Form 8-K

MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY

Date: May 6, 2011

/s/ Richard R. Grinnan

Richard R. Grinnan

Vice President and Corporate Secretary

0001193125-11-130972.txt : 20110506 0001193125-11-130972.hdr.sgml : 20110506 20110506171213 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-130972 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110504 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20110506 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110506 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MASSEY ENERGY CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000037748 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BITUMINOUS COAL & LIGNITE SURFACE MINING [1221] IRS NUMBER: 950740960 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07775 FILM NUMBER: 11820591 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4 NORTH 4TH STREET CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23219 BUSINESS PHONE: 9493492000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4 NORTH 4TH STREET CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23219 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FLUOR CORP/DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FLUOR CORP LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19710624 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 6, 2011 (May 4, 2011)

MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Delaware	1-7775	95-0740960
(State of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


4 North 4^th Street, Richmond, Virginia				23219
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (804) 788-1800

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report date)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01

Other Events

On July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) was enacted. Section 1503 of the Dodd-Frank Act contains new reporting requirements regarding mine safety, including disclosing on a Current Report on Form 8-K the receipt of an imminent danger order under section 107(a) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the “Mine Act”) issued by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”).

On May 4, 2011, Marfork Coal Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Massey Energy Company (the “Company”) and the operator of the Company’s Parker Peerless mine, received an imminent danger order under section 107(a) of the Mine Act stating that further repairs are required to address ribs damaged by stress on the mine’s #2 section which would need to be reflected in the roof control plan; otherwise further mining would create an imminent danger at the mine. The Company is currently assessing the condition and evaluating remedial alternatives.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.