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CHM 1 Coal

Williamsburg, Whitley County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1518765

CHM 1 has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2006–2024
Latest incident
Apr 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
123
citations
23
significant & substantial
$44,171
proposed penalties
$43,058
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,113 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
78
inspections on record
2,104
inspection hours
5.8
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.
123 citations across 2,104 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CHM 1 has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$44K
proposed penalties
$44K
current assessed
$43K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
118 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at CHM 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.22 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 133 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.
0.22
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.17
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
133
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-24.
Silica (quartz)
0.3
silica avg (%)
0.3
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-10-31.
Noise
1%
over PEL
123
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-23.
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
2025 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,836 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,906 1 0 344.1
2025 Q1 4,110 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,544 2 0 786.2
2024 Q3 5,425 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 6,385 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,810 0 0 0.0
Show 76 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,636 3 0 647.1
2023 Q3 4,168 5 0 1199.6
2023 Q2 3,004 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 708 2 0 2824.9
2022 Q4 2,545 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,181 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,838 3 0 513.9
2022 Q1 5,426 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,716 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,511 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,064 3 0 979.1
2021 Q1 4,950 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,964 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,771 2 0 1129.3
2020 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 406 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,106 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 235 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,084 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,830 7 2 1200.7
2018 Q3 4,913 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,458 7 1 1083.9
2018 Q1 5,855 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,054 3 0 495.5
2017 Q3 6,060 3 0 495.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 523 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,301 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,409 2 0 1419.4
2015 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,176 1 0 459.6
2014 Q3 2,421 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,598 7 3 2694.4
2014 Q1 2,582 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 1,051 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,734 3 1 1097.3
2013 Q1 2,950 3 1 1016.9
2012 Q4 3,177 3 3 944.3
2012 Q3 1,348 1 0 741.8
2012 Q2 1,265 1 0 790.5
2012 Q1 1,327 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,971 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,150 1 0 465.1
2011 Q2 2,867 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,573 1 1 388.7
2010 Q4 3,687 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,847 5 1 1756.2
2010 Q2 4,042 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,072 2 0 965.3
2009 Q4 2,942 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,388 4 3 1180.6
2009 Q2 4,207 14 1 3327.8
2009 Q1 3,837 3 0 781.9
2008 Q4 5,159 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,486 8 0 2294.9
2008 Q2 3,694 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,658 3 0 1128.7
2007 Q4 4,161 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,761 4 2 1063.5
2007 Q2 4,317 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,170 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,522 6 0 1326.8
2006 Q3 3,746 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,096 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,636 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,357 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,634 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,105 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,732 4 0 1071.8
2004 Q4 3,072 3 2 976.6
2004 Q3 1,314 1 1 761.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2024 · 1 incident

April 1, 2024 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Contract Highwall Mining, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

The generator overheated so the employee released the pressure then as EE took off the radiator cap the antifreeze spewed up causing burns to EE's face, neck, right shoulder and right arm.

2019 · 1 incident

July 9, 2019 KY · Coal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor STRIKING OR BUMPING
Contract Highwall Mining, LLC · Struck against stationary object

The employee stepped off of the miner and turned around striking EE's elbow on the miner machine. The employee later received medical attention at the Pikeville Medical Center on 7/11/2019. EE was diagnosed with a fractured bone.

2017 · 1 incident

2013 · 1 incident

January 29, 2013 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Kopper Glo Mining, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was using a hand held grinder when he let it slip and the grinding dish struck his left wrist.

2011 · 1 incident

October 6, 2011 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Fuel Energy LLC · Struck by falling object

The forklift pushed the cutter head up to the miner to be hooked up when the fork pulled out he didn't realize his toes were under the head which fell down a couple of inches resulting in mashing all 5 toes. No bones were broken just mashed.

2008 · 1 incident

June 11, 2008 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Black Fuel Energy LLC · Struck by falling object

We were in the process of tearing down miner to move to another job. The strap holding the hoses & cables to the reel broke causing the cables & hoses to fall off of reel scraping down victim's back causing scratching & bruising.

2007 · 1 incident

December 26, 2007 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Black Fuel Energy LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Ground person instructed highwall miner operator to push beam forward. Ground person reached to remove debris (dirt) as the beam was approaching the cutting head to be latched together. The ground person reached in before operator could stop forward motion and retracted.

2006 · 1 incident

December 8, 2006 KY · Coal ENTRAPMENT
Black Fuel Energy LLC · Accident type, without injuries

We were mining 630' under the mountain there was a rock fall ont he head when we tried to drill it out the latches brase on beam lowering 18 beams and the mines heard 63rth undergound.

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