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#9 MINER: 121 MSHA citations Coal

Clintwood JOD, LLC · Surface
Controlled by JOD Holdings LLC
Hurley, VA, Buchanan County, VA  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1518713

#9 MINER has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $567 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2015–2017
Latest incident
Jul 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
121
citations
45
significant & substantial
$29,403
proposed penalties
$28,167
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,236 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Clintwood JOD, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
68
inspections on record
1,827
inspection hours
6.6
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.
121 citations across 1,827 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#9 MINER has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $567 outstanding across 1 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.
$29K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$567
outstanding
121 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-23.
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.
37.2%
significant & substantial
6.6%
high negligence or reckless
37.2%
reasonably likely or greater
14.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.1% low, 84.3% moderate, 6.6% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $2K 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 2014-04-22.
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
KENT 2014-0438 Settlement McCarthy 2014 $3K → $2K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #9 MINER shows 100% of 144 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: 2025-04-23
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
144
samples
1.36
dust max (mg/m3)
0
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.
144 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • AUGER OPERATOR33
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER30
  • GROUNDMAN28

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: 2025-04-23
0%
over PEL
88
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • AUGER OPERATOR18
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER18
  • GROUNDMAN16
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
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
2025 100% 7
2024 100% 5
2023 100% 13
2019 100% 8
2018 100% 4
2017 100% 10
2016 100% 7
2015 100% 4
2014 100% 7
2013 100% 7
2012 100% 8
2011 100% 5
2010 100% 10
2009 100% 13
2008 100% 3
2007 100% 12
2006 100% 8
2005 100% 7
2004 100% 6
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2025 0% 7
2023 0% 13
2019 0% 7
2018 0% 4
2017 0% 7
2016 0% 4
2015 0% 4
2014 0% 3
2013 0% 4
2012 0% 4
2010 0% 5
2009 0% 8
2007 0% 8
2006 0% 4
2005 0% 3
2004 0% 3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

#9 MINER recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 2.97 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 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. C W Augering Inc 2004 to 2019
  2. Clintwood JOD, LLC 2019 to present
  3. Civil LLC 2020 to 2021
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 7 6,926
2025 10 40,997
2024 11 87,900
2023 13 35,079
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 4 17,211
2018 5 80,726
2017 5 41,525
2016 16 91,586
2015 16 40,526
2014 7 43,434
2013 7 59,876
2012 7 88,382
2011 9 47,369
2010 6 44,382
2009 7 92,400
2008 7 74,324
2007 6 78,611
2006 7 97,664
2005 8 75,952
2004 6 61,105
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

#9 MINER sits in Buchanan County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% 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.
Buchanan County, Virginia · Population 19,857
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$42,216
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 1,750 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 5,725 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,176 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,931 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,029 1 0 142.3
2025 Q1 7,461 3 0 402.1
2024 Q4 6,305 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 9,179 3 1 326.8
Show 82 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,126 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,596 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 6,176 2 0 323.8
2023 Q3 5,504 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8,646 2 0 231.3
2023 Q1 1,480 2 0 1351.4
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 71 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,019 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,006 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,946 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,503 1 0 285.5
2018 Q3 3,824 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,962 3 1 757.2
2018 Q1 3,611 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,971 5 1 1005.8
2017 Q3 3,998 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,274 3 1 916.3
2017 Q1 2,956 4 1 1353.2
2016 Q4 2,690 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,591 4 1 871.3
2016 Q2 3,108 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,702 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,856 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,321 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,924 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,180 5 2 1196.2
2014 Q4 4,482 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,871 1 1 170.3
2014 Q2 5,203 2 0 384.4
2014 Q1 5,203 3 1 576.6
2013 Q4 4,940 2 0 404.9
2013 Q3 5,700 4 3 701.8
2013 Q2 4,334 2 2 461.5
2013 Q1 5,542 4 0 721.8
2012 Q4 5,839 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,746 2 1 348.1
2012 Q2 3,078 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,381 2 0 456.5
2011 Q4 4,305 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,558 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,223 2 2 276.9
2011 Q1 4,331 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,186 2 1 477.8
2010 Q3 4,037 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,025 3 1 497.9
2010 Q1 4,069 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,372 7 3 1303.1
2009 Q3 6,358 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,698 1 1 212.9
2009 Q1 4,415 4 1 906.0
2008 Q4 2,420 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,217 2 1 277.1
2008 Q2 3,872 3 1 774.8
2008 Q1 6,265 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,900 5 2 1282.1
2007 Q3 3,825 5 2 1307.2
2007 Q2 751 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,610 4 1 605.1
2006 Q4 2,960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,707 1 0 212.4
2006 Q2 8,248 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,036 6 5 1191.4
2005 Q4 5,311 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,849 5 1 1031.1
2005 Q2 5,184 2 2 385.8
2005 Q1 6,080 1 1 164.5
2004 Q4 5,480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,990 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,153 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,865 2 1 698.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2017 · 2 incidents

July 18, 2017 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C W Augering Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee was loading handrail and struck right leg on handrail causing laceration.

May 31, 2017 VA · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C W Augering Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was greasing tracks on highwall miner when ee fell and twisted right ankle

2015 · 1 incident

October 28, 2015 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C W Augering Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing a hydraulic hose. He was using a knife to cut a zip tie to loosen the hose when the knife slipped causing him to cut his left hand.