Mining Incidents

Jade Mine: 1 MSHA citation Coal

Locust Grove Inc · Surface
Controlled by Edward L Clemons Estate
Hazard, Perry County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518412

Jade Mine has $55 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
5
Years on record
2001–2002
Latest incident
Apr 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$55
proposed penalties
$55
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
10
inspections on record
73
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: 73 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Jade Mine has $55 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.
$55
proposed penalties
$55
current assessed
$55
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-03-25.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 100.0% low, 0.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Jade Mine shows 100% of 8 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: 2002-03-07, 24 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
8
samples
0.82
dust max (mg/m3)
8 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • AUGER OPERATOR1
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR1
  • ELECTRICIAN1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Jade Mine recorded 36.31 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.

Injury rate, 2002
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.
36.31
total case rate
9.08
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 6.89 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 8.22 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. Locust Grove Inc 2001 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)
2002 13 195,735
2001 8 197,645
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Jade Mine sits in Perry County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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.
Perry County, Kentucky · Population 27,847
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$45,261
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
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 485 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,940 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 14,608 1 0 68.5
2001 Q4 6,002 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,890 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2002 · 4 incidents

April 26, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Locust Grove Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING CABLE ON THE GENERATOR, HE TURNED AND FELL OFF, POSSIBLY SPRAINING ANKLE OR HURTING RIGHT LEG.

April 20, 2002 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Locust Grove Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE DISCHARGED DRY. CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER INTO AIR CONDITIONER VENT CAUSING CHEMICAL TO BE BLOWN BACK INTO FACE. EE APARENTLY INHALED POWDER.

April 3, 2002 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Locust Grove Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PRYING ON A PUSH BEAM LATCH BAR, SLIPPED HITTING HIM ON HIS LEFT (THIGH) LEG; CAUSING A VERY LARGE BLOOD BLISTER.

March 8, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Locust Grove Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS PULLING PINS ON THE HIGHWALL MINER, THE PIN FELL SMASHING HIS FINGERS.

2001 · 1 incident

September 17, 2001 KY · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Locust Grove Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF AN EXCAVATOR WHEN HE FELL AND BROKE HIS LEFT ARM IN 2 PIECES, JUST ABOVE HIS WRIST.