Mining Incidents

Job #57 Coal

Controlled by James Eric Davidson
Virgie, Pike County, KY  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1519721

Job #57 has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Sep 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
53
citations
21
significant & substantial
$20,871
proposed penalties
$5,011
paid to date
24% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $15,860 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
29
inspections on record
915
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: 915 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Job #57 has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$16K
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Job #57 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.11 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 53 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.
0.11
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.00
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
53
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-11-05.
Silica (quartz)
5.3
silica avg (%)
13.4
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-12-11.
Noise
6%
over PEL
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-11-05.
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
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q3 687 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,390 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 14,209 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 14,836 8 4 539.2
Show 20 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3 15,346 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 12,664 6 6 473.8
2018 Q1 9,047 10 3 1105.3
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 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 617 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,156 1 0 865.1
2015 Q1 978 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,601 9 2 1606.9
2014 Q3 14,624 4 1 273.5
2014 Q2 13,532 7 4 517.3
2014 Q1 3,917 6 1 1531.8
2013 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

September 17, 2014 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Premier Elkhorn Coal Company, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Truck driver tried to downshift while going downhill and did not get the truck in gear, then the truck ran down hill and turned over on private property approximately 1000 feet away. The driver bumped his head requiring stitches.

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The full compliance file on Job #57

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.