Mining Incidents

Carico Ridge Auger Coal

Nora, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4609052

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2005–2024
Latest incident
Oct 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
16
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,187
proposed penalties
$3,187
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 1,119 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 581 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 225 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,213 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 501 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 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

4 on file

2024 · 2 incidents

October 28, 2024 VA · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bundy Auger Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was driving a pin with a hand held hammer to remove the sprocket assembly of the conveyor motor. EE missed the pin and struck their right thumb.

August 29, 2024 VA · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bundy Auger Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was swinging auger steels during mining. The auger was sitting on a slight slope. EE felt knee "pop". EE said it hurt a little but didn't think anything of it. EE worked the remainder of the shift. EE states woke up in the middle of the night in a lot of pain and could not bend the knee. EE was treated on 08/30/2024 at an Urgent Care.

2018 · 1 incident

February 28, 2018 VA · Coal groundman, yardman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bundy Auger Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

We were pulling the hole and EE was stacking the auger back on the sled and when EE stacked the top one it didn't get seated far enough back in the cradle and rolled off the top and landed on EE's right foot.

2005 · 1 incident

June 13, 2005 VA · Coal auger helper MACHINERY
Bundy Auger Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was injured while attempting to lift an auger flight with a hoist. The flight hung up and when the employee freed it, one end of the flight fell onto the employees left hand.