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Blackjewel L.L.C. operator

Controlled by Jeffery A Hoops

MSHA operator ID: 0100767

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 307
Mines on record: 54
Years on record: 2010–2019

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2009

11,671

citations

3,125

significant & substantial

$8,000,431

proposed penalties

$997,171

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 33 non-fatal
MACHINERY 1 fatality · 30 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 63 non-fatal
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 61 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 40 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 39 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2019

2018

69 (1f)

2017

69 (1f)

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2010

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

March 28, 2018 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Blackjewel L.L.C. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

The belt Foreman & 1 other employee made a belt splice on #7 mainline belt. Belt came on & foreman was dragged approx. 6-7 crosscuts before the belt stopped by a person making belt checks.

December 29, 2017 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY

Blackjewel L.L.C. · Struck against a moving object

Two bulldozers pushing in the same area, operators talking on CB. D9 operator is injured worker. D-11 is colleague. D9 stopped talking. D11 found that D9 had gone over highwall. Injured worker passed away from injuries sustained.