Mining Incidents

CE#6 Burke Loadout Coal

Clintwood JOD, LLC · Facility
Controlled by JOD Holdings LLC
Kimper, Pike County, KY  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1516958

CE#6 Burke Loadout has $47K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
30
Years on record
1990–2015
Latest incident
Sep 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
269
citations
98
significant & substantial
$46,945
proposed penalties
$40,489
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,456 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
208
inspections on record
4,147
inspection hours
6.5
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.
269 citations across 4,147 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CE#6 Burke Loadout has $47K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 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.
$47K
proposed penalties
$42K
current assessed
$40K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
266 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-08-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at CE#6 Burke Loadout shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.69 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 188 samples.

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.
0.69
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.93
dust max (mg/m3)
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
188
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-12-12.
Silica (quartz)
1.3
silica avg (%)
4.0
silica max (%)
28
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-04-19.
Noise
19%
over PEL
63
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-09-05.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
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 1 0
2021 Q2 0 1 0
2021 Q1 70 0 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 1 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 2 0
2018 Q3 0 2 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 1 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 1 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 692 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 733 1 0 1364.3
2015 Q1 461 4 2 8676.8
2014 Q4 406 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 4,304 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 7,833 2 0 255.3
2013 Q2 8,888 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 9,276 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 18,846 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 22,583 8 6 354.2
2012 Q2 24,946 25 5 1002.2
2012 Q1 26,868 28 8 1042.1
2011 Q4 20,267 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 17,457 24 4 1374.8
2011 Q2 15,005 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 9,822 28 8 2850.7
2010 Q4 10,254 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 10,790 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 9,242 12 8 1298.4
2010 Q1 9,268 1 0 107.9
2009 Q4 9,141 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 9,454 1 0 105.8
2009 Q2 8,433 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 13,392 7 2 522.7
2008 Q4 11,383 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 9,868 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 9,346 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 9,821 1 1 101.8
2007 Q4 9,025 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 9,351 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 650 1 0 1538.5
2007 Q1 9,821 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 650 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 700 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,260 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,477 1 0 403.7
2005 Q4 2,658 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,704 5 3 1849.1
2005 Q2 2,814 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,245 1 0 308.2
2004 Q4 3,242 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,312 4 1 1207.7
2004 Q2 3,500 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,483 4 2 1148.4
2003 Q4 3,547 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,500 3 3 857.1
2003 Q2 3,376 1 0 296.2
2003 Q1 2,728 2 2 733.1
2002 Q4 2,178 2 0 918.3
2002 Q3 2,181 8 4 3668.0
2002 Q2 2,145 1 0 466.2
2002 Q1 2,112 8 5 3787.9
2001 Q4 2,178 6 3 2754.8
2001 Q3 1,925 17 9 8831.2
2001 Q2 803 1 0 1245.3
2001 Q1 715 22 5 30769.2
2000 Q4 638 10 6 15674.0
2000 Q3 693 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 682 9 6 13196.5
2000 Q1 4,508 12 5 2661.9

Fatalities at this mine

2 recorded
September 1, 1998 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Johns Creek Processing Company · Fall from machine

WHILE OPERATING A 50 TON CLINE ROCK TRUCK EE FAILED TO NEGOTIATE CURVE-RAN THROUGH THE BERM & STRUCK THE HILL-RECD HEAD INJURY-EE PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY 9-16-98

January 4, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Johns Creek Processing Company · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

EMPL OF CONTR TRUCKING COMPANY COMMITTED AN UNSAFE ACT BY STEPPING OVER BARRIER,GOING OUT ONTO BIN ALL OF WHICH WAS UNAUTHORIZED & CONTRARY TO RECENT SAFETY TRAINING.

Reportable incidents

28 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2015 · 1 incident

September 2, 2015 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Apex Energy, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was using a pry bar to loosen coal that bridged in the crusher. He slipped and fell twisting his Right Knee.

2012 · 4 incidents

September 10, 2012 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REPLACING A 12 INCH PIPE ON A DESLIME HEADER BOX. HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE PIPE AND THE PIPE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FOREARM BETWEEN THE TWO PIPES.

August 28, 2012 KY · Coal supply man, nipper DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp. · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

FIBROSIS AND PNEUMOCONIOSIS

July 10, 2012 KY · Coal electrician helper ELECTRICAL
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp. · Flash burns (electric)

EE was energizing an electrical breaker and received flash burns to his left hand when the breaker was energized.

June 8, 2012 KY · Coal electrician helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was installing shaft on crusher with slate bar, bar slipped and caught finger between slate bar and flange.

2003 · 1 incident

2001 · 1 incident

December 8, 2001 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Johns Creek Processing Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DURING HOISTING OF METAL FROM PLANT EMPLOYEE FELL FROM 3RD FLOOR (A DISTANCE OF 38 FT) TO THE GROUND CAUSING MULTIPLE INJURIES, BROKEN RIGHT SHOULDER, BROKEN RIBS AND PUNCTURED LUNG ON LEFT SI DE, BROKEN RIGHT FEMUR, BROKEN PELVIS, EE IS RECOVERING AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION.

2000 · 1 incident

July 11, 2000 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Johns Creek Processing Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CHECKING COAL CHUTE RAISED DOOR ISPECTION PLATE AND METAL DOOR FELL ON LEFT ARM. HE SAID THE DOOR SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND, EE WORKED TIL 7-14-00 AND SAID HIS ARM WAS SORE WENT TO DR. SA ID IT HAD GOT INFECTED. SCRATCH GOT INFECTED HADTO BE TREATED FOR INFECTION.

1999 · 1 incident

August 3, 1999 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Johns Creek Processing Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BOLT BROKE ON THE LEFT LIFTARM ON GRADER BLADE, OPERATOR GOT OF TO PUT BACK IN PLACE AND LIFTARM SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND MASHED END OF LEFT INDEX FINGER.

1998 · 3 incidents

July 8, 1998 KY · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger POWERED HAULAGE
Johns Creek Processing Company · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK WAS COMING DOWN HILL, U-JOINT MALFUNCTIONED AND LEFT DRIVELINE COME OUT. WHEN DRIVELINE CAME OUT IT HIT FITTING ON AIR TANK. DRIVER STEERED TRUCK IN DITCH AND BRUISED HIS RIGHT HIP.

May 22, 1998 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Johns Creek Processing Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING TO CLOSE DOORS ON COAL CARS. BAR SLIPPED, HIS WEIGHT SHIFTED TO ONE LEG, BROKE LEG AND ANKLE OF RIGHT FOOT.

1997 · 3 incidents

October 7, 1997 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Johns Creek Processing Company · Fall from machine

DOZER OPERATOR WAS GETTING OUT OF DOZER TO CHECKTRANSMISSION OIL AND SLIPPED ON TRACK.

May 1, 1997 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Johns Creek Processing Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE PULLING ON HOSES TO A CUTTING TORCH

February 7, 1997 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Johns Creek Processing Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

SUBJECT WAS FUELING UP HIS TRUCK AND LIT A CIGERETTE FUMES FROM TANK IGNITED. THE FUEL TANK IS MAKED NO SMOKING.

1996 · 3 incidents

November 20, 1996 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Johns Creek Processing Company · Fall from machine

SAID HE SLIPPED & FELL WHEN GETTING OUT OF TRUCK TO FUEL UP. HE SIAD HE HAD ONE FOOT ON THE GROUND & SLIPPED.

February 1, 1996 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Johns Creek Processing Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE DRIVER STEPPED OFF OF TRUCK ON A FROZEN CLOT OF DIRT, SAID HE TURNED HIS ANKLE AND FELL. THERE WAS SNOW ON GROUND.

January 24, 1996 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Johns Creek Processing Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM A PIECE OF TIN ON A WALL. THE TIN HAD 2 BOLTS HOLDING IT WHEN EMPLOYEE REMOVED THE FIRST BOLT THE TIN SLID DOWN CATCHING HIS FINGER AND BREAKING IT.

1995 · 3 incidents

April 11, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Johns Creek Processing Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS TACK WELDING PLATE, WHEN CORNER HE HA DPREVIOUSLY TACKED BROKE LOOSE AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO HIS EYE (RIGHT).

March 18, 1995 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Johns Creek Processing Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN SQUATTED POSITION WORKING ON FMC SCREEN WHEN HE FINISHED WORK & RAISED UP HE TWISTED HIS KNEE EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK OR GO TODR UNTIL 03-12-95 & RETURNED ON 03-24-95

1994 · 2 incidents

June 3, 1994 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Johns Creek Processing Company · Struck by flying object

INJURED & 2 OTHER WORKERS WERE MAKING REPAIRS TO A PIPE IN PREP PLANT. ONE OF THEM BLEW SOME DUST OFF HTE PIPE & SOME OF IT WENT INTO INJUREDS RIGHT EYE. INCIDENT HAPPEND 6-3-94 N WORK SCHED ULED 6-4 OR 6-4 INJURED MISSED 6-6-94 AND RETURNED TO WORK 6-7-94.

January 28, 1994 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor ELECTRICAL
Johns Creek Processing Company · Contact with electrical current

INJURED WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY GOT FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND INTO LIVE CIRCUIT. HE RECIEVED BURNS TO THE FINGERS OF HIS RIGHT HAND. ACCIDENT HAPPEN 1-28-94 H E DID NOT MISS ANY WORI BUT SAW DR. ON 2-3-94.

1993 · 1 incident

March 10, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Johns Creek Processing Company · Fall from machine

TRUCK STALLED ON HILL DRIVER STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK AND FELT HURT BACK. IT WAS RAINING AND ROAD WAS MUDDY.

1992 · 1 incident

1991 · 2 incidents

November 20, 1991 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Johns Creek Processing Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL IS A BULLDOZER OPERATOR AND ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT REPORTED TO FOREMAN AT THE END OF THE SHIFT THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING HIM AND HE WOULD BE GOING TO HIS DR.REOCCURRENCE FROM ACCIDENT ON 7-28-87.

April 3, 1991 KY · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Johns Creek Processing Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL WAS USING SLATE BAR TO CLOSE DOORS ON BOTTOM OF RAILROAD CARS. BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED & HE FELL BACKWARDS INTO PILE OF COKE & GRAVEL. HE DIDN'T MISS ANY WORK OR GO TO DR UNTIL 6/7/91. H E WENT BACK TO DR ON 6/13/91 & DR INFORMED HIM NOT TO RETURN TO WORK.

1990 · 1 incident

December 14, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Johns Creek Processing Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

CLEANING LOCOMOTIVE,STRAINED LOWER BACK PULLING 1 1/2" WATER HOSE ONTO LOCOMOTIVE.

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The full compliance file on CE#6 Burke Loadout

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