Mining Incidents

S-20 Bevins Branch Coal

Controlled by Jeffery A Hoops
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1518570

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2004–2014
Latest incident
May 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
207
citations
57
significant & substantial
$74,747
proposed penalties
$60,954
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,551 5 2 3223.7
2014 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 18,882 5 1 264.8
2014 Q1 21,555 12 4 556.7
2013 Q4 18,954 5 2 263.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2014 · 3 incidents

May 28, 2014 KY · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CAM Mining LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee had accessed the drill deck and stepped on a cover to cross the drive train to reach the master switch to turn the drill on. When he stepped on the cover, it flipped over causing him to fall onto the deck of the drill.

April 24, 2014 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
CAM Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was loading shot material into rock trucks. He stated he was prying on a rock and the teeth on the loader bucket slipped off the rock causing the endloader to shake him. During the shift he began to experience pain in his right hip. His first day off work was 4/28/14.

March 18, 2014 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CAM Mining LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee and 2 other employee's were moving a water pump from a muddy area that had already been pumped down to another location. The pump weighed approximately 75 pounds but muddy conditions made moving the pump more difficult. Later that day employee began experiencing pain in his lower back and down his right leg. Employee became a lost time on 5/5/2014.

2013 · 1 incident

April 11, 2013 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CAM Mining LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was preparing to weld a DM45 drill jack pad on the bottom of the jack. He was moving the pad closer to the drill when he felt pain in his lower back. EE continued to work until 4/17/13 when he sought medical attention for pain in his back and leg. The doctor took him off work until 4/24/13.

2012 · 2 incidents

July 30, 2012 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CAM Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While changing a tire on a 785 rock truck finger were mashed between the lock ring and the bead seat of the wheel.

April 20, 2012 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
CAM Mining LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee states "I was attempting to remove fan drive assembly from loader, and fan assembly would not come out. Removed channel holding assembly, still would not come out. Used come along to level assembly and removed last bolt with impact. I sit the impact and bolt down. After that I don't know exactly what happened. Fan assembly cut my thumb."

2008 · 1 incident

September 3, 2008 KY · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
CAM Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Tramming drill, he ran over a ridge in the road; drill dropped hard after crossing ridge straining his back and neck.

2005 · 1 incident

July 28, 2005 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
CAM - Kentucky, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He placed his finger in an air conditioner fan.

2004 · 1 incident

December 29, 2004 KY · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
CAM - Kentucky, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A CHAIN TO HOIST ROLLER ON TO THE FRAME ON A BULL DOZER, THE CHAIN BROKE STRIKING HIM ON THE HAND.