Miner was riding the mantrip when it struck a coal rib causing a piece of coal rib to strike a miner in the lower left side back. This accident was not reported to mine management until 03/22/2018. The miner involved worked this shift and the next shift. Miner went to the Doctor on 03/19/2018 and returned to work on 03/22/2018 when they reported this happened at work.
Jennie Branch Mine Coal
Jennie Branch Mine has $51K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 2015–2018
- Latest incident
- Mar 2018
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Jennie Branch Mine has $51K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.MSHA sampling at Jennie Branch Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.41 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 698 samples.
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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 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.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
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| 2018 Q4 | 15,703 | 9 | 2 | 573.1 |
| 2018 Q3 | 15,838 | 23 | 1 | 1452.2 |
| 2018 Q2 | 15,796 | 17 | 2 | 1076.2 |
| 2018 Q1 | 14,933 | 13 | 3 | 870.6 |
| 2017 Q4 | 17,924 | 23 | 8 | 1283.2 |
| 2017 Q3 | 14,896 | 26 | 6 | 1745.4 |
| 2017 Q2 | 15,293 | 15 | 3 | 980.8 |
| 2017 Q1 | 12,603 | 14 | 5 | 1110.8 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
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| 2016 Q4 | 13,385 | 17 | 7 | 1270.1 |
| 2016 Q3 | 10,316 | 16 | 2 | 1551.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 9,692 | 18 | 9 | 1857.2 |
| 2016 Q1 | 10,773 | 13 | 4 | 1206.7 |
| 2015 Q4 | 17,577 | 8 | 3 | 455.1 |
| 2015 Q3 | 15,151 | 10 | 3 | 660.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 16,760 | 21 | 2 | 1253.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 10,590 | 11 | 2 | 1038.7 |
| 2014 Q4 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
10 on file2018 · 1 incident
2017 · 2 incidents
Roof Fall in the 2nd north west mains, approximately 250 feet inby spad 1169 between a cribbed area and a solid coal rib. The fall is approximately 10 feet wide, 6 feet high and 30 feet long
Roof fall in 2nd North west mains approximately 325 feet inby spad 1168. Fall does not affect ventilation or passage of miners. The fall is approximately 18 feet wide, 7 feet high and 60 feet long and does take in an intersection that abuts a solid coal rib.
2016 · 1 incident
Employee was using a slate bar to remove a loose rib as deemed by MSHA Inspector and EE's Supervisor when EE strained EE's groin trying to remove the rib.
2015 · 6 incidents
Foreman ran into a miner cable that was hung in an intersection on the 11th and 12th. He continued working without being off or seeing a doctor until he was laid off on December 1, 2015. EE had to seek medical attention for his neck February 11, 2016. He reported the injury to mine management again on February 17, 2016
The employee was checking a shuttle car tire in the #3 entry 2 crosscuts outby the face when a piece of rib coal rolled off knocking him off balance causing pushing him into the shuttle car and catching him between the car and the coal rib.
Roof Bolting Machine operator was installing 8 foot rope bolts. As he was placing the bolt in the hole and pushing it into place he accidently hit the rotation lever on the drill. As the bolt begin to spin a strand of wire or metal broke away from the bolt and entered the right hand of the machine operator.
The employee is a roof bolt machine operator and was working in the number 4 entry of the 001 section. EE was installing the inside roof bolt when a piece of roof rock broke loose and struck EE's left foot. The rock was approximately 2'X 1'and from 0 to 5 inches thick.
A roof fall occurred in the number 4 portal (fan) intake air course entry approximately 18 feet wide, 10 feet high and 60 to 70 feet in length. The cause of the fall was due to the extremely harsh winter weather of late where the roof froze and thawed several. This fall was immediately report to MSHA via the 800 number.
Freezing and thawing of highwall at portal
The full compliance file on Jennie Branch Mine
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.