Mining Incidents

Magnum #2 Coal

101 Coal Inc. · Underground
Evarts, Harlan County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519869

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2022–2024
Latest incident
Dec 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
387
citations
69
significant & substantial
$129,047
proposed penalties
$49,733
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 20,862 24 0 1150.4
2025 Q3 13,438 15 3 1116.2
2025 Q2 5,888 14 2 2377.7
2025 Q1 12,547 20 3 1594.0
2024 Q4 13,130 20 4 1523.2
2024 Q3 24,085 30 6 1245.6
2024 Q2 24,824 21 3 846.0
2024 Q1 26,105 40 5 1532.3
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2024 · 3 incidents

December 13, 2024 KY · Coal electrician, lineman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
JRL COAL INC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE stated gloves were wet from working on Equip. Put 1 glove under bucket on P/C, found can of soup from days past under second bucket, when moving soup off P/C, can burst in EE's right hand, lacerating middle & ring fingers & palm.

January 23, 2024 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
JRL COAL INC · Rubbed or abraded

Employee stated that they had cut a hole in the top of a hydraulic oil container to fill the continuous miner with oil. After emptying the container, employee stated that they threw the container to the side and cut their right index finger on a jagged edge of the container. Employee was taken to hospital and received two (2) stitches.

January 9, 2024 KY · Coal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
JRL COAL INC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee reported that as they were helping to move miner cable, they felt a "pop" in their right shoulder. Employee missed no days of work. But they have ended up having to have surgery. Their surgery is scheduled for 07/23/2024.

2023 · 6 incidents

August 22, 2023 KY · Coal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
JRL COAL INC · Struck by falling object

EE was picking up a "fork" that had came off of the fork lift. As EE was positioning the fork to put it back on the fork lift, it fell, striking EE on top of the right foot. EE was taken to the local hospital and received three stitches.

June 26, 2023 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
JRL COAL INC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE states was loading the tray of the bolt machine with glue. As EE was loading the tray, EE dropped the box of glue. EE states that as EE bent over to pick up the box glue, EE felt a strain in the lower back.

June 6, 2023 KY · Coal supply man, nipper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
JRL COAL INC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was loading crib block into the bucket of a scoop by hand. As EE was loading the crib block, EE states that they felt a "pop" in right shoulder with immediate pain.

April 15, 2023 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
JRL COAL INC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting tape off of chuck with a belt knife, and cut their hand in the process.

March 23, 2023 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
JRL COAL INC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was removing the lids from the top of the continuous miner, when their hand slipped, causing the lid to mash their left thumb.

January 23, 2023 KY · Coal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
JRL COAL INC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Injured was loading bolt straps onto a lo-trac and as they lifted a heavy bundle of straps and turned to put on lo-trac, they felt a sharp pain in their lower back and pelvic area which began to swell immediately.

2022 · 1 incident

November 21, 2022 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
JRL COAL INC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injured was changing tire on lo trac and as EE let the jack down, EE had their hand on top of tire. As jack dropped, the finder of lo trac caught EE's hand between finder and tire causing a laceration and bruising. 4 stitches were necessary to close laceration.