Mining Incidents

JLN #1: 64 MSHA citations Coal

JLN Construction Company · Underground
Controlled by Jeff Norman
Myra, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1517988

JLN #1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1998–2000
Latest incident
Feb 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
64
citations
34
significant & substantial
$5,022
proposed penalties
$1,433
paid to date
29% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,589 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
37
inspections on record
603
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: 603 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

JLN #1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
63 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-08-13.
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.
54.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
54.0%
reasonably likely or greater
19.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.2% low, 96.8% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at JLN #1 shows 93% of 80 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: 2002-05-30, 24 years ago
93%
within 1.5 mg/m3
80
samples
3.16
dust max (mg/m3)
46 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 34 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR32
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)7
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (OFF STANDARD)6

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2000-06-19, 26 years ago
14.6
silica avg (%)
6
samples
22.2
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2

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: 2002-05-30, 24 years ago
11%
over PEL
9
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR2
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (INTAKE SIDE)2
  • SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR (STANDARD SIDE)2
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
2002 100% 9
2000 92% 71
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2002 0% 5
2000 25% 4
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

JLN #1 recorded 9.81 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.
9.81
total case rate
9.81
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. Arc Energies Inc 1997 to 1998
  2. Blair Coal Company Inc 1998 to 2001
  3. JLN Construction Company 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)
2000 11 63,398
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

JLN #1 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
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
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 5,739 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,769 6 5 772.3
2000 Q1 6,876 4 3 581.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2000 · 1 incident

February 5, 2000 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Blair Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP, WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL LACERATING LEFT HAND.

1999 · 5 incidents

December 27, 1999 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Blair Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BOLTING TOP, WHEN HE LOWERED THE HEAD OF THE BOLTER ALLOWING HEAD TO STRIKE LEFT KNEE.

November 3, 1999 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Blair Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND ARM.

May 31, 1999 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Blair Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A SMALL PICE OF ROCK FELL BEHIND ATRS AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON LEFT FOREARM, BRUISING IT.

May 17, 1999 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Blair Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL STRIKING VICTIM ON NECK.

May 4, 1999 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Blair Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR, HIS WHEEL BECAME ENTANGLED IN MINER CABLE, THE CABLE HAD BEEN HUNG BUT HAD UNEXPECTEDLY DROPPED

1998 · 2 incidents

August 21, 1998 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Blair Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BACKING UP MANTRIP, CAUGHT NECK AND HEAD AGAINST ROOF.

July 8, 1998 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Blair Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE CAUGHT HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE ROOF AND THE CANOPY POST ON THE 21SC SHUTTLE CAR, SERIAL # ET13434.