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Piney Branch Surface Mine Coal

Clintwood JOD, LLC · Surface

Controlled by JOD Holdings LLC

Hurley, Va., Buchanan County, VA · NonProducing

MSHA Mine ID: 4407285

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 8
Years on record: 2013–2021
Latest incident: Dec 2021

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2012

145

citations

significant & substantial

$198,017

proposed penalties

$125,975

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	0
2025 Q3	0
2025 Q2	0
2025 Q1	20	0.0
2024 Q4	500	0.0
2024 Q3	20	0.0
2023 Q4	0
2022 Q4	1,360	0.0

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2021 · 1 incident

December 4, 2021 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Clintwood JOD, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was dismounting equipment when they stepped onto ground they slipped and felt a sharp pain in groin area. ****NOTE: EMPLOYEE WORKED THE NEXT SHIFT 12/06/2021 TOLD SUPERVISOR ON THAT DAY ABOUT INJURY MISSED NEXT TWO DAYS OF WORK 12/07/2021 AND 12/08/2021. RETURNED ON 12/09/2021

2019 · 1 incident

April 6, 2019 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Apex Energy, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Adjusting track on D10N dozer, chain broke and hit employee in left hand.

2017 · 1 incident

March 16, 2017 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Apex Energy, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was running dozer ran over rock and it shook them around causing lower back pain radiating down into the left leg.

2016 · 1 incident

February 12, 2016 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Apex Energy, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was mounting truck when EE felt a pop in EE's shoulder. Employee worked until lunch time and decided to go to get checked out.

2015 · 1 incident

September 28, 2015 VA · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Apex Energy, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was performing equipment pre-shift when lost his footing and fell from grader striking his head on the back of blade.

2014 · 1 incident

August 14, 2014 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Apex Energy, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Tripped coming across rock pile. Tried to catch self from falling and dislocated middle finger and scratched arm.

2013 · 2 incidents

August 22, 2013 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Apex Energy, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a D-9 Caterpillar Bulldozer when he backed up over a rock causing pain in back and numdness in arm.

July 31, 2013 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Apex Energy, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was preparing to weld the left wing section of a haul truck bed to the main section of bed. He was readjusting chain when crib kicked out causing the left wing section to turn over pinning him to the ground.