Mining Incidents

Lewis Creek Surface Coal

Big Laurel, Leslie County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518828

Lewis Creek Surface has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2005–2006
Latest incident
Sep 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
24
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,440
proposed penalties
$1,440
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
7
inspections on record
260
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: 260 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 Surface has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-04-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Lewis Creek Surface shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.25 mg/m3 (100% 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.
0.25
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.96
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
32
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-10-16.
Silica (quartz)
14.2
silica avg (%)
17.7
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-10-27.
Noise
0%
over PEL
29
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-10-16.
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
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 6,193 3 0 484.4
2007 Q1 17,353 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 16,786 7 0 417.0
2006 Q3 17,534 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 16,792 6 0 357.3
2006 Q1 15,016 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 14,692 4 0 272.3
2005 Q3 14,515 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 14,537 4 0 275.2
2005 Q1 14,030 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2006 · 3 incidents

September 22, 2006 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associated Contracting, LLC · Fall from machine

Getting off truck at end of shift foot slipped off of bottom step fell onto ground and hit left arm on ground

June 20, 2006 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Associated Contracting, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While placing tools on service truck bed employee stepped on out-rigger and lever that controls out-rigger was stuck causing out-rigger to move mashing foot.

2005 · 3 incidents

July 18, 2005 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associated Contracting, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

CHECKING GAS PUMP ON FUEL TRUCK SLID AND HIT HEAD

July 5, 2005 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Associated Contracting, LLC · Struck by flying object

Using sledgehammer to put tips on loader bucket, metal flew off into knee.

March 17, 2005 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Associated Contracting, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Working on 750 Hitachi, repairing line. Backed truck up to equipment to reach line, climbed on tool box on back of truck, fell off tool box into truck bed.

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The full compliance file on Lewis Creek Surface

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.