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Red River Coal Company, Inc. · Facility

Controlled by William D Humphreys

Norton, Wise County, VA · NonProducing

MSHA Mine ID: 4407319

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2014–2019
Latest incident: Feb 2019

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2014

citations

significant & substantial

$14,552

proposed penalties

$13,431

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	2,627	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	3,126	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	3,105	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	3,723	1	1	268.6
2024 Q4	3,153	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	3,902	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	3,753	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	4,302	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

5 on file

2019 · 1 incident

February 6, 2019 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Red River Coal Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee lifted a mounted truck tire off of stack of tires when employee felt pain in the low back/left hip area. Continued to work. Went to specialist on 3/20/19 to have checked due to continuing pain. Was put in physical therapy and on light duty work at this time, thus being reportable.

2017 · 2 incidents

February 27, 2017 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Red River Coal Company, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee stated that EE was using a cut off wheel to cut off a section of an exhaust pipe. The wheel broke causing a piece of the wheel to fly off and strike the employee's chin. No lost time incurred but reportable due to requiring sutures.

February 9, 2017 VA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler OTHER

Red River Coal Company, Inc. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated was servicing a coal loader. Squatted down onto knees to change the engine air filter. When employee did, felt a pop in right knee resulting in pain in right knee. Went to doctor to get checked out. Was put on restricted work duty.

2015 · 1 incident

January 31, 2015 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER

Red River Coal Company, Inc. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated that he was working in the shop putting a seat in a coal loader. He squatted down to put in bolts and when he tried to get up, he felt severe pain in his left knee. Checked by doctor on 02/11/2015 due to persistent pain and only became reportable on 02/20/2015 when he missed his first shift of work.

2014 · 1 incident

August 29, 2014 VA · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Red River Coal Company, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee stated that he was at the shop to wash his truck. He grabbed the hose and was backing up when he stumbled/fell over a drive line laying on the floor. Fell backwards landing on right shoulder. Did not go to doctor until 9/26/14 due to recurring pain. Tendon pulled in right shoulder. Lost time starting on 10/17/14 due to surgery on shoulder, thus reportable.