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.
152 citations across 2,630 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Jackrock No 1 has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 1 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
149 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-01-20.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Jackrock No 1 shows 96% of 351 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: 2004-01-14, 22 years ago
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
351
samples
5.09
dust max (mg/m3)
190 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 161 by the operator.
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.
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.
Jackrock No 1 recorded 12.65 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
Injury rate, 2003
ⓘ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.
12.65
total case rate
12.65
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 5.87 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 6.65 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
2003 *
12.65
12.65
0.000
2002 *
11.44
7.63
0.000
2001 *
7.35
7.35
0.000
2000 *
23.31
23.31
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.
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)
2004
10
7,801
2003
25
155,508
2002
30
164,831
2001
30
162,686
2000
24
177,605
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Jackrock No 1 sits in Bell County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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.
Bell County, Kentucky · Population 23,878
3.6%
Mining share of county employment
$32,403
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
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2004 Q1
5,648
8
2
1416.4
2003 Q4
11,061
20
9
1808.2
2003 Q3
12,395
3
1
242.0
2003 Q2
11,260
19
8
1687.4
2003 Q1
12,700
9
4
708.7
2002 Q4
13,985
10
2
715.1
2002 Q3
12,194
13
2
1066.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2002 Q2
12,470
2
0
160.4
2002 Q1
13,791
7
0
507.6
2001 Q4
13,436
5
1
372.1
2001 Q3
13,809
11
4
796.6
2001 Q2
13,206
11
3
833.0
2001 Q1
13,973
7
0
501.0
2000 Q4
12,429
7
3
563.2
2000 Q3
12,156
7
3
575.8
2000 Q2
12,928
4
1
309.4
2000 Q1
13,970
5
1
357.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
22 on file
2003 · 3 incidents
August 7, 2003KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Jackrock Llc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WAS TRAMMING AROUND A PILLAR 4 BREAKS FROM OUTSIDE SOMEHOW HAD LEFT R AND ON PINCH POINT BLACK, SWIVELD SCOOP AND MASHED LEFT THUMB AND 3-FINGERS.
January 23, 2001KY · Coalcontinuous miner operator, coal mole operatorMACHINERY
WAS RUNNING MINER TURNING A RIGHT BREAK OUT OF #3 ENTRY. PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM RIB TO FIRST BOLT APP. 2-3' WIDE, 1-1 1/2" THICK, STRUCK VICTIM IN UPPER PART OF BACK AND RODE HIM TO MINE FLOOR.
2000 · 6 incidents
December 26, 2000KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
EE WAS SITTING NEXT TO A CORNER IN A INTERSECTION PILLAR LINE PART OF A RIB ROLLED OFF, ROAD HIMTO THE GROUND UPPER PART OF NOSE HIT A PIECE OF COAL OR ROCK RESULTING IN A BROKE NOSE
August 25, 2000KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
INSTALLING ROOF BOLT, SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE OF EYE, CUT UPPER EYE LID.
1999 · 1 incident
March 8, 1999KY · Coalstopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcastHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Del Rio Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS REINSTALLING VENTILATION CURTAIN AND WAS REMOVING SAME WHEN A PIECE OF COAL WENT INTO HIS EYE. HE WAS TAKEN TO SEE AN EYE DOCTOR WHO REMOVED THE FOREIGN MATTER THAT
1998 · 4 incidents
October 23, 1998KY · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE OPERATING THE SHUTTLE CAR HE RAN OVER TIMBER IN THE ROADING BOUNCING HIM UP AND CAUSING HIM TO COME DOWN ON HIS BACK. EE WAS CHECKED AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND OTHER DR AL L X RAYS WERE NEGATIVE.
January 22, 1998KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Del Rio Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING IN THE #3 ENTRY WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK THE REST OF HIS SHIFT AND CONSULTED A DR. LATER.
January 10, 1998KY · Coalbull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift bossHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS SPLICING A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 01-15-98 WHEN HE CONSULTED A DOCTOR.
January 1, 1998KY · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING THE SHUTTLE CAR WHEN HE RAN THROUGH A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY. EMPLOYEE WAS THROWN INTO THE CANOPY CAUSING PAIN TO HIS NECK.
1997 · 3 incidents
November 25, 1997KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Del Rio Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE STATED THAT THE ROOF BOLTER HAD BACKED UPON ITS SLACK CABLE AND HE WAS STANDING ON THE CABLE WHEN THE ROOF BOLTER PULLED OF THE CABLE. THE CABLE REEL WAS ALSO ENGAGED. WHEN THE TIME CAME OF F THE CABLE THE SLACK WERE TAKEN UP AND EE WAS THROWN UP AND LANDED ON HIS BACK. HE CONTIUED TO WORK THE REST OF THE SHIFT AND WENT TO THE DR THE NEXT DAY WHICH WAS THE ONLY DAY MISSED.
October 27, 1997KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderPOWERED HAULAGE
Del Rio Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE STATED HE WAS SHOVELING ALONG THE BELT LINE WHEN A ROCK STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT ARM. HE CONT'D WORKING UNTIL SWELLING OCCURRED THE NEXT DAY.
September 22, 1997KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Del Rio Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE STATED THAT HE WAS PLACING A METAL LID ON THEROOF BOLTER WHEN HE JERKED HIS HAND AND CAUSED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT WRIST. EE CONT TO WORK UNTIL 3/30/98 WHE HE HAD SURGERY TO REPAIR TORN LIGAME NT IN HIS WRIST. THIS WAS THE FIRST LOST TIME TIME FROM THIS INJURY