Mining Incidents

EDM No. 1 Mine Coal

Controlled by Edward A Asbury
Capels, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4609507

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2018–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
684
citations
90
significant & substantial
$230,206
proposed penalties
$151,175
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 6,956 25 9 3594.0
2025 Q3 1,398 8 1 5722.5
2025 Q2 1,311 14 1 10678.9
2025 Q1 1,158 9 1 7772.0
2024 Q3 6,046 29 5 4796.6
2024 Q1 7,432 8 0 1076.4
2023 Q4 7,349 9 2 1224.7
2023 Q3 6,583 25 2 3797.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2025 · 1 incident

May 6, 2025 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler OTHER
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

Employee stated on 5/6/25 to co-worker that EE had injured disk in EE's neck and back prior to coming to work for EDM No. 1 Mine. EE finished shift and talked to several people at the mine prior to leaving mine site. EE has not reported accident to management so time of accident and nature of injury has not been determined.

2023 · 1 incident

July 2, 2023 WV · Coal security guard, watchman OTHER
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Death on mine property - A security guard (employed by Squeeze Security) suffered a fatal heart attack while working at the surface area of an underground mine.

2020 · 1 incident

March 5, 2020 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee was trying to remove a piece of steel that was stuck in the drill chuck. EE's hand slid up the drill steel and across a steel burr on the drill steel lacerating EE's left hand.

2019 · 1 incident

August 7, 2019 WV · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was operating a continuous miner when a piece of rock fell out between roof bolts striking employee.

2018 · 2 incidents

December 31, 2018 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was tramming a forklift when EE drove off the road into the ditch. The forklift leaned on its side against the berm. As the employee was getting out of the forklift EE slipped and rolled over the embankment approximately 15 feet.

November 3, 2018 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While pushing a miner drum out of the scoop bucket, the employee stated that EE laid EE's arm on top of the back rest and as the scoop drifted back, EE's arm slipped of the back rest allowing EE's arm to get caught between the backrest and the coal rib.