Mining Incidents

#25 Coal

CAM Mining LLC · Underground
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518874

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2006–2008
Latest incident
Feb 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
121
citations
41
significant & substantial
$44,245
proposed penalties
$44,185
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
2008 Q1 36,029 7 4 194.3
2007 Q4 1,840 16 7 8695.7
2007 Q1 33,836 12 1 354.7
2006 Q4 1,809 24 9 13267.0
2006 Q3 22,185 9 5 405.7
2006 Q2 0 9 2
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2008 · 1 incident

February 28, 2008 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CAM Mining LLC · Struck by flying object

Taking bolts out of cutter motor lid and it sprang out, striking him across the nose. Notified on 3/5/08 of nasal fracture.

2007 · 1 incident

November 28, 2007 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CAM Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was picking up jacks and twisted his ankle.

2006 · 3 incidents

November 20, 2006 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
CAM Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was putting bolt up fast feed pot, he was down on left knee sitting on gob when his knee slid and got caught under pot.

November 3, 2006 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
CAM Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was putting conveyor chain together on shuttle car when the rachet slipped catching his little finger on his left hand in the conveyor chain. Crush injury resulted in a medical amputation of part of his little finger.

September 25, 2006 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CAM Mining LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Miner was helping to load belt structure, tripped and fell backwards on a piece of structure.