Mining Incidents

Caymus Mine Coal

Award Development, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Ashley N Ward
Orgas, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605315

Caymus Mine has $461K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 15 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
23
Years on record
1983–2014
Latest incident
Jan 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
263
citations
92
significant & substantial
$461,437
proposed penalties
$339,784
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $121,653 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
57
inspections on record
4,261
inspection hours
6.2
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.
263 citations across 4,261 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Caymus Mine has $461K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 15 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.
$461K
proposed penalties
$343K
current assessed
$340K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
242 assessments are final orders; 15 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-11-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Caymus Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.56 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 173 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.
0.56
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.71
dust max (mg/m3)
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
173
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-05-03.
Silica (quartz)
3.3
silica avg (%)
6.5
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-03-06.
Noise
0%
over PEL
38
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-01-27.
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
2016 Q4 1,040 1 0 961.5
2016 Q3 1,000 1 0 1000.0
2016 Q1 0 2 2
2015 Q4 520 1 1 1923.1
2015 Q3 520 2 0 3846.2
2015 Q2 1,560 1 0 641.0
2015 Q1 1,560 2 0 1282.1
2014 Q4 1,560 1 0 641.0
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q3 2,270 2 0 881.1
2014 Q2 19,931 19 8 953.3
2014 Q1 46,023 32 11 695.3
2013 Q4 41,457 40 11 964.9
2013 Q3 44,341 19 12 428.5
2013 Q2 41,335 19 1 459.7
2013 Q1 33,190 20 7 602.6
2012 Q4 19,304 16 4 828.8
2012 Q3 28,213 16 3 567.1
2012 Q2 9,403 18 8 1914.3
2012 Q1 7,506 14 6 1865.2
2011 Q4 5,081 30 16 5904.3
2011 Q3 7,022 4 1 569.6
2011 Q2 2,381 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,613 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,808 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,016 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,650 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

23 on file

2014 · 1 incident

2013 · 2 incidents

August 16, 2013 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Hanover Resources, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was retrieving nails from roof bolter when a piece of rib material, 6'L x 3'W x 12" thick, fell, striking him from behind, injuring his left knee.

May 30, 2013 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hanover Resources, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was moving section when the scoop tire got on his Left foot.

2012 · 1 incident

January 9, 2012 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Hanover Resources, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was operating scoop when a rock fell from the roof and struck him in the head.

2011 · 2 incidents

November 28, 2011 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanover Resources, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was trying to loosen fitting on water block when he pulled a muscle in his left arm.

August 27, 2011 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanover Resources, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling and pushing on 3" solid water line when he felt a pain in his right calf muscle.

1984 · 6 incidents

May 17, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS BOLTING, THE CANOPY OF THE OVER SIDE OF THE ROOF BOLTER BROKE AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD, CAUSING INJURY.

February 21, 1984 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING ROOF BOLTS OUT OF THE UN-A-TRAC AND PUTTING THEM ON THE ROOF BOLTED WHEN HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN-GROIN AREA, CAUSING INJURY.

February 14, 1984 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS AT #3 ENTRY PULLING ON ROOF BOLTER CABLE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS GROIN, CAUSING INJURY.

February 6, 1984 WV · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP STATED HE WAS WELDING ON A PIPE THAT WAS LEANING AGAINST A SPOOL OF CABLE IN THE SHOP THE PIPE SLID DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE PIPE AND A HAMMER LYING ON THE FLOOR CAUSING INJ

January 29, 1984 WV · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING BELT ENTRY DURING HIS FIRE BOSS RUN WHEN HE SLIPPED IN SOME MUD AT 88 STOPPING AND FELL INJURING HIS HAND AND WRIST

January 3, 1984 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS STANDING BEHIND BOLTER WHATCHING CABLE AND GETTING READY TO MOVE BOLTER. BOLTER OPERATOR MOVED THE BOLTER BEFORE HE KNEW IT AND RAN UPON HIS FOOT WITH THE BUMPER OF THE MACHINE, CAUSING INJURY.

1983 · 11 incidents

October 21, 1983 WV · Coal trackman, track worker, track gang STRIKING OR BUMPING
Cedar Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

WALKING ON BELT LINE AND RAN INTO HANGING BOLT,CAUSING INJURY.

October 14, 1983 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Cedar Coal Company · Struck by falling object

OPERATING C.M. AND CANOPY DROPPED DOWN CAUSING INJURY TO HIS BACK.

October 4, 1983 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cedar Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STGATED THAT HE WAS OPENING ROCKDUST BAG WITH HIS KNIFE AND LACERATED THE TOP OF HIS RT INDEX FINGVER

September 9, 1983 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cedar Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CUTTING WATER LINE IN TWO WITH AN AX AND HAMMER WHEN HE STRUCK THE BLADE OF THE AX AND A PIECE OF STEEL STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT HAND, CAUSING INJURY.

September 2, 1983 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS REPAIRING BATTERY PLUG WHEN A PIECE OF HOT METAL WENT INTO HIS BOOT, CAUSING INJURY.

May 31, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EE STATED THAT THE ROOF BOLTER WAS SITTING AT THE BACK UP FLYS IN #7 ENTRY & THE STANDARD S/C CAME THRU FLYS & HIT BACK OF BOLTER. HE WAS AT BACK OF BOLTER & HE JUMPED UPON TOP OF ROOF BOLTE R & HIT THE TOP OF H IS FOOT.

February 14, 1983 WV · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS OPERATING MANTRIP AND CABLE WAS HANGING LOW ON THE MAIN TRACK LINE CABLE CAUGHT HIS HEAD JERKED HIM DOWN INTO THE MANTRIP AND INTO THE ROOF CAUSING INJURY

February 2, 1983 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROADWAY, THE BOOM ON THE SHUTTLE CAR HIT THE TOP, AND HIS FINGER GOT PINCHED ON THE TOP CANOPY.

January 6, 1983 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CROSSING THE CATWALK WHICH IS NARROW AND GRABBED A POST TO GET DOWN HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUGHT ON SOMETHING AND WHEN IT CAME LOOSE IT THREW HIM MAKING HIM TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE AND LANDING ON HIS RIGHT LEG

January 5, 1983 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HELPING HANG CURTAIN AT 2ND X-CUT OUTBY FACE OF 3 ENTRY.OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR WAS TRAVELING 3 ENTRY.EMPL THOUGHT SHUTTLE CAR WAS GOING TO GO DOWN 3 BUT INSTEAD,SHUTTLE CAR MADE LEFT TURN AN D LOAD END OF SHUTTLE CAR PINNED EMPL AGAINST RIB.

January 5, 1983 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Coal Company · Struck by powered moving object

HELPING HANG CURTAIN.EMPL THOUGHT SHUTTLE CAR WAS GOING TO GO DOWN 3 ENTRY BUT IT MADE A LEFT TURN AND LOAD END OF SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK EMPL ON LEFT SIDE LOWER BACK AND LEG. EMPL ON LEFT SIDE OF LOWER BACK AND LEG.

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The full compliance file on Caymus Mine

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