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):  November 21, 2011

Walter Energy, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

3000 Riverchase Galleria, Suite 1700

Birmingham, Alabama 35244

(205) 745-2000

 (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 November 21, 2011, Jim Walter Resources, Inc., a subsidiary of Walter Energy, Inc., and the operator of the Company’s No. 4 Mine, received an imminent danger order (the “Order”) under section 107(a) of the Mine Act. The Order stated that an explosive mixture of methane and air had accumulated in the number 8 section at three crosscuts between pairs of permanent stoppings.  The Order directed that number 8 section from crosscut 11 inby be withdrawn.  The permanent stoppings that were installed reducing the ventilation were removed and normal ventilation was restored, eliminating the explosive mixture of methane.  No injuries resulted from the condition described in the Order.

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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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