Mining Incidents

Dorton E 3 Coal

CAM Mining LLC · Underground
Dorton, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519249

Dorton E 3 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $524 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Feb 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
31
citations
12
significant & substantial
$4,054
proposed penalties
$3,530
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $524 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
10
inspections on record
304
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: 304 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dorton E 3 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $524 outstanding across 0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$524
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-06-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Dorton E 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 2.46 mg/m3 (71% compliant) across 17 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.
2.46
dust avg (mg/m3)
19.38
dust max (mg/m3)
71%
within 1.5 mg/m3
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-02-27.
Silica (quartz)
6.3
silica avg (%)
6.3
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-12-16.
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
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 6 0
2009 Q1 24,170 17 10 703.4
2008 Q4 11,449 8 2 698.8
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2009 · 2 incidents

February 13, 2009 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
CAM Mining LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Hanging curtain when a shuttle car was moved pulling the cable down on his face and causing him to fall on rock.

January 25, 2009 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
CAM Mining LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing rock off of head jack when the slate bar slipped and punctured his left hand requiring stitches.

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The full compliance file on Dorton 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.