Johnson-Floyd Coal Company LLC Job 1 has $139K in proposed MSHA penalties and $82K outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2006–2008
Latest incident
Aug 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
202
citations
115
significant & substantial
$139,066
proposed penalties
$53,041
paid to date
38% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $86,025 gap.
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.
202 citations across 1,351 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Johnson-Floyd Coal Company LLC Job 1 has $139K in proposed MSHA penalties and $82K outstanding across 9 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.
$139K
proposed penalties
$135K
current assessed
$53K
paid to date
$82K
outstanding
197 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
Of $95K in penalties contested before the Commission, $90K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-12-28.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
67citations taken to the federal commission · 33% of citations on record
Settled
21 · 31%
Stood as issued
46 · 69%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 36 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
5%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$95K proposed, $90K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-03-09.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Johnson-Floyd Coal Company LLC Job 1 shows 98% of 98 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: 2009-04-23, 17 years ago
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
98
samples
1.58
dust max (mg/m3)
81 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 17 by the operator.
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.
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.
Johnson-Floyd Coal Company LLC Job 1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.
Injury rate, 2009
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.16 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 5.04 cases per 100 workers that year.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2009
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008
1.60
1.60
0.000
2007
4.00
2.00
0.000
2006 *
2.05
2.05
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
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)
2009
65
255,414
2008
56
355,422
2007
42
274,811
2006
32
277,525
2005
26
253,712
2004
19
113,747
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Johnson-Floyd Coal Company LLC Job 1 sits in Johnson County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Johnson County, Kentucky · Population 22,464
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$43,014
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
2009 Q4
38,030
21
11
552.2
2009 Q3
25,015
18
10
719.6
2009 Q2
41,287
5
4
121.1
2009 Q1
33,491
1
0
29.9
2008 Q4
26,214
22
12
839.2
2008 Q3
32,518
12
8
369.0
2008 Q2
37,190
1
1
26.9
2008 Q1
29,461
10
3
339.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2007 Q4
30,750
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
24,901
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
23,825
9
3
377.8
2007 Q1
20,643
10
9
484.4
2006 Q4
28,075
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
24,504
11
4
448.9
2006 Q2
23,852
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
21,308
2
1
93.9
2005 Q4
21,356
4
4
187.3
2005 Q3
21,566
13
3
602.8
2005 Q2
9,508
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
9,821
11
8
1120.0
2004 Q4
11,406
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
11,445
7
6
611.6
2004 Q2
10,207
9
3
881.7
2004 Q1
9,790
8
3
817.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2008 · 1 incident
August 25, 2008KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A 14' camper trailer used as a guard shack. Employee was using a propane cook stove to prepare a meal and apparently fell asleep. The trailer caught fire. He escaped trailer but suffered severe burns to hands, arms and neck and minor burns to his face.
2006 · 2 incidents
December 28, 2006KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Operator was mounting rear of front end loader when he lost his grip and fell about 2 1/2 feet onto his lunch bucket breaking his left collar bone and 3 ribs.
Contractor did not adequately block the rock truck bed from motion.The bed had been blocked with two crib blocks on top of each other on 4 corners. The blocks were installed parallel with the front and back of the bed. On the 2nd swing of the sledge hamer, the bed fell 6" off the top crib blocks, injuring the contractor installing the bushing.
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