. EE and EE flushed his eyes again once he was outside. EE did not request rescue service, ee took him to hays clinic.