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):  February 18, 2011 (February 14, 2011)

Walter Energy, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

4211 W. Boy Scout Boulevard

Tampa, Florida 33607

(813) 871-4811

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive
offices)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed from Last Report)

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:

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

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 8.01               Other Events.

On July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) was enacted into federal law. Section 1503 of the Dodd-Frank Act requires a reporting company operating coal mines or with subsidiaries that operate coal mines to file a Current Report on Form 8-K upon receipt of written notice from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) of an imminent danger order under Section 107(a) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (“Mine Act”).

On February 14, 2011, Jim Walter Resources, Inc., (“JWR”) a subsidiary of Walter Energy, Inc., and the operator of the Company’s No. 7 Mine, received an imminent danger order (the “Order”) under section 107(a) of the Mine Act. The Order stated that a cavity in the roof in the entry of a mining section, measuring approximately ten feet wide by 15 feet long with a smaller cavity in the very top measuring three feet in diameter by 18 inches deep, allowed methane levels to reach 5.6%.  Power was immediately removed from the section and all miners were withdrawn from the area except those needed to improve ventilation.  The order was promptly terminated when the ventilation controls were improved and the methane levels decreased. No injuries resulted from the condition described in the Order.

SIGNATURES

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.

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