Employee was changing lift cylinder on D-9 Dozer, as EE was putting cylinder in there was slack in cable and the cylinder moved back in place causing the cylinder to smash finger. Employee had surgery on left pinkie finger, it was smashed & cut.
Chestnut Flats Coal
Chestnut Flats has $126K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 27 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 19
- Years on record
- 2007–2018
- Latest incident
- May 2018
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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.Chestnut Flats has $126K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 27 contested dockets.
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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.MSHA sampling at Chestnut Flats shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 137 samples.
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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 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.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q1 | 321 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,477 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 6,514 | 3 | 0 | 460.5 |
| 2018 Q2 | 17,607 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 9,985 | 2 | 0 | 200.3 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,552 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 3,614 | 2 | 0 | 553.4 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q2 | 1,174 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 3,204 | 1 | 0 | 312.1 |
| 2015 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q2 | 10,971 | 1 | 0 | 91.1 |
| 2015 Q1 | 19,118 | 4 | 1 | 209.2 |
| 2014 Q4 | 18,202 | 2 | 1 | 109.9 |
| 2014 Q3 | 16,988 | 8 | 2 | 470.9 |
| 2014 Q2 | 505 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 188 | 4 | 3 | 21276.6 |
| 2013 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q3 | 655 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 16,654 | 5 | 0 | 300.2 |
| 2013 Q1 | 19,743 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 14,434 | 5 | 0 | 346.4 |
| 2012 Q3 | 6,943 | 4 | 0 | 576.1 |
| 2012 Q2 | 6,542 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 15,380 | 4 | 0 | 260.1 |
| 2011 Q4 | 37,768 | 2 | 1 | 53.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 36,068 | 10 | 2 | 277.3 |
| 2011 Q2 | 30,155 | 2 | 1 | 66.3 |
| 2011 Q1 | 29,861 | 4 | 0 | 134.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 50,220 | 9 | 1 | 179.2 |
| 2010 Q3 | 56,852 | 10 | 3 | 175.9 |
| 2010 Q2 | 58,092 | 27 | 10 | 464.8 |
| 2010 Q1 | 52,771 | 8 | 6 | 151.6 |
| 2009 Q4 | 44,923 | 13 | 9 | 289.4 |
| 2009 Q3 | 31,998 | 7 | 1 | 218.8 |
| 2009 Q2 | 37,284 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 37,608 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 33,900 | 34 | 13 | 1002.9 |
| 2008 Q3 | 36,564 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 34,859 | 22 | 13 | 631.1 |
| 2008 Q1 | 28,655 | 20 | 8 | 698.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 28,564 | 9 | 3 | 315.1 |
| 2007 Q3 | 29,905 | 21 | 18 | 702.2 |
| 2007 Q2 | 29,771 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 17,101 | 8 | 8 | 467.8 |
Reportable incidents
19 on file2018 · 1 incident
2015 · 1 incident
Removing exhaust clamp - it broke and was slung by air ratchet cutting left finger
2014 · 4 incidents
Employee was dressing around face-up of mine area when the corner of his dozer blade caught a gas line causing the dozer to catch on fire and he jumped out and broke left leg and brunt both hands.
Employee was exiting Highwall Miner when he stepped onto ground and hit a slick spot and turned right ankle.
Employee was steaming off the engine of a 992G Loader when he fell off the counterweight.
Employee was operating a dozer on solid rock when he got jerked causing a hurting in his lower back.
2012 · 3 incidents
Employee was hydro seeding hill, when coming off hill he stepped in hole and jarred his left knee.
Employee was dismounting dozer for lunch, when he was getting off he twisted his lower back. He did not go to Doctor that day, but today (10-22-2012) he went to Dr's office in Harlan, Ky.
Employee was taking drain plug out of 980g loader using a wrench when he felt a pain in his right shoulder and bicep.
2011 · 5 incidents
Employee was removing rock from rock crusher when he pulled muscle in back.
on left track of machine-lost balance-grabbed for step but fell to ground on left side-left elbow swelled up-hard to move next day
Employee was tramming a track loader on roadway when he ran over an uneven portion of roadway causing it to jar his lower back and legs.
Employee was returning to the pit when for some unknown reason, the employee drove over the berm. The employee traveled approximately 144 feet down the embankment before the truck came to rest on its right side.
Employee was unstopping a rock crusher when he went to move a rock, and his foot fell through the grizzley, he went to catch himself and hurt his left hand.
2010 · 3 incidents
This is not a specific date/time accident. Employee is claiming carpal-tunnel which has developed over time.
Employee was driving a 777D to the parking lot when his right front tire went through a water drain. The employee tried to back up causing his truck to overturn.
Employee was backing a 777D truck to the dump when he backed through the berm causing the truck to overturn.
2007 · 2 incidents
Employee was driving a 777 rock truck when he drove through the berm and turned over. Employee complained with shoulder pain.
Employee was dumping a 777 haul truck, when the fire extinguisher became dislodged and fell onto the frame of the truck. When the employee lowered the bed of the truck, the fire extinguisher was crushed, filling the cab of the truck with the contents of the fire extinguisher.
The full compliance file on Chestnut Flats
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.