Red Ash Highwall Mine #1 Coal
JHJN Resources, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Active Resources Inc
Iaeger,
Mcdowell County,
WV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4609481
Red Ash Highwall Mine #1 has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $26K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
59
citations
17
significant & substantial
$30,975
proposed penalties
$5,007
paid to date
16% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $25,968 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
20
inspections on record
520
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 520 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Red Ash Highwall Mine #1 has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $26K outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$31K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$26K
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-02-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Red Ash Highwall Mine #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 27 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.14
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.17
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
27
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-01-13.
Silica (quartz)
14.5
silica avg (%)
14.5
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-05-05.
Noise
0%
over PEL
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-02-10.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q1 | 4,560 | 1 | 0 | 219.3 |
| 2022 Q4 | 15,876 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 16,566 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 11,700 | 5 | 2 | 427.4 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Q1 | 10,992 | 1 | 0 | 91.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 7,142 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q2 | 9,304 | 2 | 0 | 215.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 10,990 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 2,456 | 4 | 2 | 1628.7 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Red Ash Highwall Mine #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.