Mining Incidents

J & T Coal

Ember Contracting Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Randy Gilkerson
Mousie, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519258

J & T has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2008–2010
Latest incident
Feb 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
97
citations
24
significant & substantial
$12,011
proposed penalties
$7,475
paid to date
62% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,536 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
27
inspections on record
1,262
inspection hours
7.7
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.
97 citations across 1,262 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

J & T has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 7 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-07-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at J & T shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.93 mg/m3 (84% compliant) across 163 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.
0.93
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.02
dust max (mg/m3)
84%
within 1.5 mg/m3
163
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-07-29.
Silica (quartz)
3.1
silica avg (%)
6.2
silica max (%)
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-03-17.
Noise
0%
over PEL
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-03-16.
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
2010 Q3 3,225 8 3 2480.6
2010 Q2 10,390 10 3 962.5
2010 Q1 11,696 10 0 855.0
2009 Q4 11,175 9 5 805.4
2009 Q3 10,060 16 4 1590.5
2009 Q2 8,916 23 3 2579.6
2009 Q1 9,023 4 0 443.3
2008 Q4 7,725 4 1 517.8
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 6,302 13 5 2062.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2010 · 1 incident

February 19, 2010 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ember Contracting Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE stated that for the last few weeks he had been having back and leg pains when he was hanging the cutting machine cable.

2009 · 1 incident

February 11, 2009 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ember Contracting Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE stated that he experienced pain in his lower back and left leg while loading rock dust.

2008 · 1 incident

September 23, 2008 KY · Coal discontinued 1/31/2014. several other codes cover scoop car operator OTHER
Ember Contracting Inc. · Unclassified, insufficient data

Employee stated that he experienced lower back pain when he stepped down to the ground from the top of scoop batteries that he had just charged. This incident occurred outside and the step down distance is approx. 23".

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