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Bull Branch Surface Mine Coal

Clintwood JOD, LLC · Surface

Controlled by JOD Holdings LLC

Phelps, Pike County, KY · NonProducing

MSHA Mine ID: 1519905

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2022–2024
Latest incident: Jun 2024

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2022

citations

significant & substantial

$33,518

proposed penalties

$16,069

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	33,010	10	1	302.9
2025 Q3	29,509	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	39,223	27	9	688.4
2025 Q1	39,302	3	0	76.3
2024 Q4	38,032	11	5	289.2
2024 Q3	40,118	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	35,292	7	1	198.3
2024 Q1	32,872	0	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2024 · 3 incidents

June 12, 2024 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Clintwood JOD, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING HAUL TRUCK FROM PIT AREA TO DUMP AREA AND HIT ROUGH SPOT IN HAUL ROAD AND THE SEAT BOTTOMED OUT AND HURT THEIR BACK.

January 11, 2024 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Clintwood JOD, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRAINING ANOTHER OPERATOR WHEN TRUCK OVERTURNED.

January 11, 2024 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Clintwood JOD, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERTING ROCK TRUCK WHEN IT OVERTURNED.

2022 · 1 incident

November 2, 2022 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Clintwood JOD, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was setting up light plant, adjusting bulbs to shine onto parking lot area. When employee was coming down off berm employee slipped and fell, tried to break fall with left arm, resulting in fracture.