Mining Incidents

Jaden #1 Coal

Twilight Energy LLC · Surface
Controlled by Dale Christian
Hindman, Knott County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519006

Jaden #1 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $856 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Jul 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
70
citations
21
significant & substantial
$11,289
proposed penalties
$10,433
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $856 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
26
inspections on record
487
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: 487 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Jaden #1 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $856 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$856
outstanding
70 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-01-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Jaden #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.22 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 21 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.
0.22
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.13
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
21
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-11-09.
Noise
17%
over PEL
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-11-09.
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
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,352 2 0 1479.3
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4 1,442 1 0 693.5
2012 Q3 1,288 2 1 1552.8
2012 Q2 1,056 1 0 947.0
2012 Q1 1,044 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 578 2 1 3460.2
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 3,026 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,952 17 5 5758.8
2008 Q3 2,223 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,877 6 1 3196.6
2008 Q1 938 6 0 6396.6
2007 Q4 585 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,071 13 8 6277.2
2007 Q2 2,493 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 410 11 3 26829.3
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 2 2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2007 · 2 incidents

March 30, 2007 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oscar Hatten Coal Co LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was helping change steel on drill when he accidentally got his hand to close to jaws that hold steel, smashing the end of his middle finger on right hand. Note: I had cautioned him 5-6 times about not getting too close to the moving parts, jaws, etc. (His last day of work was 4/9/07.)

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