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.
95 citations across 1,595 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cam Creek Mine has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $585 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$585
outstanding
93 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-08-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Cam Creek Mine shows 99% of 92 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2018-10-31, 7 years ago
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
92
samples
2.39
dust max (mg/m3)
1
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
81 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 11 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Cam Creek Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.
Injury rate, 2018
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.34 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 3.81 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2014 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
6.38
0.00
0.000
2006 *
4.42
4.42
0.000
2005 *
4.31
4.31
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2019
0
2018
10
32,404
2017
5
10,486
2016
1
2015
5
4,908
2014
14
56,374
2013
9
14,569
2009
22
82,278
2008
23
35,029
2007
2
354
2006
17
154,779
2005
16
153,882
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Cam Creek Mine sits in Lawrence County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.4% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Lawrence County, Kentucky · Population 16,171
3.4%
Mining share of county employment
$45,584
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2019 Q2
0
0
0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
757
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
11,919
3
1
251.7
2018 Q2
4,398
6
4
1364.3
2018 Q1
3,128
1
0
319.7
2017 Q4
3,792
2
0
527.4
2017 Q3
1,715
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2017 Q2
1,078
1
0
927.6
2017 Q1
821
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
746
3
1
4021.4
2016 Q3
0
0
0
2016 Q2
0
0
0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
0
0
0
2015 Q3
8,819
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
0
2
0
2015 Q1
4,795
4
0
834.2
2014 Q4
9,092
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
7,651
7
1
914.9
2014 Q2
6,993
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
6,465
4
2
618.7
2013 Q4
6,295
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,967
2
2
1016.8
2013 Q2
1,433
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
629
3
1
4769.5
2009 Q3
4,710
3
1
636.9
2009 Q2
12,506
4
2
319.8
2009 Q1
13,502
4
4
296.3
2008 Q4
9,730
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
0
0
0
2007 Q1
1,589
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
6,135
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
8,543
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
14,771
10
5
677.0
2006 Q1
15,795
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
14,076
11
8
781.5
2005 Q3
15,850
4
3
252.4
2005 Q2
11,581
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,858
8
5
1646.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2009 · 1 incident
January 26, 2009KY · Coalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lube technician was attempting to climb upon a D9N Dozer to check it out and start it, had a slip and fall. There was no laceration to the face, he was just bruised.
2006 · 1 incident
June 13, 2006KY · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE