Jewell Ridge, Tazewell County,
VA
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407369
Mine No. 1 has $212K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2022–2024
Latest incident
Aug 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
359
citations
91
significant & substantial
$212,422
proposed penalties
$162,958
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $49,464 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
25
inspections on record
3,303
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.
359 citations across 3,303 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mine No. 1 has $212K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K 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.
$212K
proposed penalties
$171K
current assessed
$163K
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
352 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Mine No. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.31 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 1,052 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.
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
The employee was installing a roof bolt and the bolt came out of the drill chuck near the top. As the employee attempted to get the bolt back into the drill wrench, employee got a finger caught between the wrench resulting in a laceration.
2022 · 2 incidents
November 16, 2022VA · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Employee was drilling a hole in the mine roof to install a roof bolt and as employee was retrieving the drill steel out of the hole employee placed hand on the drill steel as it was spinning.
October 15, 2022VA · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While breaking down a feeder for belt move, injured employee caught left thumb between crib block and roof bolt, resulting in laceration. Injury was not due to a training or compliance issue.
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