Mining Incidents

Rob Fork Contour Coal

Dorton, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518977

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2007–2018
Latest incident
Jul 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
71
citations
23
significant & substantial
$15,658
proposed penalties
$13,675
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
2024 Q4 1,636 1 0 611.2
2024 Q2 0 2 0
2024 Q1 1,953 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,703 2 0 1174.4
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 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

10 on file

2018 · 1 incident

July 24, 2018 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
CAM Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was baking the dozer off the truck dump when the brakes set up on the dozer, causing the dozer to come to an abrupt stop. Employee's neck was hyper-extended, backward, and they sustained a strain to the neck muscles.

2017 · 1 incident

April 7, 2017 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
CAM Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

EE and a co-worker were changing a motor mount on a Chevy pickup. EE was underneath the truck and the co-worker was using a pry bar to remove the mount. The co-worker dropped the bar and it struck EE in the mouth. The impact chipped one of EE's front teeth and caused a small laceration to the underside of EE's tongue.

2009 · 4 incidents

November 15, 2009 KY · Coal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CAM Mining LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER UNKNOWN OBJECT STATES HIT STOMACH. EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED COMPANY ON 12/18/09

February 25, 2009 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
CAM Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was positioning his rock truck to be loaded when the loader backed into the side of the truck causing him to hit his head on the side door.

February 25, 2009 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 backed his loader into a rock truck who was positioned to be loaded resulting in a strain to his back.

February 18, 2009 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CAM Mining LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE felt a pull in his left shoulder while climbing a ladder of a rock truck. EE did not miss any work due to this accident until 3/2/09.

2008 · 2 incidents

March 5, 2008 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
CAM Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Moving excavator to lower level, when it started sliding to the left side. It came in contact with loose soil and sunk up, letting the machine roll over on its top.

January 31, 2008 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator MACHINERY
CAM Mining LLC · Struck against a moving object

Struck by a rock while grading road, throwing operator into armrest and steering wheel causing back pain.

2007 · 2 incidents

July 13, 2007 KY · Coal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CAM Mining LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing up 10 ft berm. When he grabbed limb for support it gave way causing him to lose balance and fall injuring his back. He began missing work due to this injury on 7/14/07.

May 31, 2007 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Twin Energy L. L. C. · Struck against a moving object

Ee was operating the dozer working in a shot. He was backing up, pushing shot material over the hill, & backed over in the hole against the high wall.