Mining Incidents

Job 51 Coal

Controlled by James Eric Davidson
Virgie, Pike County, KY  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1519622

Job 51 has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2012–2015
Latest incident
Jul 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
103
citations
30
significant & substantial
$24,543
proposed penalties
$18,058
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,485 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
40
inspections on record
1,270
inspection hours
8.1
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.
103 citations across 1,270 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Job 51 has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
101 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Job 51 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 100 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)
0.93
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
100
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-09-11.
Silica (quartz)
22.2
silica avg (%)
33.8
silica max (%)
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-01-02.
Noise
3%
over PEL
36
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-05-30.
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
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 14,527 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 11,206 5 4 446.2
2019 Q1 8,136 7 4 860.4
2018 Q4 2,914 3 2 1029.5
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,065 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,223 3 2 574.4
2015 Q2 5,222 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,765 11 3 1908.1
2014 Q4 23,165 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 26,691 14 2 524.5
2014 Q2 28,027 3 1 107.0
2014 Q1 28,958 8 0 276.3
2013 Q4 25,318 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 25,837 10 1 387.0
2013 Q2 25,301 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 26,967 12 4 445.0
2012 Q4 18,951 4 2 211.1
2012 Q3 23,158 9 0 388.6
2012 Q2 20,475 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 14,844 13 5 875.8
2011 Q4 7,078 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2015 · 1 incident

2014 · 1 incident

July 8, 2014 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Premier Elkhorn Coal Company, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was using a pry bar in an attempt to remove the hub from a water truck when he experienced lower back pain. As a result, he began missing work on 9/9/14.

2012 · 1 incident

June 12, 2012 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Premier Elkhorn Coal Company, LLC · Fall down stairs

Employee went to retrieve filters for a dozer from the parts trailer. Upon exiting the parts trailer, the steps gave way with the employee, causing him to fall to the ground, resulting in a fracture to his right foot.

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