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#4: 19 MSHA citations Coal

J & R Coal Inc · Underground
Controlled by Roger N Bentley
Hueysville, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517277

#4 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1992–2000
Latest incident
Feb 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
19
citations
9
significant & substantial
$2,302
proposed penalties
$2,302
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See J & R Coal Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
13
inspections on record
177
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: 177 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#4 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-08-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
47.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
47.4%
reasonably likely or greater
5.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.8% low, 84.2% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #4 shows 91% of 43 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Last sampled: 2000-08-23, 26 years ago
91%
within 1.5 mg/m3
43
samples
2.57
dust max (mg/m3)
24 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 19 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR23
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR5
  • COAL DRILL OPERATOR4

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2000-03-28, 26 years ago
4.1
silica avg (%)
2
samples
4.4
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR1
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2000-09-07, 25 years ago
11%
over PEL
9
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • COAL DRILL OPERATOR2
  • CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR2
  • ROOF BOLTER (SINGLE HEAD)2
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

#4 recorded 5.13 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
5.13
total case rate
5.13
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 8.83 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Richardson Fuel Inc 1992 to 1992
  2. J & R Coal Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2000 19 117,417
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

#4 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 13,161 13 8 987.8
2000 Q2 12,245 1 1 81.7
2000 Q1 13,598 5 0 367.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

2000 · 1 incident

February 22, 2000 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J & R Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNSPOOLING STEEL ROPE AND HIT HIM IN EYE.

1999 · 2 incidents

November 30, 1999 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
J & R Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS AND HAD HIS LEFT KNEE TOO CLOSE UNDER POT AND DROPPED POT ON HIS KNEE.

November 2, 1999 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
J & R Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TENDENITIS IN LEFT WRIST.

1998 · 3 incidents

November 11, 1998 KY · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J & R Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING PLASTIC LINE (WATER) WITH POCKET KNIFE AND IT SLIPPED CUTTING HIS RIGHT FINGER NEXT TO HIS THUMB.

October 2, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
J & R Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REPAIR MAN WAS WORKING ON HOSE ON CUTTER. EE TOLD OPERATOR TO START MACHINE. OPERATOR THOUGHT HE TOLD HIM TO SET THE MACHINE OVER. BRUISED LEFT FOOT (NO BLEEDING OR BROKEN BONES),

April 8, 1998 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
J & R Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING UP ROOF BOLT AND PLATER CAUGHT INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND AND BRUISED IT.

1997 · 3 incidents

December 8, 1997 KY · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
J & R Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

A HORSE BACK ( PIECE OF ROCK) 2" THICK X 18" WIDE X 24" FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS AND STRUCKHIM ON THE BACK OF THE NECK.

October 6, 1997 KY · Coal INUNDATION
J & R Coal Inc · Accident type, without injuries

CUTTING #1 HEADING AND IN LEFT RIB CUTTING TO OLD WORKS THAT WAS NOT ON MAP AND COULD NOT FIND ANY MAPS TO SHOW IT WAS WORKED OUT.

July 31, 1997 KY · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J & R Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING RED DEVIL TO PULL BELT & BAR IN RED DEVIL SLIPPED & CAUGHT LEFT THUMB & CUT & BROKE IT.

1995 · 4 incidents

September 20, 1995 KY · Coal scoop car operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
J & R Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM ROOF WHILE RUNNING A 482 S/S SCOOP & HIT HIM ON THE HEAD & HURT HIS NECK

April 25, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
J & R Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RUNNING GALIS ROOF BOLTER [300] & TRAM LEVER STUCH & ATRS JACK HIT HIM IN THE BACK.

April 24, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler OTHER
J & R Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOT SOMETHING IN RIGHT EYE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN AND DR COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING.

March 7, 1995 KY · Coal scoop car operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
J & R Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

PIECE OF WIRE HANGING DOWN FROM ROOF BOLT AND CUT HIS EYE BROW.

1994 · 2 incidents

March 1, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
J & R Coal Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED AND FELL OUT SIDE IN MUD AND BRUISED HIS KIDNEY.

February 28, 1994 KY · Coal driller operator MACHINERY
J & R Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS BACKING DRILL(LONG AIRDOX 24B) DOWN ENTRY HAD FOOT HANGING OVER A BLOCK OF COAL PULLED HISFOOT UNDER DECK OF DRILL.

1993 · 4 incidents

December 3, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
J & R Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

GOT OFF BUGGIE AND WAS WALKING TOWARDS SCOOP AND CONTACTOR SUCK IN ON BUGGIE AND PINNED HIS RIGHT LEG BETWEEN BUGGIE AND BATTERIES AND BROKE HIS LEG JUST ABOVE HIS FOOT.

August 21, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
J & R Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BOLTING OVERCAST AND STEEL OR POT CAUGHT GLOVE AND WHEN HE TURNED IT ON IT CUT END OF LEFT INDELITTLE FINGER.

February 19, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J & R Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

DROPPED JACK ON FIGNER AND THE END OF FINGER ON LEFT HAND REQUIRED STITCHES.

1992 · 1 incident

October 30, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
J & R Coal Inc · Struck against stationary object

WAS OPERATING INNER MOUNTAIN BUGGIE FORMANTRIP AND THE WHEEL RAN UP ON A BLOCK OF COAL AND HIS HARD HAT CUT HIS FOREHEAD.