Mining Incidents

No 1 Coal

C & N Mining LLC · Underground
Raccoon, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1518963

No 1 has $122K in proposed MSHA penalties and $57K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2006–2009
Latest incident
Feb 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
240
citations
95
significant & substantial
$122,229
proposed penalties
$64,862
paid to date
53% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $57,367 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
31
inspections on record
1,918
inspection hours
12.5
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.
240 citations across 1,918 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 1 has $122K in proposed MSHA penalties and $57K outstanding across 5 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.
$122K
proposed penalties
$122K
current assessed
$65K
paid to date
$57K
outstanding
231 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-03-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at No 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.58 mg/m3 (91% compliant) across 151 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.
0.58
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.81
dust max (mg/m3)
91%
within 1.5 mg/m3
151
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-03-16.
Silica (quartz)
4.3
silica avg (%)
6.7
silica max (%)
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-09-04.
Noise
12%
over PEL
26
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-03-05.
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
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 700 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 23,924 13 6 543.4
2008 Q4 17,064 26 14 1523.7
2008 Q3 18,457 101 39 5472.2
2008 Q2 21,717 11 4 506.5
2008 Q1 21,133 14 2 662.5
2007 Q4 14,858 9 5 605.7
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3 22,243 22 9 989.1
2007 Q2 18,780 16 7 852.0
2007 Q1 12,931 11 3 850.7
2006 Q4 13,071 13 4 994.6
2006 Q3 6,676 4 2 599.2
2006 Q2 3,231 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,499 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2009 · 1 incident

February 19, 2009 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & N Mining LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Stepping out of back of truck, lost footage and landed on tailgate and ball of bumper on left side. Went to ER and took X-ray, nothing broke, just bruised.

2008 · 5 incidents

September 19, 2008 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) ELECTRICAL
C & N Mining LLC · Flash burns (electric)

Employee went to de-energize a water pump. He knocked the wrong breaker. Pulled the receptacle out under a load which caused an arc. Flash burned him on hands & neck.

June 27, 2008 KY · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & N Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Victim was stacking metal structure. He caught his finger between the structure and the mine roof, cutting his finger, requiring stitches to finger. Victim did not miss any work and is on limited duty.

May 30, 2008 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C & N Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Miner operator was cleaning up cut. Draw rock fell at 4th row of bolts outby face, striking him and causing injury to right knee area. Rock fell from between roof bolts.

April 1, 2008 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C & N Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Victim was operating a continuous miner via remote control, when he failed to see a piece of roof rock that had sagged, and the rock fell, striking him on the head, resulting in neck and back pain. He is expected to be back to work on 4/7/08, and suffered no apparent injury. this info is the latest info we have at this time.

March 24, 2008 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & N Mining LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Victim was hanging his shuttle car cable at a new location, when he stated he felt pain in his lower back. He worked the shift and did not miss any work. Later the pain became worse and he saw a doctor on his day off. He has a bulging disc in his lower back. Victim has not missed work at this time, but is on restricted duty.

2007 · 3 incidents

June 8, 2007 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
C & N Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was in the process of installing roof bolts when his glove became entangled, resulting in a broken finger.

May 23, 2007 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & N Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While shoveling belt, miner apparently hurt or strained his back.

May 22, 2007 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & N Mining LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE simply fell down while underground, as witnessed by another EE. Inj EE said he was ok & not hurt when asked & worked until 4pm & left mine to vote. Inj EE did not report any injury to management prior to leaving the mine.

2006 · 2 incidents

December 7, 2006 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
C & N Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Draw rock fell employee resulting in a 1 1/2 inch facial cut above the right eye. He was assisting the bolting machine men.

November 8, 2006 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
C & N Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

While operating shuttle car, employee hit a bump and bounced him up in his seat, generating pain in his lower back he continued to operator his machine until pain intensified to the point that he felt he needed to go to the dr about 1/2 hour.

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