Mining Incidents

Can Do Plant Coal

Controlled by Donald E Bowles
St. Charles, Hopkins County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518110

Can Do Plant has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $420 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Oct 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
65
citations
15
significant & substantial
$13,506
proposed penalties
$11,886
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,620 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
39
inspections on record
1,362
inspection hours
4.8
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.
65 citations across 1,362 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Can Do Plant has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $420 outstanding across 3 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$420
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-10-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Can Do Plant shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.31 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 26 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.
0.31
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.92
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
26
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-04-18.
Noise
12%
over PEL
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-02-28.
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
2006 Q4 0 1 0
2006 Q3 0 1 0
2006 Q2 2,964 3 0 1012.1
2006 Q1 3,612 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,329 3 0 1288.1
2005 Q3 11,256 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 16,586 8 3 482.3
2005 Q1 16,241 0 0 0.0
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 14,650 11 7 750.9
2004 Q3 12,501 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 9,932 3 1 302.1
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 5,265 1 0 189.9
2003 Q3 4,854 2 0 412.0
2003 Q2 4,597 16 2 3480.5
2003 Q1 4,027 5 1 1241.6
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 8,473 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,691 1 0 130.0
2000 Q1 8,165 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2004 · 3 incidents

October 18, 2004 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Charolais Coal No 1 LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS HELPING FROM THE BANK TO GET SUPPLIES TO MEDICAL PERSONNEL. GROUND CONDIDITONS WERE MUDDY AND SLICK. EE FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM, CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND LAND ON HIS RIBS. EE WAS COMPLAINING OF POSSIBLE RIB FRACTURE.

October 18, 2004 KY · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Charolais Coal No 1 LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE OPERATING A MUD CAT DREDGE. CLEANING OUT SILT BASIN BELOW THE COAL YARD. EE THOUGHT THE HEAD WAS TRYING TO STOP UP, GOT OUT OF CAB TO TAKE A LOOK. PUT THE AUGER IN NEUTRAL AND LEFT THE ENGINE IDLEING. WALKED TOWARDS THE HEAD TO GET A CLOSER VIEW, AND CLIMBED OVER OIL THROUGH HANDRAILS, SLIPPED AND WENT INTO AUGER. LEG HAD TO BE REMOVED BELOW KNEE.

May 22, 2004 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Charolais Coal No 1 LLC · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING AND HIT ELBOW ON THE BELT FRAME.

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