Mining Incidents

Jones Fork Coal

Controlled by Metinvest B V
Big Rock, Buchanan County, VA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4407126

Jones Fork has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $872 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2006–2009
Latest incident
Sep 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
91
citations
30
significant & substantial
$20,971
proposed penalties
$19,548
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,423 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
42
inspections on record
733
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: 733 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Jones Fork has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $872 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$872
outstanding
90 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-12-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Jones Fork shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.13 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 34 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.
0.13
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.34
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
34
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-10-02.
Silica (quartz)
17.5
silica avg (%)
22.0
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-05-12.
Noise
4%
over PEL
26
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-10-02.
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
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 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 7 3
2011 Q3 176 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 302 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 99 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,646 2 0 1215.1
2010 Q3 2,457 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,862 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,026 1 0 493.6
2009 Q4 2,317 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,344 7 2 1611.4
2009 Q2 2,237 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,233 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 15,557 18 5 1157.0
2008 Q3 14,868 2 2 134.5
2008 Q2 17,125 5 1 292.0
2008 Q1 17,932 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 16,631 3 0 180.4
2007 Q3 17,430 2 2 114.7
2007 Q2 17,698 14 8 791.0
2007 Q1 17,128 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,269 9 4 971.0
2006 Q3 4,190 7 1 1670.6
2006 Q2 11,387 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,340 12 2 1892.7
2005 Q4 5,215 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 2 0
2005 Q2 626 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2009 · 1 incident

September 2, 2009 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Surface Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

This is filed for the ltd. purpose of abating C. #8165978. The engine died on EE's truck, EE stepped out, he got back in and tried to start the engine and said the truck rolled off and went over the hill and the cab turned over. **EE was terminated 9/4/09 while still on restricted duty per Inspector**

2006 · 1 incident

January 3, 2006 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Oak Tetons, LLC. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was repairing a 735 Articulated Truck. He was getting out from underneath the machine, holding the remote to the crane. As he was pulling himself up, his hand slipped causing the remote to strike him in the right front tooth. Tooth broke.

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The full compliance file on Jones Fork

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.