Centertown, Ohio County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519669
Lewis Creek Underground Mine has $354K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 42 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
23
Years on record
2012–2014
Latest incident
Sep 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
526
citations
76
significant & substantial
$353,660
proposed penalties
$273,305
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $80,355 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
26
inspections on record
4,315
inspection hours
12.2
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.
526 citations across 4,315 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Lewis Creek Underground Mine has $354K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 42 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.
$354K
proposed penalties
$273K
current assessed
$273K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
513 assessments are final orders; 42 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-03-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Lewis Creek Underground Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.66 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 404 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.
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 Q2
3,331
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
30,008
18
1
599.8
2014 Q4
26,044
16
4
614.3
2014 Q3
46,322
53
10
1144.2
2014 Q2
85,122
91
20
1069.1
2014 Q1
85,653
126
9
1471.1
2013 Q4
77,709
92
6
1183.9
2013 Q3
75,231
51
9
677.9
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2013 Q2
49,251
31
4
629.4
2013 Q1
28,199
25
4
886.6
2012 Q4
18,927
20
9
1056.7
2012 Q3
6,329
3
0
474.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
23 on file
2014 · 12 incidents
September 11, 2014KY · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Loading supplies on roof bolter and went to put a box of glue on bolter and felt a sharp pain in his lower back. Finished his shift and went to doctor the next day. Doctor said he had a Lumbar strain. They give him light duty until he followed up with an ORTHOPEDIC surgeon.
June 28, 2014KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was loading some supplies underground and a small piece of draw rock fell and hit his left cheek causing a cut to the cheek. After work he went to the hospital, and got it cleaned out, they put 3 stitches in.
Roof Fall in the Third West Submain, in the last open cross-cut in # 8 entry on the #2 unit. The roof fall was about 18 feet wide and about 18 feet long and 7-8 foot high.
March 12, 2014KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Employee was bolting in # 3 entry, went to drill his outside hole when a piece of draw rock fell and hit his right knee, resulting in a contusion on his right knee, doctor give him 2 days light duty.
February 21, 2014KY · Coalshuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was working on the miner with the mechanics and picked up a flex side for the miner off of the Diesel ride, he then walked about 8ft and put in the ram car bed and then got in the car and took it to the miner. He then felt pain in his lower back on the right side. It was about an hour after picking the flex side up that he felt the pain.
February 7, 2014KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE was tighten a ram car wheel with a 3/4 ratchet and socket and it slipped loose, slipped and hit his head on the edge of the ram car. He had to have stitches in his forehead above his right eye brow.
January 29, 2014KY · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE was working on putting in a head drive. He was on a ladder, went to climb down when he got to second step his foot slipped and he fell and strained his left knee.
January 2, 2014KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was cutting a piece of plastic conduit with a belt knife and slipped and cut right leg. He went to hospital and had to have seven stitches put in his leg. No lost time on this accident.
2013 · 10 incidents
November 25, 2013KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was working on miner panel, Panel slipped and fell and caught right index finger between panel and right knee causing him to cut right index finger. Had to have stitches in his finger.
September 6, 2013KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Employee was tramming a Ram Car back to the Continuous Miner. The Continuous Miner has just moved to a new location between crosscuts #7 and #8 entry when the Ram Car struck the tail of the miner causing his head to strike the canopy of the Ram Car.
August 12, 2013KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Employee was roof bolting in the face area of 9 entry. As he was removing his drill steels from the roof bolt hole a piece of rock fell from the mine roof striking his hard hat causing the hard hat to cut the back of his head. He received three (3) small staples to the head. This did not become a Lost Time Accident until August 15, 2013.
August 2, 2013KY · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee moving roof bolter from #1 entry to #2 entry after traveling over high spot on mine floor, struck his head on canopy causing pain to neck area.
May 10, 2013KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Employee was tramming a roof bolter around the corner of a coal pillar into the #9 entry. As he was turning the bolter he had his left hand on the hand hold which is located underneath the canopy. The canopy cut into the corner of the coal rib causing the coal rib to strike his left hand severing his pinky finger.
April 8, 2013KY · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
The employee was roof bolting in the face area in #7 entry on the #1 unit when the suction stopped up on his side of the roof bolter. As he was cleaning it out using a small metal rod he accident struck the rotation lever causing the rod to strike his head resulting in a laceration. He received 12 small staples to the affected area of his head.
There was an unplanned roof fall in the intersection of spad no. 2+40 in the no. 4 Entry of the North Mains. The fall blocked the primary escape way and it measured approximately 19'in length, 19' in width and 10'high.
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