Mining Incidents

Cam Creek Mine Coal

Kentucky Energy LLC · Surface
Controlled by Charles W Hyden
Martha, Lawrence County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518829

Cam Creek Mine has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $585 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2005–2009
Latest incident
Jan 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
95
citations
47
significant & substantial
$18,659
proposed penalties
$18,074
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $585 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
46
inspections on record
1,595
inspection hours
6.0
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.

MSHA sampling at Cam Creek Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.23 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 92 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.
0.23
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.39
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
92
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-10-31.
Silica (quartz)
7.0
silica avg (%)
40.8
silica max (%)
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-11-06.
Noise
3%
over PEL
59
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-10-31.
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
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
Show 32 earlier quarters
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 9 1 1176.3
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 17 11 1150.9
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, 2009 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Apostle Fuels Inc · Fall from machine

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, 2006 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Locust Grove, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was in 988f. when the loader went in a hole causing him pain to his back.

2005 · 1 incident

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The full compliance file on Cam Creek Mine

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.