Mining Incidents

Lewis Creek Coal

Controlled by Thomas R Hamilton
Partridge, Harlan County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1519083

Lewis Creek has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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
May 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
21
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,724
proposed penalties
$2,432
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $292 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
14
inspections on record
361
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: 361 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lewis Creek has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-10-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Lewis Creek shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.33 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 32 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.
0.33
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.90
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
32
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-01-18.
Silica (quartz)
10.6
silica avg (%)
11.2
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-11-09.
Noise
7%
over PEL
28
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-11-03.
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
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 21,477 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 26,376 4 0 151.7
2010 Q3 26,376 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 27,530 6 1 217.9
2010 Q1 24,497 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 20,432 5 2 244.7
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3 21,922 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,251 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 1,623 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 18,385 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 33,058 3 0 90.7
2007 Q4 35,710 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 27,786 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 19,441 3 0 154.3
2007 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2008 · 1 incident

May 28, 2008 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was traveling up a hill when the truck spinned out and slid backwards into the berm and overturned.

2007 · 1 incident

June 6, 2007 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was stepping off a truck when he slipped and twisted his knee. NOTE: Didn't think employee was going to miss any work at the time.

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The full compliance file on Lewis Creek

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.