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Carico Ridge Strip: 44 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Carico Ridge Strip is an active coal (bituminous) surface mine in Dickenson County, Virginia, operated by Big D Enterprises, Inc with 5 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4407019). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 44 citations and orders there with $13,065 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4407019
- Status
- Active since April 19, 2021
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Dickenson County, Virginia
- Nearest town
- Nora
- Operator
- Big D Enterprises, Inc
- Employees
- 5
- MSHA field office
- Norton VA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 44
- Significant and substantial
- 19 (43.2%)
- Closure orders
- 2
- High negligence or reckless
- 5
- Proposed penalties
- $13,065
- Amount paid so far
- $1,378
- Inspections
- 11
- Inspector hours on site
- 313
- Citations per inspection
- 4.00 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- July 20, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | $798 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9 | 4 | $1,366 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | $1,255 | 0 |
| 2025 | 22 | 12 | $9,495 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | $151 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Carico Ridge Strip
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 12 |
| 30 CFR 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 10 |
| 30 CFR 77.1104 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 71.400 | Surface coal mines, health | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.404 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.208 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.410 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1000 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1110 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.205 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1109 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.400 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 71.206 | Surface coal mines, health | 1 |
Other open mines in Dickenson County, Virginia
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Mine 41 | Paramont Contura, LLC | Dickenson County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 397 | 790 |
| Deep Mine 44 | Paramont Contura, LLC | Dickenson County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 17 | 523 |
| Mine #9 | Clas Coal Company Inc. | Dickenson County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 26 | 350 |
| McClure River Plant | Dickenson-Russell Contura, LLC | Dickenson County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 76 | 124 |
| Deep Mine 46 | Paramont Contura, LLC | Dickenson County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 70 | 72 |
| 88 Strip | Paramont Contura, LLC | Dickenson County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 114 | 47 |
| Mill Creek No. 1 Surface | Appalachian Development | Dickenson County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 3 | 26 |
| Long Branch Surface Mine | Paramont Contura, LLC | Dickenson County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 2 | 18 |
| Baden #1 | A & G Coal Corporation | Dickenson County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 11 |
| Red Onion No. 1 | Pmo Virginia LLC | Dickenson County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 4 |
| Carico Ridge Mine | Triple H. Fuels, Inc. | Dickenson County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 4 |
| Carico Ridge Auger | Big D Enterprises, Inc | Dickenson County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 5 | 3 |
| Nora Preparation Plant | Wellmore Coal Company, LLC | Dickenson County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 2 |
| M & M Energy LLC | M & M Energy LLC | Dickenson County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 1 |
| Dismal Upper Banner #1 | Banner Company | Dickenson County, VA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.