Mining Incidents

Duty Gob Pile Coal

Clintwood JOD, LLC · Surface
Controlled by JOD Holdings LLC
Hurley, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407425

Duty Gob Pile has $576 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$576
proposed penalties
$576
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
9
inspections on record
117
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 117 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Duty Gob Pile has $576 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$576
proposed penalties
$576
current assessed
$576
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-05-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Duty Gob Pile shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.03 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 9 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.
0.03
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.09
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-12-15.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-12-06.
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 10 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 160 1 0 6250.0
2024 Q1 670 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 560 1 0 1785.7
2023 Q3 570 1 0 1754.4
2023 Q2 470 1 0 2127.7
2023 Q1 320 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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