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Abners Fork Splashdam Mine: 234 MSHA citations 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.
See Clintwood JOD, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
117
inspections on record
2,521
inspection hours
9.3
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.
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
ⓘ 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.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
31.3%
significant & substantial
3.4%
high negligence or reckless
31.3%
reasonably likely or greater
11.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.4% none, 2.6% low, 93.6% moderate, 3.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Abners Fork Splashdam Mine shows 92% of 291 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: 2013-01-09, 13 years ago
92%
within 1.5 mg/m3
291
samples
5.09
dust max (mg/m3)
154 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 137 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR122
  • TRACTOR OPERATOR/MOTORMAN30
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)16

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2013-01-25, 13 years ago
8.4
silica avg (%)
37
samples
22.2
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR15
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: 2012-12-26, 13 years ago
5%
over PEL
37
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR8
  • TRACTOR OPERATOR/MOTORMAN6
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR5
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
2013 100% 5
2012 91% 98
2011 93% 40
2002 100% 5
2001 92% 72
2000 93% 71
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2013 3.0 1
2012 5.2 12
2011 9.8 6
2001 10.2 10
2000 10.4 8
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2012 0% 15
2011 0% 9
2001 13% 8
2000 20% 5
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Abners Fork Splashdam Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2013.

Injury rate, 2013
ⓘ 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 3.94 and the all-US-mining average was 2.99 cases per 100 workers.
In Virginia, coal mining averaged 4.69 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
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 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. Race Fork Coal Corp 1998 to 1998
  2. Dusty Coal Inc 1998 to 2001
  3. Cal Coal Inc 2001 to 2004
  4. Snapco, Inc. 2004 to 2010
  5. Clintwood-Elkhorn Mining, Inc 2010 to 2010
  6. P.B. Dirt Movers, Inc 2010 to 2011
  7. N & N Mining, LLC 2011 to 2017
  8. Black Pearl Mining, Inc. 2017 to 2019
  9. Clintwood Elkhorn Mining, LLC 2019 to 2019
  10. 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)
2023 0
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 1
2018 3
2015 8
2014 9
2013 20 32,968
2012 18 22,875
2011 12 12,758
2002 9 7,470
2001 12 40,705
2000 8 21,054
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Abners Fork Splashdam Mine 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
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
Show 38 earlier quarters
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 6 1 1307.2
2012 Q1 4,424 19 2 4294.8
2011 Q4 6,457 9 1 1393.8
2011 Q3 5,174 32 10 6184.8
2011 Q2 1,110 2 1 1801.8
2002 Q1 2,831 16 9 5651.7
2001 Q4 2,984 32 19 10723.9
2001 Q3 4,998 14 3 2801.1
2001 Q2 4,983 12 4 2408.2
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 file

2000 · 1 incident

1999 · 1 incident

October 12, 1999 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dusty Coal Inc · Struck by falling object

CLEANING UP FEEDER WHEN DROPPED A PEICE OF ROCK ON THUMB

1998 · 1 incident

December 1, 1998 VA · Coal security guard, watchman OTHER
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.