Mining Incidents

No. 1 Coal

Jean Coal Co. LLC · Surface
Controlled by Terry G Loving
Putney, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519498

No. 1 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Oct 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
86
citations
14
significant & substantial
$12,522
proposed penalties
$7,928
paid to date
63% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,594 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
24
inspections on record
806
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: 806 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No. 1 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 4 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
81 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-12-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No. 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 82 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.
0.15
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.98
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
82
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-03-23.
Silica (quartz)
15.3
silica avg (%)
26.7
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-12-18.
Noise
9%
over PEL
47
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-12-10.
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
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q2 10,011 6 3 599.3
2013 Q1 11,701 2 1 170.9
2012 Q4 11,918 5 1 419.5
2012 Q3 11,006 11 0 999.5
2012 Q2 9,569 1 0 104.5
2012 Q1 8,517 13 1 1526.4
2011 Q4 3,842 0 0 0.0
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3 9,175 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 13,216 5 2 378.3
2011 Q1 14,796 15 5 1013.8
2010 Q4 13,140 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 9,046 9 0 994.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2014 · 3 incidents

October 27, 2014 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jean Coal Co. LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

loosening the strap winches on the day delivery truck bar slipped out of his hand striking him in the chest

April 11, 2014 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Jean Coal Co. LLC · Struck by flying object

Grinding slag off metal - making shims for connecting block on back of blade for machine something flew into right eye.

March 21, 2014 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jean Coal Co. LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

installed fan on machine something flew in eye while checking fan speed

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The full compliance file on No. 1

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.