Mining Incidents

Highwall Miner #1 Coal

CC Resources, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Charles Collins
APPALACHIA, Wise County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1518914

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2006–2014
Latest incident
Nov 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
219
citations
84
significant & substantial
$82,290
proposed penalties
$41,404
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 2,978 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 1 0
2025 Q1 2,483 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 0 4 4
2024 Q3 1,747 3 1 1717.2
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q3 3,896 3 0 770.0
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

November 28, 2014 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ELECTRICAL
JRC Mining, Inc · Flash burns (electric)

EE was attempting to reset a 995 volt breaker which had tripped and when he latched the breaker I a flash occurred within the breaker causing buns to right wrist & forearm & right side of face treated at Pikeville Medical Center then was released.

2009 · 1 incident

2006 · 1 incident

August 11, 2006 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Century Operations, LLC · Struck by flying object

Beating track pin in miner, pin chipped striking injured person in left thigh.