Cawood #1
Coal
Cawood,
Harlan County,
KY
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Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519963
Cawood #1 has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2026
- Latest incident
- Jun 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
7
significant & substantial
$20,984
proposed penalties
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,573 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2024
3.6
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
36 citations across 1,003 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cawood #1 has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Cawood #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.38 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 86 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.
Most recent sample: 2026-06-23.
Silica (quartz)
Most recent sample: 2026-04-09.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2026-04-22.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2025 Q4 |
9,235 |
6 |
1 |
649.7 |
| 2025 Q3 |
2,278 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 |
1,247 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 |
546 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 |
4,646 |
3 |
0 |
645.7 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2026 · 2 incidents
June 9, 2026
KY · Coal
shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nally & Hamilton Ent. Inc. · Struck by flying object
Employee was struck in the head with a chain that was being used to pull EE's shuttle car to get it unstuck.
Nally & Hamilton Ent. Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Employee was placing doors on fan house air lock to weld them on and pulled at door and strained groin area.
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