James B Simpkins controller
MSHA controller ID: C09464
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 219
- Mines on record
- 27
- Years on record
- 1984–2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
15
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,115
proposed penalties
$1,115
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date — a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
682
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 682 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 58 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 49 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 41 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 28 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 27 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 8 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2000
8
1999
6
1998
3
1997
30
1996
18
1995
9
1994
14
1993
13
1992
34
1991
26
1990
11
1989
3
1988
2
1987
12
1986
13
1985
9
1984
8
Operators under this controller
- Select Mining Inc 73
- Kentucky Select Inc 21
- Mystery Mountain Coal Company Inc 21
- Coalburg Enterprises Inc 18
- Anchor Mining Inc 17
- Virginia Select Inc 14
- Cow Creek Coal Company Inc 13
- Pehem Industries Inc 11
- River Ridge Coals Inc 9
- Jeruel Coal Company Inc 7
- Renata Mining Inc 6
- South Branch Coal Company Inc 3
- D Short Coal Company Inc 2
- Berachah Mining Inc 1
- Coastal Coal Company Llc 1
- Peres Processing Company Inc 1
- Tygart Coal Company 1
Mines on record
- Mine #5 WV
- No 1 KY
- Mine No 4 WV
- Deep Mine # 3 VA
- Little Leatherwood Mine #1 KY
- Freeport 2 (1) WV
- C-2 Mine WV
- No 1 Winifrede (1) WV
- No 1 Surface WV
- No 2 KY
- Mine No 3 WV
- No 2 Mine WV
- No 1 KY
- No 6 WV
- South Fork No 1 Deep (1) WV
- No 1 WV
- No 1 WV
- Mine N0 1 WV
- Surface No 1 Mines WV
- No 2 Deep WV
- No 2 WV
- No 2 WV
- No 1 WV
- No 1 Load-Out (1) WV
- No 1 WV
- No 1 WV
- No 1 WV