Mining Incidents

Mine #1 Coal

J & S Coal, LLC · Underground
Harold, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519835

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2019–2024
Latest incident
Jan 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
125
citations
28
significant & substantial
$31,167
proposed penalties
$8,745
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
2024 Q1 6,399 4 2 625.1
2023 Q4 8,035 10 3 1244.6
2023 Q3 405 6 0 14814.8
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 10 0
2022 Q4 0 11 3
2022 Q3 8,286 8 2 965.5
2022 Q2 6,994 8 0 1143.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2024 · 1 incident

January 5, 2024 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
J & S Coal, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was making a belt splice using a hammer when EE felt pain in EE's left shoulder. Employee went to Pikeville Medical Center to the Emergency Room but then continued to work until 01/15/2024 when EE went for a follow-up appointment and at the time the doctor took EE off work.

2019 · 1 incident

October 16, 2019 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Calvary Enterprises, LLC · Struck by falling object

While setting the feeder, EE was putting a crib block under feeder when one of the blocks crushed out letting the feeder set down on EE's hand.