Mining Incidents

Job 5 Coal

Ridgeline Coal, LLC · Surface
Controlled by David A Wright
Stambaugh, Johnson County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519538

Job 5 has $56K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2022
Latest incident
Dec 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
150
citations
40
significant & substantial
$55,945
proposed penalties
$47,244
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,701 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
66
inspections on record
4,532
inspection hours
3.3
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.
150 citations across 4,532 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Job 5 has $56K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11 outstanding across 1 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.
$56K
proposed penalties
$47K
current assessed
$47K
paid to date
$11
outstanding
146 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Job 5 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 310 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.
0.15
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.39
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
310
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-11.
Silica (quartz)
8.2
silica avg (%)
44.0
silica max (%)
38
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-17.
Noise
2%
over PEL
133
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-11.
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
2025 Q4 24,440 3 0 122.7
2025 Q3 23,582 1 0 42.4
2025 Q2 24,245 6 3 247.5
2025 Q1 22,411 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 22,573 5 1 221.5
2024 Q3 21,849 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 23,011 14 3 608.4
2024 Q1 22,621 18 3 795.7
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 22,070 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 23,763 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 25,518 8 2 313.5
2023 Q1 25,342 5 1 197.3
2022 Q4 26,211 2 1 76.3
2022 Q3 26,701 8 1 299.6
2022 Q2 27,197 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 24,850 6 2 241.4
2021 Q4 24,496 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 24,714 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 21,468 9 5 419.2
2021 Q1 16,390 7 3 427.1
2020 Q4 20,048 1 0 49.9
2020 Q3 17,327 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 17,558 5 4 284.8
2020 Q1 13,708 5 1 364.8
2019 Q4 18,320 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 18,829 4 0 212.4
2019 Q2 19,072 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 16,765 1 0 59.6
2018 Q4 18,203 1 0 54.9
2018 Q3 16,215 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 19,045 2 0 105.0
2018 Q1 16,013 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 15,411 2 0 129.8
2017 Q3 14,191 1 0 70.5
2017 Q2 14,094 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 11,560 2 0 173.0
2016 Q4 10,924 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 10,077 12 4 1190.8
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
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 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 5,348 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 10,342 4 4 386.8
2012 Q2 11,369 2 0 175.9
2012 Q1 11,252 4 1 355.5
2011 Q4 12,333 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 12,827 1 0 78.0
2011 Q2 8,596 2 1 232.7
2011 Q1 7,884 8 0 1014.7
2010 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2022 · 1 incident

December 20, 2022 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ridgeline Coal, LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was ascending ladder on a 992D loader. When stepped from ladder onto platform, EE lost footing and fell to the ground. Landed on left foot which folded upon the landing. Fracture to left heel.

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The full compliance file on Job 5

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.