Mining Incidents

Convict Hollow Coal

Controlled by Metinvest B V
MAXIE, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4407040

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2002–2009
Latest incident
Apr 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
187
citations
68
significant & substantial
$74,901
proposed penalties
$73,850
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 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 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

9 on file

2009 · 1 incident

April 8, 2009 VA · Coal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Surface Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

turned 992 loader over into a pit. He was a contractor for Bates Contracting & Construction Inc. They reported the accident to MSHA. I got a violation issued on 7-9-09 to file an accident report on incident also.

2008 · 1 incident

November 21, 2008 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Surface Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

The injury was not reported until 11/23/08. We were informed that the EE was grinding metal and got something in his eye at that time.

2007 · 1 incident

February 19, 2007 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Surface Minerals Company · Fall from machine

Employee was starting the equipment and as he exited a dozer he slipped on the push bar and fell to the ground approximately 2.5 feet. The condition was cold, icy, and snowy. This is a revised submittal.

2005 · 1 incident

April 29, 2005 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
White Oak Tetons, LLC. · Fall from machine

Employee was working on a fuel line on a dozer, approximately seven feet off of the ground, and lost his balance and fell to the ground landing on his left side.

2004 · 2 incidents

July 22, 2004 VA · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Compac Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was welding on top of a loader bucket turned over (unattached) and the next thing he remembers is waking up lying on the ground, a fall of approximately ten feet

May 18, 2004 VA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Compac Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was installing a bearing race in a 777 wheel loader using a chisel and hammer. When he struck the chisel, a piece of metal came off and lodged in lower arm.

2003 · 2 incidents

September 12, 2003 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Compac Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS INSTALLING MOTOR SUPPORTS ON A LOADER HE HAD TO REMOVE THE STEPS TO DO THIS JOB. HE EXITED THE LOADER AND GO A WRENCH AND AS HE RE-ENTERED THE LOADER HE HIT HIS HEAD ON ONE OF THE META L BRACKETS THAT THE STEPS BOLTED TO.

January 9, 2003 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Compac Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE EE WAS TRYING TO LOOSE A LARGE ROCK THAT WAS EMBEDDED. AS HE WAS PUSHING ON IT WITH THE DOZER BLADE HE GOT ENOUGH PRESSURE ON THE ROCK TO LIFT THE REAR OF THE DOZER OFF OF THE GROUND APPRO XIMATELY 2 TO 3 FEET. THE ROCK BUSTED AS HE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE AND THE REAR OF THE DOZER FELL. HE WAS WEARING SEAT RESTRAINTS.

2002 · 1 incident

October 11, 2002 VA · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Compac Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING THE ROCK TRUCK AND HE REMEMBERS STEPPING ON THE LAST STEP NEXT TO THE GROUND WHICH IS APPROX 2-3 FT FROM THE GROUND. THE NEXT THING HE REMEMBERS IS LYING ON THE GROUND.