Hwm Job #21: 1 recorded fatality
Coal
Ashcamp,
Pike County,
KY
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Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518150
Hwm Job #21 has $992 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1999–2000
- Latest incident
- Jun 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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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.
Rate withheld: 286 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hwm Job #21 has $992 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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.
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-01-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
27.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
27.3%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.2% low, 81.8% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Hwm Job #21 shows 88% of 32 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
Health sampling
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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
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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: 2001-04-09, 25 years ago
15 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 17 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- GROUNDMAN19
- AUGER OPERATOR6
- UTILITY MAN3
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2000-10-30, 25 years ago
Noise
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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: 2000-10-23, 25 years ago
Most-sampled occupations
- GROUNDMAN4
- AUGER OPERATOR2
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER2
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
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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 by year
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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 |
| 2001 |
82% |
11 |
| 2000 |
90% |
21 |
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Hwm Job #21 recorded 14.74 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
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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.
Above average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 8.83 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.
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
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Mining Technologies Inc
1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
| Year |
Employees |
Coal produced (tons) |
| 2001 |
7 |
210,676 |
| 2000 |
19 |
745,901 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hwm Job #21 sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2001 Q3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2001 Q2 |
2,391 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 |
8,433 |
4 |
0 |
474.3 |
| 2000 Q4 |
9,944 |
2 |
0 |
201.1 |
| 2000 Q3 |
7,248 |
5 |
3 |
689.8 |
| 2000 Q2 |
13,279 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 |
10,233 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
June 8, 1999
KY · Coal
Fatality · OTHER
Mining Technologies Inc · Struck against a moving object
EE DROPPED 5 PEOPLE AT THE HIGHWALL MINER SITE & PROCEEDED TO GO REFUEL WHILE THEY WERE TOURING THE OPERATION. HE TRAVELED APPROX 1/2 MILE AND STRUCK SOME POWERLINES. THE HELICOPTER CRASHED INTO A PREVIOUSLY MINED COAL PIT. THE HELICOPTER WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AND EE WAS FATALLY INJURED.
Reportable incidents
5 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2000 · 3 incidents
Mining Technologies Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS REMOVING A CHAIN LINK, HE STRUCK THE PIN WITH A HAMMER & IT SHIPPED. A SMALL PIECE STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT FOREARM. REQUIRED ONE STITCH.
May 11, 2000
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mining Technologies Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE WAS PULLING A GEAR OUT THE TRAM GEAR CASE, HIS FOOT SLIPPED THE STRAINED HIS RIGHT LEG. HE WAS GIVEN MEDICATION TO PREVENT ANY POSSIBLITY OF BLOOD CLOTHS.
April 5, 2000
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ON 4/12/00 THE EMPLOYEE TOLD US THAT HE HAD HURT HIS FOOT WHEN HE JUMPED OFF THE LAUNCH VEHICLE ON 4/5/00. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 4/14/00.
1999 · 2 incidents
Mining Technologies Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE LIFTED OIL BARREL AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
July 8, 1999
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mining Technologies Inc · Struck by flying object
A PIECE OF ROCK WHICH WAS TOO LARGE TO BE ACCOMADATED BY BELT STACKER WAS ON THE ADDCAM BELT. EMPLOYEE HIT IT WITH A HAMMER TO CRACK IT. A PIECE OF THE ROCK HIT HIM IN THE EYE. MATERIAL WAS FLUSHED FROM HIS EYE BY DR.