Sally Ann Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
Employee stated that while lifting a bag of rock dust, they felt a pain in their lower belly. Work location: Surface supply yard.
No 1 Coal
Sally Ann Coal Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Edward A Asbury
Welch,
Mcdowell County,
WV
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4607366
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 2001–2025
- Latest incident
- Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,534
citations
350
significant & substantial
$726,348
proposed penalties
$400,649
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 | 6,557 | 43 | 13 | 6557.9 |
| 2025 Q2 | 3,083 | 15 | 2 | 4865.4 |
| 2025 Q1 | 5,182 | 31 | 3 | 5982.2 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,273 | 19 | 2 | 14925.4 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,607 | 18 | 0 | 11201.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 7,235 | 21 | 3 | 2902.6 |
| 2023 Q4 | 8,941 | 31 | 7 | 3467.2 |
| 2023 Q3 | 8,192 | 36 | 6 | 4394.5 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file2025 · 1 incident
2023 · 1 incident
Sally Ann Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Employee was operating a scoop when the scoop slid sideways. The operator's deck on the scoop slid under a braw, the employee was pushed down in the operator's deck by the braw.
2016 · 1 incident
Sally Ann Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee had just returned to the surface and while standing in the parking lot, employee felt a sharp pain in employee's right knee, employee stated - employee's leg "gave out", causing employee to fall to the ground.
2013 · 1 incident
February 7, 2013
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sally Ann Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object
Employee was unloading timbers when a timber fell and struck employee on the right wrist.
2010 · 1 incident
December 28, 2010
WV · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sally Ann Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was helping to make a belt splice, when he knuckled the clamp off the crossbar came back and struck employee on the head.
2008 · 1 incident
Ruscat Enterprises, Inc. · Struck against stationary object
Employee was operating rubber tired man trip when he apparently struck a rock in the roadway causing the steering wheel to jerk.
2006 · 2 incidents
Ruscat Enterprises, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries
Roof fall occurred between 4 p.m. 11/1/06 & 7 a.m. 11/2/06, #1 entry. From spad #126 inby for a distance of 70-75'. Fall was timbered, cribs set & dangered off. Fall was reported 7:10 a.m. on 11/02/06.
October 27, 2006
WV · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Ruscat Enterprises, Inc. · Struck by falling object
Employee was traveling up intake on a mantrip when a piece of draw rock fell and struck employee on his rt. knee.
2001 · 2 incidents
February 20, 2001
WV · Coal
scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Blue Haven Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING SCOOP WHEN HE PLACED HIS HAND BETWEEN BOTH SECTION OF SCOOP.
January 31, 2001
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Blue Haven Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT WHILE PUSHING UP ON ROOF BOLT THE BOLT SLIPPED OUT OF DRILL PAD &] STRUCK EE LEFT THUMB