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Josie Mine #2: 134 MSHA citations Coal

Rockholds, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519002

Josie Mine #2 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2006–2007
Latest incident
Nov 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
134
citations
23
significant & substantial
$14,962
proposed penalties
$14,962
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See American Highwall Mining LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
49
inspections on record
1,233
inspection hours
10.9
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.
134 citations across 1,233 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Josie Mine #2 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
119 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $142 in penalties contested before the Commission, $142 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-02-04.
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.
19.0%
significant & substantial
1.7%
high negligence or reckless
19.0%
reasonably likely or greater
5.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.4% low, 90.9% moderate, 1.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$142 proposed, $142 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 2012-05-31.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
KENT 2012-1102 Dismissal Tureck 2012 $142 → $142
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Josie Mine #2 shows 97% of 64 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: 2019-03-29, 7 years ago
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
64
samples
3.42
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘ The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
58 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 6 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR12
  • GROUNDMAN12
  • AUGER OPERATOR11

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2018-06-07, 8 years ago
3.8
silica avg (%)
1
samples
3.8
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR1
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

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.

Last sampled: 2019-02-04, 7 years ago
4%
over PEL
57
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • GROUNDMAN11
  • AUGER OPERATOR10
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER8
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2019 100% 6
2018 100% 14
2017 100% 10
2016 100% 5
2015 100% 5
2012 100% 8
2008 100% 4
2007 83% 12
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2019 25% 4
2018 0% 10
2017 0% 9
2016 0% 5
2015 0% 5
2012 11% 9
2008 0% 3
2007 0% 12
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Josie Mine #2 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.

Injury rate, 2018
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.34 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 3.81 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
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.
Ownership history
  1. American Highwall Mining LLC 2006 to present
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)
2023 2
2022 4
2021 1
2020 0
2019 5 725
2018 10 5,318
2017 9 12,069
2016 7 4,085
2015 7 6,101
2014 8
2013 8 7,245
2012 9 1,335
2008 8
2007 7 9,657
2006 6 200
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Josie Mine #2 sits in Whitley County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Whitley County, Kentucky · Population 36,755
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$41,719
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
2023 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 630 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,991 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,359 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,900 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6,369 1 0 157.0
2018 Q4 5,854 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,035 5 2 828.5
2018 Q2 6,507 5 0 768.4
2018 Q1 6,456 9 1 1394.1
2017 Q4 6,065 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,256 9 0 2114.7
2017 Q2 5,013 6 2 1196.9
2017 Q1 3,916 3 1 766.1
2016 Q4 3,474 3 0 863.6
2016 Q3 3,497 10 0 2859.6
2016 Q2 3,307 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,584 6 0 1674.1
2015 Q4 3,645 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,516 5 0 1422.1
2015 Q2 3,243 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,642 9 1 3406.5
2014 Q4 3,242 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 933 9 0 9646.3
2014 Q2 976 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,708 2 0 539.4
2013 Q4 3,621 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,343 3 0 690.8
2013 Q2 5,005 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,381 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,980 1 0 200.8
2012 Q3 5,735 1 0 174.4
2012 Q2 4,990 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 540 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,537 5 0 1413.6
2008 Q2 2,682 1 0 372.9
2008 Q1 2,576 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,465 11 3 3174.6
2007 Q3 3,493 3 1 858.9
2007 Q2 3,427 6 2 1750.8
2007 Q1 3,990 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,804 14 4 4992.9
2006 Q3 2,107 4 4 1898.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2007 · 3 incidents

July 27, 2007 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
American Highwall Mining LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was welding and a piece of hot slag burned his right calf. Burn became infected. Dr. lanced the area; a blood clot and staph infection formed and employee was placed in hospital. We were not notified that this was work-related until 8-6-07.

June 11, 2007 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Highwall Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Prying with a bar at one of the latches trying to unlatch a beam (he strained his neck/shoulder).

2006 · 1 incident

October 13, 2006 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Highwall Mining LLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Walking on catwalk to enter operator cab. The cat walk fell through and he landed on the ground. Scratched and bruised back. Specific injury unknown pending MRI.