Mining Incidents

CHM 1 Coal

Williamsburg, Whitley County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1518765

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2006–2024
Latest incident
Apr 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
121
citations
22
significant & substantial
$44,171
proposed penalties
$43,058
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
2025 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,906 1 0 344.1
2025 Q1 4,110 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,544 2 0 786.2
2024 Q1 3,810 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,636 3 0 647.1
2023 Q2 3,004 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 708 2 0 2824.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2024 · 1 incident

April 1, 2024 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Contract Highwall Mining, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

The generator overheated so the employee released the pressure then as EE took off the radiator cap the antifreeze spewed up causing burns to EE's face, neck, right shoulder and right arm.

2019 · 1 incident

July 9, 2019 KY · Coal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor STRIKING OR BUMPING
Contract Highwall Mining, LLC · Struck against stationary object

The employee stepped off of the miner and turned around striking EE's elbow on the miner machine. The employee later received medical attention at the Pikeville Medical Center on 7/11/2019. EE was diagnosed with a fractured bone.

2017 · 1 incident

2013 · 1 incident

January 29, 2013 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Kopper Glo Mining, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was using a hand held grinder when he let it slip and the grinding dish struck his left wrist.

2011 · 1 incident

October 6, 2011 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Black Fuel Energy LLC · Struck by falling object

The forklift pushed the cutter head up to the miner to be hooked up when the fork pulled out he didn't realize his toes were under the head which fell down a couple of inches resulting in mashing all 5 toes. No bones were broken just mashed.

2008 · 1 incident

June 11, 2008 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Black Fuel Energy LLC · Struck by falling object

We were in the process of tearing down miner to move to another job. The strap holding the hoses & cables to the reel broke causing the cables & hoses to fall off of reel scraping down victim's back causing scratching & bruising.

2007 · 1 incident

December 26, 2007 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Black Fuel Energy LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Ground person instructed highwall miner operator to push beam forward. Ground person reached to remove debris (dirt) as the beam was approaching the cutting head to be latched together. The ground person reached in before operator could stop forward motion and retracted.

2006 · 1 incident

December 8, 2006 KY · Coal ENTRAPMENT
Black Fuel Energy LLC · Accident type, without injuries

We were mining 630' under the mountain there was a rock fall ont he head when we tried to drill it out the latches brase on beam lowering 18 beams and the mines heard 63rth undergound.