Mining Incidents

Cedar Creek No 5 Surface Coal

Elkhorn City, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1515648

Cedar Creek No 5 Surface has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
33
Years on record
1988–2000
Latest incident
May 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
13
citations
9
significant & substantial
$2,892
proposed penalties
$2,892
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
125
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 125 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cedar Creek No 5 Surface has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-02-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Cedar Creek No 5 Surface shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.63 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 36 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.
0.63
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.81
dust max (mg/m3)
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
36
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-02-10.
Silica (quartz)
10.6
silica avg (%)
13.1
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-01-31.
Noise
0%
over PEL
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-01-19.
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
2000 Q2 1,878 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 27,324 13 9 475.8

Fatalities at this mine

2 recorded
May 11, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Contact with electrical current

EE WAS REPAIRING ON A MARION 201 ELECTRIC SHOVELHE WAS WORKING ON A NUT TO A PIN & THE MEDIUM VOLTAGE COLLECTOR RINGS. THE SHOVEL WAS ENERGIZED TO PUT THE NUT ON THE PIN. POWER WAS DE-ENERGIZE D ON THE MEDIUM VOLTAGE COLLECTOR RINGS. AFTER PUTTING THE COLLECTOR RINGS BACK, HE ENTERED INTOTHE COMPARTMENT THAT HELD THE ENERGIZED 7200 VOLT C RINGS & CAME IN CONTACT WITH ELECTRICITY.

June 6, 1988 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Fall from machine

I.NAME WAS DRIVING BULK ANFO TRUCK FROM STRIP SHOT AREA TO LOAD TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING ONTO A STATE ROAD FROM STRIP PIT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO TURN LEFT ONTO A ROAD LEADING TO ANFO BIN BUT WENT STR AIGHT AHEAD & RAN OVER A 250FT EMBANKMENT HE EITHER JUMPED OR WAS THROWN FROM TRUCK HE WAS CRUSHED BY THE T RUCK & DIED FROM INTERNAL INJURIES (THIS IS MY SPULATION ON MY PART GIVEN

Reportable incidents

31 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2000 · 2 incidents

May 3, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPAIRING BRAKES ON 16G MOTOR GRADER REMOVED WHEEL GROUP AND AS HE TRIED TO REMOVE SPROCKET FROM TANDEM, THE GEAR SLIPPED FROM INSIDE TO TANDEM MECHANIC GRABBED THE GEAR TO PREVENT HIMSELF FRO M BEING HIT AND THE WEIGHT OF THE GEAR WHEN HE GRABBED IT CAUSED HIS BACK TO BE SPRAINED.

January 3, 2000 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE HAD THE HOOD RAISED AND WAS PUMPING THE FUEL UP ON THE ROCK TRUCK. THE HOOD HAD A FAULTY LATCH. AFTER THE TRUCK STARTED HE LET GO OF THE HOOD. AT THIS TIME THE WIND BLEW HARD WHICH CA USED THE TRUCK HOOD TO COME DOWN HITTING EMPLOYEE ACROSS THE BACK.

1999 · 3 incidents

October 12, 1999 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Fall from machine

DESCENDING DOWN A LADDER ON A HIGHWALL DRILL, WHEN THE BOTTOM STEP BROKE AND HE HIT HIS SIDE ON THE UPPER PART OF THE LADDER.

September 20, 1999 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE JERKED HIS HAND FROM A LID STARTING TO FALL ON IT AND CUT HIS HAND.

January 12, 1999 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE STATES: BENT DOWN TO CUFF A CORD, SLIPPED IN MUD AND FELL ON A KNIFE BLADE.

1998 · 2 incidents

September 2, 1998 KY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM TOP OF THE 777A TRUCK WHEN HIS HAND HIT THE TURBO HE WAS WORKING ON CAUSING THE TURBO TO TOPPLE OVEN AND STRIKING EE ON HIS HEAD, CAUSING MINE CUT.

January 14, 1998 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING D-9 BULLDOZER, DOZER SLIPPED OFF A ROCK, OPERATED STATED THAT IT JARRED HIM.

1996 · 5 incidents

November 5, 1996 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS TAKING TREE CUTTERS EQUIPMENT DOWN INTO A NEW HOLLOW FILL LOCATION. BIG DOZERS WERE ABOVE HIM PUSHING INTO ANOTHER HOLLOW FILL IN TH OPPOSITE DIRECTION. A ROCK BROKE LOOSE ADN ROLLED DOWN THE HILL STRIKING THE DOZER ON TEH RIGHT SIDE. THE ROCK HIT THE BRUSH GUUARD MASHING IT INTO EE'S RIGHT SHOULDER AND FOREARM.

September 5, 1996 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOADING DRILL STEEL INTO THE DRILL STEEL RACK. ONE OF THE PIECES WAS HUNG UP. IT SLIPPED LOOSE & HIT EE ON THE LEFT HAND & BRUISED IT

May 17, 1996 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIGHTENING BOLT ON A 1400 ENDLOADER WITH A RATCHET. THE RATCHET BROKE AND THE SHARP POINT LACERATED HIS PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

January 24, 1996 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING DURING RAIN STORM WHEN HIS FOOTING BECAME VERY SLIPPERY. WHILE FILLING A PORTABLE TANK ON TRUCK, HE SLIPPED AND FELL FROM TRUCK STRIKING A CONCRETE PIER, RESULTING IN INJU RY.

1995 · 1 incident

February 13, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Fall from machine

ALLEGED ACCIDENT/INJURY. HE STATED THAT HE SLIPPED ON THE DOZER.

1994 · 5 incidents

October 26, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS PULLING BRUSH WITH DOZER. HE BACKED OVER A STUMP JARRING HIS BACK AND ARM AGAINST THE SEAT 10-26-94 BUT DIDN'T TELL SUPERVISOR UNTIL 11-01-94. HE WORKED UNTIL MONDAY. HE WENT TO THE HOS PITAL 11-03-94. HAD AN XRAY. THE DR. SAID HE HADA STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS BAKC AND BRUISED HIS ARM.

October 25, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING DOZER AND HIT A LARGE ROCK SUDDENLY, CAUSING HIM TO INJURE HIS BACK. STARTED MISSING WORK 2-21-95.

October 6, 1994 KY · Coal cleanup man, cleanup worker MACHINERY
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HOOKING CABLE TO BRUSH & TREES FOR DOZER TO PULL. WHEN A SMALL TREE GOT HUNG AND SWUNG AROUND HITTING HIM IN THE BACK.

September 3, 1994 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING A BLAST HOLE, THE DECK BUSHING WAS DISPLACED. EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE BUSHING WHEN IT FELL MASHING THE END OF HYIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

March 19, 1994 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCK TRUCK OPERATOR EXITING TRUCK AT END OF SHIFT AS HE STEPPED TO THE GROUND FROM THE MAN LADDER HE SAID HE INJURED HIS BACK. AT TIME OF ACCIDENT HE THOUGHT IT WAS MINOR INJURY BUT IT DEVELOP ED INTO A MORE SERIOUS INJURY LATER.

1993 · 3 incidents

November 14, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE A TOOTH FROM SHOVEL BUCKET. A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF LANDING IN HIS LEG.

July 30, 1993 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING LEVEL OF WATER IN WATERTANK, WHEN THE TANK FELL DOWN TO THE GROUND.

July 15, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE ARRIVED AT WORK ON7-15-93 COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN AND AT 9:30 PM HE COULD NO LONGER CONTINUE WITH HIS WORK BECAUSE OF PAIN.

1992 · 3 incidents

December 2, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

ATTEMPTING TO GREASE ARM ON ENDLOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL.

November 10, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLIMBING LADDER TO GET INTO ROCK TRUCK HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK.

November 9, 1992 KY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TORQUING ROD BEARING CAPS ON A D348 ENGINE THE SOCKET AND TORQUE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT AND PINNED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AGAINST THE ENGINE FRAME, MASHING FINGER AND ALMOST C UTTING OFF TIP OF FINGER.

1991 · 1 incident

May 21, 1991 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLAIMBING UP LADDER ON 777 ROCK TRUCK FELT SOMETHING POP IN BACK. DID NOT KNOW HE WAS HURT. DUE TO ARTHRITIS & STILL IS UNSURE OF INJ AT THIS DATE.

1990 · 1 incident

August 7, 1990 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck against stationary object

CHECKING ALTERNATOR ON 120 TON ROCK TRUCK GOT LITTLE FINGER IN ALT.FINS CUT AND BRUISED FINGER.

1989 · 3 incidents

July 13, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WORKING ON 922 LOADER REPLACING DRIVE SHAFT LIFTED DRIVESHAFT AND HURT HIS BACK.

April 7, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WORKING ON D10 DOZER INSTAALING PIN IN EQUALIZER BAR WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.HAMMER MISSED PIN AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THIGH.

April 1, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WELDING ON DOZER CHIPPING SLAG OFF WELD SLAG FLEW OFF WELD HIT HIM IN EYE;.

1988 · 2 incidents

November 2, 1988 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WORKING ON A SUSPENSION CYLINDER OFF OF A 777 ROCK TRUCK. AS HE WAS TAKING BOLTS OFF AN BREAKING SYSTEM WITH A QUARTER IMPACT AIR WRENCH, WHEN THE UNIVERSAL AND SOCKET CAME OFF THE AIR WRENCH STRIKING HIM IN THE FOREHEAD.

August 25, 1988 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clark Elkhorn Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING AN OXYGEN TANK ON A SERVICE TRUCK AND STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK - LEFT SIDE.

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The full compliance file on Cedar Creek No 5 Surface

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