Mining Incidents

#57 Miner: 92 MSHA citations Coal

Clintwood JOD, LLC · Surface
Controlled by JOD Holdings LLC
Phelps, Pike County, KY  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 4609370

#57 Miner has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $602 outstanding across 14 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2013–2015
Latest incident
Sep 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
92
citations
34
significant & substantial
$31,953
proposed penalties
$25,589
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,364 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
60
inspections on record
2,026
inspection hours
4.5
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.
92 citations across 2,026 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#57 Miner has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $602 outstanding across 14 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.
$32K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$602
outstanding
91 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
Of $24K in penalties contested before the Commission, $18K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-17.
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.
37.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
37.4%
reasonably likely or greater
36.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.1% low, 87.9% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
36 citations taken to the federal commission · 39% of citations on record
  • Settled 36 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 30 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$24K proposed, $18K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2016-12-14.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEVA 2010-1171 Settlement Andrews 2011 $10K → $8K
WEVA 2013-65 Settlement Feldman 2013 $3K → $3K
WEVA 2013-332 Settlement Andrews 2013 $2K → $2K
VA 2017-0055 Settlement Moran 2017 $2K → $2K
KENT 2015-0632 Settlement Simonton 2016 $1K → $1K
WEVA 2013-223 Settlement Feldman 2014 $946 → $446
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #57 Miner shows 99% of 151 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: 2024-10-17
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
151
samples
1.91
dust max (mg/m3)
1
over MSHA ECV
The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
125 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 26 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • AUGER OPERATOR50
  • GROUNDMAN26
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER26

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2023-07-13, 3 years ago
0.7
silica avg (%)
3
samples
1.0
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • AUGER OPERATOR3

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: 2024-10-17
1%
over PEL
93
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • AUGER OPERATOR20
  • FORKLIFT OPERATOR19
  • GROUNDMAN19
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
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 by year
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2024 100% 8
2023 100% 9
2022 100% 13
2021 100% 14
2020 100% 12
2019 100% 8
2018 100% 12
2017 100% 17
2016 89% 9
2015 100% 14
2014 100% 5
2013 100% 15
2012 100% 10
2010 100% 5
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2023 0.6 1
2022 0.7 2
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2024 13% 8
2023 0% 5
2022 0% 10
2021 0% 5
2020 0% 8
2019 0% 5
2018 0% 5
2017 0% 13
2016 0% 4
2015 0% 10
2014 0% 5
2013 0% 10
2012 0% 5
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

#57 Miner recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.

Injury rate, 2024
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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.16 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.17 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 4.31 4.31 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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. Mayo Resources Inc 2010 to 2016
  2. C W Augering, Inc. 2016 to 2019
  3. Clintwood JOD, LLC 2019 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)
2026 2 5,768
2025 9 26,206
2024 9 44,359
2023 9 47,887
2022 14 85,136
2021 13 95,858
2020 7 49,996
2019 9 26,367
2018 8 55,614
2017 10 76,980
2016 5 14,308
2015 20 146,176
2014 20 163,941
2013 23 186,083
2012 23 210,382
2011 25 76,587
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

#57 Miner sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
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
2026 Q2 47 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 446 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,957 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,734 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,804 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,666 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,089 4 0 656.9
2024 Q3 3,920 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,674 1 0 176.2
2024 Q1 6,304 1 0 158.6
2023 Q4 4,352 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,668 1 0 176.4
2023 Q2 1,412 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,271 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 9,253 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,183 3 0 366.6
2022 Q2 10,332 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 7,836 3 1 382.8
2021 Q4 9,213 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,528 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 8,001 3 0 375.0
2021 Q1 7,634 3 0 393.0
2020 Q4 4,202 2 0 476.0
2020 Q3 2,907 2 0 688.0
2020 Q2 3,619 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,987 1 0 200.5
2019 Q4 5,700 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,212 4 0 643.9
2019 Q2 5,894 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 7,251 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,455 4 0 1157.7
2018 Q3 4,320 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,474 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 7,376 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,874 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 7,424 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,184 1 1 122.2
2017 Q1 6,600 3 0 454.5
2016 Q4 4,657 3 3 644.2
2016 Q3 0 1 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 186 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 8,619 1 0 116.0
2015 Q3 11,962 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 14,309 4 2 279.5
2015 Q1 11,541 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 11,624 1 1 86.0
2014 Q3 12,540 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 13,961 1 0 71.6
2014 Q1 12,822 1 0 78.0
2013 Q4 13,465 2 0 148.5
2013 Q3 12,984 3 0 231.1
2013 Q2 14,897 1 1 67.1
2013 Q1 12,082 4 1 331.1
2012 Q4 14,340 2 2 139.5
2012 Q3 11,760 7 3 595.2
2012 Q2 16,473 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 14,437 1 1 69.3
2011 Q4 15,724 3 1 190.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2015 · 1 incident

September 16, 2015 KY · Coal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mayo Resources Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was standing on the tracks of a Gen set went to step over and slipped and fell catching self with his left arm. Pulled muscle in shoulder.

2013 · 2 incidents

February 20, 2013 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Mayo Resources Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was operating fork lift placing beams on high wall miner table. When the high wall fell on fork lift he received a laceration to the head and a compound fracture to right arm.

January 24, 2013 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mayo Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was moving a 55 gallon drum of antifreeze when the drum slipped and mashed his middle finger on left hand against another drum of antifreeze. He received 5 stitches on finger. Came back to work next day.