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Jacks Creek: 97 MSHA citations Coal

Straight Fork Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Yvonne Yonts
Price, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517861

Jacks Creek has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1997–2001
Latest incident
Feb 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
97
citations
58
significant & substantial
$17,543
proposed penalties
$17,543
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Straight Fork Mining Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
41
inspections on record
702
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: 702 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Jacks Creek has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
97 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-04-03.
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.
59.8%
significant & substantial
2.1%
high negligence or reckless
59.8%
reasonably likely or greater
13.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.1% low, 95.9% moderate, 2.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
KENT20010252 Settlement Zielinski 2002 $3K → $3K
KENT20010253 Settlement Zielinski 2002 $3K → $3K
KENT20010254 Settlement Zielinski 2002 $2K → $2K
KENT20010251 Settlement Zielinski 2002 $173 → $173
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Jacks Creek shows 92% of 87 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: 2001-03-30, 25 years ago
92%
within 1.5 mg/m3
87
samples
3.41
dust max (mg/m3)
48 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 39 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR47
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR15
  • COAL DRILL OPERATOR8

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2001-02-15, 25 years ago
1.7
silica avg (%)
9
samples
3.1
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CUTTING MACHINE OPERATOR8
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: 2000-02-09, 26 years ago
0%
over PEL
3
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR2
  • COAL DRILL OPERATOR1
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
2001 88% 16
2000 93% 71
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2001 1.5 1
2000 1.7 8
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Jacks Creek recorded 9.52 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ 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.
9.52
total case rate
4.76
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 8.83 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.
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. Daves Branch Inc 1996 to 1997
  2. Straight Fork Mining Inc 1997 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)
2001 11 28,034
2000 22 117,377
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Jacks Creek sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
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
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 1,564 2 1 1278.8
2001 Q1 11,495 15 11 1304.9
2000 Q4 10,242 54 38 5272.4
2000 Q3 11,152 18 5 1614.1
2000 Q2 10,609 6 3 565.6
2000 Q1 10,033 2 0 199.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2001 · 1 incident

2000 · 2 incidents

September 20, 2000 KY · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
Straight Fork Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS GOING TO DUMP A LOAD OF COAL & BACKED SCOOP UP AND A BLOCK OF COAL HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.

1999 · 3 incidents

December 31, 1999 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Straight Fork Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS EE'S LEFT RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT, TEARING OFF THE FINGER NAIL.

December 10, 1999 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Straight Fork Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER. WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN THE MINE ROOF, HIS HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROOF BOLT PLATE AND THE MINE ROOF.

1998 · 5 incidents

December 9, 1998 KY · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator POWERED HAULAGE
Straight Fork Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS BETWEEN THE OPERATOR SIDE OF THE CAR AND THE COAL RIB HIS HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE CONTROL SWITCH AS THE CAR MOVED FORWARD THE MEPLOYEE WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE CAR .

November 9, 1998 KY · Coal rodman, surveyor/transit helper POWERED HAULAGE
Straight Fork Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS OPERATING PERSONNEL CARRIER WHEN HE OST CONTROL AND STRUCK COAL RIB. FORCE OF IMPACT CAUSED INJURED TO STRIKE PERSONNEL CARRIER RESULTING IN A CONTUSION IN HIS CHEST AREA. EE WAS B ACKING DOWN ENTRY AT TIME OF OCCURRENECE. PERSONNEL CARRIER WAS EXAMINED AFTER ACCIDENT AND NO MALFUNCTION WAS DETECTED.

October 16, 1998 KY · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Straight Fork Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS IN ROUTE TO SURFACE, PLACED HAND ON TOP OF SAFETY POST, CAME IN CONTACT WITH ROOF BOLT CAUSING INJURY TO LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

March 17, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Straight Fork Mining Inc · Flash burns (electric)

SUBJECT WAS IN PROCESS OF PUTTING IN SWITCH BOX WHEN SWITCH BOX BLOWED UP.

1997 · 1 incident

October 9, 1997 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Straight Fork Mining Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WAS WORKING ON SURFACE AREA SLIPPED ON PEICE OF LOOSE COAL IN DECK OF SCOOP, LEFT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH SHARP OBJECT CAUSING PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND.