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CHM -102: 102 MSHA citations Coal

Jenson, Knox County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518730

CHM -102 has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $348 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2007–2008
Latest incident
Jul 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
102
citations
25
significant & substantial
$17,209
proposed penalties
$15,955
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,254 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Contract Highwall Mining LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
75
inspections on record
1,684
inspection hours
6.1
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.
102 citations across 1,684 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CHM -102 has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $348 outstanding across 4 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$348
outstanding
95 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-03-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
25.8%
significant & substantial
1.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.8%
reasonably likely or greater
20.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.1% low, 96.9% moderate, 1.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
15 citations taken to the federal commission · 15% of citations on record
  • Settled 15 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $3K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2023-04-05.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
KENT 2011-939 Settlement Lesnick 2012 $1K → $1K
KENT 2023-0068 Settlement Lewis 2023 $1K → $540
KENT 2019-0212 Settlement Manning 2019 $847 → $847
KENT 2018-0209 Settlement Lesnick 2018 $326 → $254
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at CHM -102 shows 100% of 98 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Last sampled: 2022-11-04, 3 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
98
samples
0.90
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘ The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
98 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • AUGER OPERATOR30
  • GROUNDMAN23
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER18

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2022-11-04, 3 years ago
15%
over PEL
71
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • AUGER OPERATOR20
  • GROUNDMAN18
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER13
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ 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 by year
ⓘ 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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2022 100% 6
2021 100% 6
2020 100% 3
2019 100% 9
2018 100% 4
2017 100% 4
2016 100% 6
2014 100% 6
2013 100% 7
2012 100% 8
2011 100% 3
2010 100% 6
2009 100% 6
2008 100% 3
2007 100% 9
2006 100% 4
2005 100% 3
2004 100% 5
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2022 0% 6
2021 0% 3
2020 0% 3
2019 22% 9
2016 0% 7
2014 43% 7
2013 25% 4
2012 40% 5
2011 0% 4
2010 0% 5
2009 33% 3
2008 0% 3
2007 0% 3
2006 33% 3
2004 17% 6
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

CHM -102 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.

Injury rate, 2011
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.83 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 4.28 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 9.74 9.74 0.000
2007 * 8.91 8.91 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Contract Highwall Mining LLC 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2023 3 6,539
2022 3 12,727
2021 3 26,769
2020 4 22,794
2019 10 49,219
2018 6 58,851
2017 7 48,886
2016 11 20,617
2015 0
2014 8 119,939
2013 8 91,635
2012 11 116,578
2011 8 163,103
2010 6 93,552
2009 9 58,887
2008 9 136,281
2007 9 135,184
2006 8 154,638
2005 6 109,475
2004 4 69,970
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CHM -102 sits in Knox County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.8% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Knox County, Kentucky · Population 30,034
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$33,153
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2023 Q3 124 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 482 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,838 9 1 4896.6
2022 Q4 2,764 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,127 2 0 1774.6
2022 Q2 1,606 1 0 622.7
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 992 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q3 1,127 1 0 887.3
2021 Q2 2,463 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,228 1 0 814.3
2020 Q4 1,360 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,806 2 0 712.8
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q4 2,132 2 0 938.1
2019 Q3 2,194 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,368 3 0 890.7
2019 Q1 4,202 7 1 1665.9
2018 Q4 306 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,846 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,060 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,759 2 1 724.9
2017 Q4 1,590 3 0 1886.8
2017 Q3 4,214 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,262 1 0 234.6
2017 Q1 2,904 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,459 1 0 289.1
2016 Q3 1,879 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 4,281 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,950 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,969 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,369 2 0 593.6
2013 Q4 3,140 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,644 1 0 274.4
2013 Q2 4,613 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,909 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,713 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,479 2 1 574.9
2012 Q2 4,060 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 6,249 5 1 800.1
2011 Q4 5,561 2 0 359.6
2011 Q3 5,610 7 2 1247.8
2011 Q2 5,448 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,080 3 3 590.6
2010 Q4 5,807 4 3 688.8
2010 Q3 4,228 9 1 2128.7
2010 Q2 284 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 2,706 5 3 1847.7
2009 Q3 4,928 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,146 9 3 1748.9
2009 Q1 4,189 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,719 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,361 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,140 3 1 724.6
2008 Q1 6,323 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,617 2 0 302.3
2007 Q3 5,495 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,923 3 0 609.4
2007 Q1 5,404 4 2 740.2
2006 Q4 4,981 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,029 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,834 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,376 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,623 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,339 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,234 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,096 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,336 3 1 899.3
2004 Q3 2,492 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,815 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2008 · 1 incident

July 28, 2008 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Contract Highwall Mining LLC · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee bent over to pick up a crib block to move out of the way. Shortly after throwing block out of the way, the employee started complaining with neck pain.

2007 · 1 incident

June 12, 2007 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Contract Highwall Mining LLC · Fall from machine

He accidently fell off belt because CB mike fell and hit mouse causing belt to turn on. It knocked him off causing him to fall about 12 feet to the ground. He landed on his side. He refused medical treatment.