Mining Incidents

Slate Branch Coal

CAM MINING LLC · Surface
Freeburn, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518915

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2005–2008
Latest incident
Oct 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
43
citations
26
significant & substantial
$7,228
proposed penalties
$7,228
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
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q2 2,370 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,580 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 450 4 2 8888.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 20, 2006 KY · Coal pumper Fatality · MACHINERY
CAM Mining LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A road grader descended down a haul road backwards and landed against the hillside in a ditch. The operator was found under the ripper at the rear of the machine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2008 · 1 incident

October 27, 2008 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CAM Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing a fuel injuector line while lying on his back and stretching & twisting to reach the clamps on the line. He felt a popping in his back. Employee did not seek treatment until 11/12/2008.

2006 · 3 incidents

September 18, 2006 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CAM Mining LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was turning around on the bumper of his service truck and he fell off the bumper onto a driveline.

August 5, 2006 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
CAM Mining LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was guiding fan shroud that was being lifted with a boom truck when lifting eye broke allowing fan to strike employee cutting his left forearm.

May 8, 2006 KY · Coal INUNDATION
CAM Mining LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Contract brushing crew cracked a fitting on a 2" Equitable Gas line. No injury. Equitable contractors repaired line.

2005 · 1 incident

December 16, 2005 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 (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Attempting to put the roll over onto a endloader when he got his finger between the frame of the endloader and the rollover and it moved pinching his finger.