Shop Br. Coal
Knox Operating, LLC
· Underground
Controlled by
Jeffrey K Justus II
Elkhorn City,
Pike County,
KY
·
NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1519866
Shop Br. has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $445 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
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
144
citations
24
significant & substantial
$26,690
proposed penalties
$25,700
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $990 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
30
inspections on record
2,105
inspection hours
6.8
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.144 citations across 2,105 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Shop Br. has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $445 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.$27K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$445
outstanding
139 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Shop Br. shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.33 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 449 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.0.33
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.20
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
449
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-08-07.
Silica (quartz)
5.5
silica avg (%)
7.5
silica max (%)
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-07-24.
Noise
4%
over PEL
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-07-16.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 1,584 | 1 | 0 | 631.3 |
| 2025 Q3 | 7,576 | 28 | 7 | 3695.9 |
| 2025 Q2 | 17,529 | 31 | 5 | 1768.5 |
| 2025 Q1 | 14,791 | 32 | 3 | 2163.5 |
| 2024 Q4 | 12,126 | 21 | 5 | 1731.8 |
| 2024 Q3 | 9,884 | 15 | 3 | 1517.6 |
| 2024 Q2 | 4,069 | 5 | 0 | 1228.8 |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,856 | 4 | 0 | 2155.2 |
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 Shop Br.
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.