Mining Incidents

PARDEE PLANT/LOADOUT Coal

Controlled by Keri Findley
Appalachia, Wise County, VA  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4405014

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
2002–2012
Latest incident
Oct 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
573
citations
266
significant & substantial
$190,273
proposed penalties
$172,443
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 984 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,288 2 0 608.3
2025 Q1 3,718 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,620 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,457 27 10 3192.6
2023 Q3 3,416 15 5 4391.1
2023 Q2 9,961 4 1 401.6
2022 Q4 1,464 9 3 6147.5
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

2012 · 1 incident

October 23, 2012 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was dismounting the front end loader when he stumbled striking his right wrist on the ground resulting in a fracture

2011 · 3 incidents

December 30, 2011 VA · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

He was changing out drive shaft on vessel and was going back in with new shaft while still attached to chain hoist he stopped hoist to rest, placed his hand on shaft, weight shifted causing shaft to move and pinch his finger in between chain, shaft and vessel.

December 28, 2011 VA · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was removing a cyclone to change out. When he started lifting the cyclone, it suddenly turned and pinched his hand against a brace in cyclone tub and mashed his fingers/ hand.

October 31, 2011 VA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Was riffling a coal sample and was turning his body while carrying a the sample, weighing approximately 70 pounds, and his left knee gave out on him. There was swelling and he could not put a lot of pressure on his leg.

2009 · 7 incidents

December 2, 2009 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on a seperator in the plant when he got his left hand caught in a pinch point under the seperator resulting in one mashed finger and one fractured finger.

October 27, 2009 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED BACK INTO A SMALL HOLE WHILE FUSING PIPES TOGETHER - SPRAINED ANKLE

October 23, 2009 VA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Struck against stationary object

Working in trench drain, stepped on rock and twisted ankle. Did not find out ankle was broken until 10/30/09 and sought treatment.

July 10, 2009 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee slipped on a metal walkway, resulting in a laceration on his lower leg, that required 5 stitches to close.

May 19, 2009 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator FIRE
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was operating a 988 Caterpillar Front End Loader when it caught fire. The employee recieved a couple of second degree burns as he was exiting the loader. The loader was completely destroyed and the fire was not contained in a 30 minute period.

January 25, 2009 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Pulling on slate bar to shut doors on railroad cars and felt a twinge in lower back.

January 8, 2009 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Closing doors of railroad cars with a prybar and slipped and fell on some ice.

2006 · 1 incident

March 26, 2006 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A PIECE OF DUCTWORK THROUGH A BLOCK WALL. HE WAS STANDING WITH ONE FOOT ON THE 4TH STEP OF A STEP LADDER & ON A PIECE OF HANDRAIL WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF. HE FELL 4' STRAINING HIS RT. KNEE.

2005 · 3 incidents

September 6, 2005 VA · Coal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was carrying an outrigger pad around to set up on the boom truck. While carrying the pad, he stepped in a hole in the ground and felt a sharp pain in the groin area.

July 11, 2005 VA · Coal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was trying to pick up on a steel beam to work it into position for installation, when he felt a sharp pain in his groin area. Not reported to supervisor until 7/15/05.

April 26, 2005 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Struck against a moving object

Driver had 2 previous verbal warnings concerning speeding. Turned over truck was found across tracks at bottom of "A" side lying on its driver's side. Transmission was in neutral, Jake turned off, engine still running, brakes still hot to touch, 1 hr 45 min later. Driver had attempted to shift gears going downhill & got the truck out of gear. Results, runaway truck.

2004 · 2 incidents

June 17, 2004 VA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was in preparation dept. crushing coal samples. When he lifted the lid on crusher to clean, wt. approx. 70 lbs., it fell back down and hit hand

June 3, 2004 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE TRIPPED ON A SMALL MOUND OF DIRT. AS HE TRIED TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE HIS RIGHT FOOT TWISTED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL IN A SITTING POSITION WITH THE MAJORITY OF HIS BODY WEIGHT LANDING ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

2003 · 1 incident

August 27, 2003 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTS WERE BEING MADE TO TURN OVER THE GEARS OF A REAR END FOR REPAIRS WHEN THE TIP OF A MIDDLE FINGER WAS SEVERED FROM A LEFT HAND.

2002 · 1 incident

October 5, 2002 VA · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cumberland River Coal LLC · Struck against a moving object

DUE TO RATE OF SPEED, A LACK OF STOPPING POWER CAUSED EXCESSIVE SPEED BEYOND HANDLING CAPABILITIES THEREFORE RESULTING COAL TRUCK TURNING OVER INTO DITCHLINE & SLIDING ON ITS SIDE APPROX. 20 FT. ON ITS SIDE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.