Mining Incidents

First Fork Surface Mine Coal

Clintwood JOD, LLC · Surface
Controlled by JOD Holdings LLC
Fedscreek, Pike County, KY  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1517941

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
2000–2012
Latest incident
Jan 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
270
citations
129
significant & substantial
$71,132
proposed penalties
$66,267
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 10 2 0 200000.0
2024 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 1 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

2012 · 1 incident

January 13, 2012 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Apex Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was hoisting a beam for a highwall miner. Was swinging beam around pinning his left hand between beam & loader bucket.

2011 · 2 incidents

November 28, 2011 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Apex Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was plugging up air hose to the air system of a 785D caterpillar rock truck. He twisted his back while kneeling under truck during the work process. Employee started missing time on 12/5/11.

March 15, 2011 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Apex Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

This employee started missing time on 3/15/11. On 3/15/11 this company received notice that employee filed with KY office of workers claims. This was reported to out compension currier on 5/5/11

2010 · 2 incidents

October 12, 2010 KY · Coal welder (shop) STRIKING OR BUMPING
Apex Energy Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE was welding on excavator bucket, he stepped off bucket and hit his knee on a hook on the side of the bucket.

August 30, 2010 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Apex Energy Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was putting grease in rock truck with high pressure grease gun when hose at the end of grease gun blew up injecting grease in left forearm.

2009 · 2 incidents

July 23, 2009 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Apex Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was cleaning highwall with front end loader when rock came off of highwall and struck the front end loader bucket causing pain in employee's back.

June 5, 2009 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Apex Energy Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was getting a 1 gal bottle of windshield washer fluid from foreman when he slipped and fell landing on the track of the d-9 dozer he was operating. He started loosing time on 6/8/09

2008 · 2 incidents

April 9, 2008 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Apex Energy Inc · Struck by falling object

Moving 5 gal buckets of oil from oil trailer to put on service truck. Dropped bucket of oil striking himself on top of right foot. This employee returned to work on 4/10/08 restricted duty. He started losing time on 4/29/08.

February 25, 2008 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Apex Energy Inc · Struck against a moving object

One of the trucks over traveled the berm causing the bed to over turn. The employee was thrown around in the cab causing alleged injury.

2007 · 2 incidents

July 28, 2007 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Apex Energy Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was exiting 992G loader. Foot slipped on top step of ladder and he fell on his back down the steps and onto the counterweight.

June 18, 2007 KY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Apex Energy Inc · Fall from machine

Operator was standing on machine checking coolant. He lost hand grip; to avoid falling he jumped causing injury.

2005 · 2 incidents

December 6, 2005 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Apex Energy Inc · Struck by powered moving object

#337 rock truck ran into bed of 335 rock truck

May 23, 2005 KY · Coal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Apex Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was getting off the back of fuel truck & his foot slipped, pulling his left knee & twisting it.

2004 · 1 incident

January 14, 2004 KY · Coal NO VALUE FOUND
Apex Energy Inc · No Value Found

EE HELPED HOOK A TOW CABLE FROM HIS DOZER TO A ROCK TRUCK. AFTER HE WAS GOING BACK TO HIS WORK AREA, HE SAID HE HAD PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER & ARM AREA. EE SAID HE HAD BEEN HAVING SOME PAIN IN AREA FOR A FEW DAYS.

2001 · 3 incidents

April 26, 2001 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Apex Energy Inc · Fall from machine

THE 135 DEMAG WAS LOADING 777C CAT ROCK TRUCK WHEN BOLTS SECURING CAB OF MACHINE BROKE LETTING CAB TIP FORWARD OFF THE FRAME OF MACHINE.

March 20, 2001 KY · Coal drill helper OTHER
Apex Energy Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRAMMED DRILL TO BENCH, MARKED OFF HOLES TO DRILL AND STARTED DRILLING. OPENED DOOR OUT OF DRILL DECK, WIND WAS BLOWING VERY HARD, GOT SMALL PIECES OF SOMETHING IN EYE.

January 2, 2001 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Apex Energy Inc · Fall onto or against objects

CLIMBING OUT OF D9 DOZER STEPPED ON PUSH BEAM FOOT SLIPPED, FELL & HIT BEAM ON RIBS, FELL TO GROUND ON BACK

2000 · 2 incidents

November 9, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Apex Energy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON THE BRAKE CALIPER OF A KOMATSU 330M ROCK TRUCK. THE SOCKET AND RATCHET SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT, CAUSING EE TO TWIST HI S RIGHT ANKLE.

October 29, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Apex Energy Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE INSTALLING AN ENGINE IN A CAT 988B LOADER, MECHANIC WAS USING A DISC GRINDER TO SMOOTH OFF A ROUGH PIECE OF METAL. A SLIVER OF METAL CAME UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND HIT HIS R EYE.