Mining Incidents

#1 Coal

Jasper Coal, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Amber Hall
Mouise, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519159

#1 has $718K in proposed MSHA penalties and $718K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2008–2009
Latest incident
May 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
790
citations
256
significant & substantial
$717,545
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $717,545 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
40
inspections on record
2,708
inspection hours
29.2
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.
790 citations across 2,708 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#1 has $718K in proposed MSHA penalties and $718K outstanding across 2 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$718K
proposed penalties
$718K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$718K
outstanding
754 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-10-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 1.04 mg/m3 (81% compliant) across 90 samples.

Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
1.04
dust avg (mg/m3)
7.77
dust max (mg/m3)
81%
within 1.5 mg/m3
90
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-04-12.
Silica (quartz)
3.6
silica avg (%)
9.4
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-12-16.
Noise
0%
over PEL
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-06-05.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 3,400 62 20 18235.3
2010 Q1 2,619 84 30 32073.3
2009 Q4 11,049 85 27 7693.0
2009 Q3 6,107 23 8 3766.2
2009 Q2 13,335 79 22 5924.3
2009 Q1 14,315 108 38 7544.5
2008 Q4 20,417 136 61 6661.1
2008 Q3 8,316 127 31 15271.8
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2 12,441 35 9 2813.3
2008 Q1 18,957 34 4 1793.5
2007 Q4 869 13 5 14959.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2009 · 1 incident

May 4, 2009 KY · Coal coal dump operator POWERED HAULAGE
D & D Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Watching feeder and rock flew up & struck employee in right eye lid, causing laceration.

2008 · 2 incidents

August 31, 2008 KY · Coal driller operator ELECTRICAL
D & D Mining Inc · Contact with electrical current

Working in damp conditions. Pulling drill cable up and was shocked.

May 29, 2008 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & C Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hanging cutter cable, he twisted abdomen & lower back.

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The full compliance file on #1

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.