Mining Incidents

Toms Creek North Coal

Coeburn, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407367

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2017–2019
Latest incident
Dec 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
167
citations
47
significant & substantial
$46,440
proposed penalties
$35,420
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
2020 Q1 8,655 14 3 1617.6
2019 Q4 17,764 17 5 957.0
2019 Q3 17,037 18 5 1056.5
2019 Q2 18,233 7 1 383.9
2019 Q1 18,702 23 10 1229.8
2018 Q4 19,218 29 4 1509.0
2018 Q3 18,130 9 1 496.4
2018 Q2 17,351 8 4 461.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2019 · 1 incident

December 4, 2019 VA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Capital Coal Corp. · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall occurred on belt line due to slicken sided undetected roof. Top was also bolted with approved 4' bolts.

2018 · 2 incidents

September 17, 2018 VA · Coal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Coal Corp. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The victim was loading rock dust when they threw a bag of dust. They hurt their right shoulder.

2017 · 1 incident

December 15, 2017 VA · Coal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Coal Corp. · Struck by falling object

While removing drill steel from the drilled hole, a piece fell out striking employee on the right hand.