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Joe's Run Coal

Controlled by Anthony V Lanham
Philpot, Daviess County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518418

Joe's Run has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $271 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2002–2021
Latest incident
Nov 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
207
citations
80
significant & substantial
$52,973
proposed penalties
$51,991
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $982 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
61
inspections on record
2,657
inspection hours
7.8
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.
207 citations across 2,657 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Joe's Run has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $271 outstanding across 2 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.
$53K
proposed penalties
$52K
current assessed
$52K
paid to date
$271
outstanding
205 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-07-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Joe's Run shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.18 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 230 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.
0.18
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.28
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
230
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-02-07.
Silica (quartz)
5.0
silica avg (%)
12.6
silica max (%)
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2021-08-16.
Noise
2%
over PEL
90
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-12-15.
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
2022 Q2 2,231 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,829 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 7,510 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 15,133 1 0 66.1
2021 Q2 18,061 3 1 166.1
2021 Q1 16,852 1 0 59.3
2020 Q4 17,848 3 1 168.1
2020 Q3 15,459 1 1 64.7
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q2 18,532 8 5 431.7
2020 Q1 14,682 6 2 408.7
2019 Q4 16,505 4 1 242.4
2019 Q3 15,774 10 5 634.0
2019 Q2 17,173 11 6 640.5
2019 Q1 13,365 2 2 149.6
2018 Q4 15,638 2 0 127.9
2018 Q3 11,259 3 1 266.5
2018 Q2 12,538 17 1 1355.9
2018 Q1 11,038 1 0 90.6
2017 Q4 10,319 3 1 290.7
2017 Q3 9,360 2 2 213.7
2017 Q2 10,177 3 2 294.8
2017 Q1 8,468 4 2 472.4
2016 Q4 9,022 4 0 443.4
2016 Q3 4,266 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 8,925 8 3 896.4
2016 Q1 1,697 0 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 1,186 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 955 3 1 3141.4
2014 Q1 3,432 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 10,660 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 14,080 1 0 71.0
2013 Q2 11,203 6 1 535.6
2013 Q1 12,526 2 1 159.7
2012 Q4 12,400 6 0 483.9
2012 Q3 17,247 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 23,157 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 29,337 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 24,132 4 4 165.8
2011 Q3 27,888 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 23,201 13 8 560.3
2011 Q1 25,726 16 11 621.9
2010 Q4 20,594 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 23,752 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 24,242 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 20,057 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 22,941 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 19,614 1 0 51.0
2009 Q2 19,762 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 15,346 11 1 716.8
2008 Q4 18,193 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 15,893 1 0 62.9
2008 Q2 16,542 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 11,848 3 1 253.2
2007 Q4 13,077 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 10,741 1 1 93.1
2007 Q2 11,745 2 1 170.3
2007 Q1 7,605 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,538 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,743 16 3 2786.0
2002 Q4 6,126 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 9,373 4 0 426.8
2002 Q2 7,846 5 4 637.3
2002 Q1 8,364 8 3 956.5
2001 Q4 7,881 7 4 888.2
2001 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2021 · 1 incident

November 1, 2021 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Kentucky Minerals, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was helping mechanic work on haul truck. The come-along hook straightened causing a cylinder to fall on EE's hand and cutting it.

2020 · 2 incidents

August 26, 2020 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Kentucky Minerals, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking to excavator and tripped over a pile of dirt and fell to the ground

2017 · 1 incident

October 5, 2017 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Western Kentucky Minerals, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee had turned off a pump and was walking back to truck when ee stepped on a rock twisting ankle.

2013 · 1 incident

May 31, 2013 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Western Kentucky Minerals, Inc. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee bent over to put a mark on drill steel and hurt his back.

2009 · 1 incident

February 12, 2009 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Kentucky Minerals, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Wind had blown belt bin over. Employee was picking up the bin to put it back in place when left arm was strained.

2008 · 1 incident

May 2, 2008 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Western Kentucky Minerals, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Madisonville Tire & Retread employee. Tire changer had positioned himself so he could dismount & mount both rear tires. As he was re-mounting the outside tire, he swung it around with the hydraulic hand. He pulled the wrong hydraulic lever which brought the tire in and mashed him against his own truck.

2007 · 1 incident

February 24, 2007 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Western Kentucky Minerals, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was holding the bottom of a large bolt (with gloveson) and the air wrench ont he top. The bolt spun in his hand when he triggered the air wrench.

2003 · 1 incident

March 11, 2003 KY · Coal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rust Mining, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR CLOSED DRILL CAB DOOR ON LEFT HAND PINKY FINGER. PARTIALLY SEVERED AT FIRST KNUCKLE - STITCHES.

2002 · 1 incident

July 2, 2002 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rust Mining, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A CHEMICAL BURN ON FOREARMS RESULTING FROM THE COMBINATION OF CREOSOTE AND AMMONIUM NITRATE. AFTER GETTING CREOSITE ON ARMS, EE THEN LOADED BLAST HOLES AND DUST GOT ON ARM S. THE COMBINATION, ALONG WITH SWEAT, IRRITATED THE SKIN.

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