Mining Incidents

Cm&E #3 Coal

Controlled by Benjamin R. Bennett
Pathfork, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518145

Cm&E #3 has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 16 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2009
Latest incident
Dec 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
149
citations
42
significant & substantial
$33,773
proposed penalties
$17,487
paid to date
52% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,286 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
58
inspections on record
1,339
inspection hours
11.1
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.
149 citations across 1,339 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cm&E #3 has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 16 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$9K
outstanding
149 assessments are final orders; 16 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-04-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Cm&E #3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.39 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 216 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.
0.39
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.79
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
216
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-09-22.
Silica (quartz)
10.4
silica avg (%)
34.6
silica max (%)
19
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-07-09.
Noise
4%
over PEL
105
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-04-07.
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
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 22 0 0 0.0
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1 109 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 117 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 187 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 132 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 142 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,439 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,367 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,667 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,119 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,876 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,838 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 16,271 7 0 430.2
2010 Q1 17,246 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 22,759 12 1 527.3
2009 Q3 20,751 8 0 385.5
2009 Q2 21,296 7 2 328.7
2009 Q1 19,559 6 3 306.8
2008 Q4 16,596 13 1 783.3
2008 Q3 14,879 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 15,433 6 0 388.8
2008 Q1 12,807 1 1 78.1
2007 Q4 15,232 2 0 131.3
2007 Q3 14,972 11 6 734.7
2007 Q2 15,256 8 0 524.4
2007 Q1 13,595 5 0 367.8
2006 Q4 10,908 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 11,010 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 11,060 4 1 361.7
2006 Q1 12,175 1 0 82.1
2005 Q4 14,571 3 0 205.9
2005 Q3 9,999 4 0 400.0
2005 Q2 13,640 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 13,789 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 14,744 10 9 678.2
2004 Q3 13,614 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 12,769 1 0 78.3
2004 Q1 10,954 2 0 182.6
2003 Q3 11,681 3 2 256.8
2003 Q2 13,060 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 12,538 8 5 638.1
2002 Q4 12,314 1 1 81.2
2002 Q3 10,233 1 1 97.7
2002 Q2 10,179 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 9,390 7 3 745.5
2001 Q4 5,806 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,100 6 3 659.3
2000 Q2 17,438 5 1 286.7
2000 Q1 11,019 2 0 181.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2009 · 2 incidents

December 1, 2009 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE was loading the powder truck while climbing down the steps he fell striking his right knee on one of the steps.

July 13, 2009 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE was cutting a ring off of bit on the drill and air blew thru it blowing hot grease on his face.

2004 · 1 incident

February 3, 2004 KY · Coal

INJURED HAD TRAVELED WITH THE ROCK TRUCK DRIVER FROM WHERE HIS VEHICLE WAS LOCATED TO WHERE HIS DOZER WAS LEFT. INJURED STATED THAT AS HE BEGAN CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER AT THE ROCK TRUCK, HE L OST HIS FOOTING AND FELL. INJURED SUFFERED A BROKEN WRIST.

2003 · 1 incident

July 22, 2003 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS CHECKING THE OIL IN THE RD800 GREASE TRUCK AND AS HE WAS LIFTING THE HOOD HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK. INJURED HAD NO LOST TIME UNTIL 7-28-03.

2000 · 1 incident

August 10, 2000 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Cloverfork Mining & Excavating Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A METAL BAR LOCATED IN THE CAB OF THE DOZER AS THE DOZER DROPPED OVER AN 8' EMBANKMENT WITH A SUDDEN JAR. INJURED REQUIRED STITCHES TO THE HEAD AND RETURNED TO WORK WHEN THE STITCHES WERE REMOVED WITH NO RESTRICTIONS.

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The full compliance file on Cm&E #3

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.