Dusty Coal Inc · Accident type, without injuries
LOG BLOCKED DRAIN AND MINES FLOODED.
Abners Fork Splashdam Mine Coal
Clintwood JOD, LLC
· Underground
Controlled by
JOD Holdings LLC
Hurley,
Buchanan County,
VA
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4406907
Abners Fork Splashdam Mine has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1998–2000
- Latest incident
- Aug 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
234
citations
73
significant & substantial
$28,307
proposed penalties
$17,956
paid to date
63% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,351 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
117
inspections on record
2,521
inspection hours
9.3
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.234 citations across 2,521 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Abners Fork Splashdam Mine has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$28K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
233 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-10-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Abners Fork Splashdam Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.55 mg/m3 (92% compliant) across 291 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.55
dust avg (mg/m3)
5.09
dust max (mg/m3)
92%
within 1.5 mg/m3
291
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-01-09.
Silica (quartz)
8.4
silica avg (%)
22.2
silica max (%)
37
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-01-25.
Noise
5%
over PEL
37
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-12-26.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q1 | 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 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 804 | 3 | 0 | 3731.3 |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 3,120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 3,120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 4,240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 4,160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 3,760 | 1 | 0 | 266.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 4,160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 4,160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 8,416 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 6,519 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 7,756 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 5,820 | 2 | 0 | 343.6 |
| 2012 Q4 | 6,524 | 16 | 2 | 2452.5 |
| 2012 Q3 | 6,167 | 10 | 1 | 1621.5 |
| 2012 Q2 | 4,590 | 9 | 2 | 1960.8 |
| 2012 Q1 | 4,424 | 19 | 2 | 4294.8 |
| 2011 Q4 | 6,457 | 11 | 2 | 1703.6 |
| 2011 Q3 | 5,174 | 32 | 10 | 6184.8 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,110 | 2 | 1 | 1801.8 |
| 2002 Q1 | 2,831 | 21 | 11 | 7417.9 |
| 2001 Q4 | 2,984 | 34 | 21 | 11394.1 |
| 2001 Q3 | 4,998 | 14 | 3 | 2801.1 |
| 2001 Q2 | 4,983 | 13 | 5 | 2608.9 |
| 2001 Q1 | 5,618 | 7 | 5 | 1246.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 4,767 | 9 | 1 | 1888.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 2,369 | 17 | 2 | 7176.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 4,236 | 9 | 5 | 2124.6 |
| 2000 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2000 · 1 incident
1999 · 1 incident
October 12, 1999
VA · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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CLEANING UP FEEDER WHEN DROPPED A PEICE OF ROCK ON THUMB
1998 · 1 incident
Dusty Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MR. RUSSELL JUSTUS CAME TO MINE OFFICE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE, PERRY SLONE JR. OVER THE HEAD WITH THE BUTT OF A GUN. COUNTY POLICE WERE CALLED. JUSTUS WAS TAKEN TO COUNTY JAIL AND MR. SLONE WAS T AKEN TO BUCHANAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.
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