Mining Incidents

JOLO MINE Coal

CHAD COAL CORP · Underground
Controlled by James Taylor; Coy Taylor
Jolo, Mcdowell County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609129

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2007–2009
Latest incident
Oct 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
305
citations
82
significant & substantial
$114,537
proposed penalties
$99,237
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
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 1 0
2014 Q4 0 1 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 96 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

2009 · 2 incidents

October 21, 2009 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Chad Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

Operator went across hump going to miner got head into top and shuttle car

May 15, 2009 WV · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Chad Coal Corp · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall has occurred on the #2 section ( MMU 002-0) The fall was 42 inches thick, 17 feet wide and 22 feet long in the #4 right crosscut at survey station #853.(Narrative per Violation No. 8070199)

2007 · 2 incidents

December 6, 2007 WV · Coal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chad Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

Two employees were installing air lock doors for the new 002 section. One had cut off a section of metal from the bottom of the door exposing a hot sharp point of metal. He tripped and fell on the metal causing a puncture wound to his upper left leg.

May 10, 2007 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chad Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE & superintendent were installing track rail when inj. EE flipped over a section of track rail & caught his finger lacerating the tip of finger. Required stitches.