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Persimmon Branch Surface Mine Coal

Clintwood JOD, LLC · Surface

Controlled by JOD Holdings LLC

Stopover, Pike County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1519396

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 6
Years on record: 2011–2021
Latest incident: Oct 2021

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2011

166

citations

significant & substantial

$53,137

proposed penalties

$41,480

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
2023 Q1	1,070	0	0	0.0
2022 Q4	1,836	0	0	0.0
2022 Q3	8,986	0	0	0.0
2021 Q4	21,769	4	1	183.7
2021 Q3	16,686	2	0	119.9
2021 Q1	19,513	3	1	153.7
2020 Q4	12,731	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	8,988	2	0	222.5

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2021 · 1 incident

October 14, 2021 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Clintwood JOD, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was changing hydraulic hose. After getting hose loose, pressure was on the line and sprayed hydraulic fluid on employee's face and eye.

2019 · 1 incident

September 30, 2019 KY · Coal water truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Clintwood Elkhorn Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Some wiring caught fire in water truck, employee exited water truck to retrieve fire extinguisher. The next day EE started having back pain.

2018 · 2 incidents

October 22, 2018 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Clintwood Elkhorn Mining LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was exiting dozer cab when EE slipped and fell off platform landing on tracks.

July 25, 2018 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Clintwood Elkhorn Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was moving a tube of oil from underneath rock truck in parking lot when EE slipped and hurt back.

2017 · 1 incident

August 4, 2017 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Clintwood Elkhorn Mining LLC · Struck against stationary object

Ratchet slipped causing to strike elbow on loader differential. Employee started missing work on 09/15/2017.

2011 · 1 incident

December 10, 2011 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Clintwood Elkhorn Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

got finger caught between 2 parts of L50 Loader Operator cab door