Mining Incidents

#25 Coal

CAM Mining LLC · Underground
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518874

#25 has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2006–2008
Latest incident
Feb 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
121
citations
41
significant & substantial
$44,245
proposed penalties
$44,185
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
18
inspections on record
937
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 937 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#25 has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$44K
proposed penalties
$44K
current assessed
$44K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
119 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-02-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #25 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.46 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 154 samples.

Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.46
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.79
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
154
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-02-05.
Silica (quartz)
10.2
silica avg (%)
24.0
silica max (%)
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-02-12.
Noise
0%
over PEL
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-02-05.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1 37,869 7 4 184.8
2007 Q4 41,136 16 7 389.0
2007 Q3 35,931 21 7 584.5
2007 Q2 38,347 23 6 599.8
2007 Q1 35,676 12 1 336.4
2006 Q4 28,775 24 9 834.1
2006 Q3 23,505 9 5 382.9
2006 Q2 0 9 2
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2008 · 1 incident

February 28, 2008 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CAM Mining LLC · Struck by flying object

Taking bolts out of cutter motor lid and it sprang out, striking him across the nose. Notified on 3/5/08 of nasal fracture.

2007 · 1 incident

November 28, 2007 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CAM Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was picking up jacks and twisted his ankle.

2006 · 3 incidents

November 20, 2006 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
CAM Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was putting bolt up fast feed pot, he was down on left knee sitting on gob when his knee slid and got caught under pot.

November 3, 2006 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
CAM Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was putting conveyor chain together on shuttle car when the rachet slipped catching his little finger on his left hand in the conveyor chain. Crush injury resulted in a medical amputation of part of his little finger.

September 25, 2006 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CAM Mining LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Miner was helping to load belt structure, tripped and fell backwards on a piece of structure.

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The full compliance file on #25

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.