Mining Incidents

No 4 Coal

Cavalier Mineral Inc · Underground
Controlled by Gary Dotson
Elkhorn City, Pike County, KY  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1519280

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2009–2019
Latest incident
Aug 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
516
citations
68
significant & substantial
$102,166
proposed penalties
$91,161
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
2023 Q1 7,500 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,530 1 0 653.6
2022 Q3 4,692 1 0 213.1
2022 Q2 7,074 3 0 424.1
2021 Q4 7,429 5 1 673.0
2021 Q3 7,112 2 1 281.2
2021 Q1 2,550 1 0 392.2
2020 Q4 10,404 5 0 480.6
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

2019 · 2 incidents

August 15, 2019 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Cavalier Mineral Inc · Struck by powered moving object

During operation the bolter slid sideways and came to rest on top of employee's foot.

August 7, 2019 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Cavalier Mineral Inc · Struck by falling object

A rock fall striking EE on right leg while EE was operating continuous miner.

2018 · 2 incidents

April 13, 2018 KY · Coal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cavalier Mineral Inc · Struck by falling object

EE was helping load structure and dropped one end of the structure and it landed on right hand striking right thumb.

January 26, 2018 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Cavalier Mineral Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was pulling miner cable when a rock fell on left ankle. Took to Pikeville Medical Center for evaluation of injured ankle, x-ray showed no major injury, nothing broken. Employee received 3 days off - paid by employer - Saturday, Monday, & Tuesday.

2016 · 1 incident

July 25, 2016 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cavalier Mineral Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting on belt putting structure in.

2014 · 2 incidents

July 21, 2014 KY · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Cavalier Mineral Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE was not feeling well before going underground. He rode in on his 4-wheeler, went to the feeder told the shuttle car operator he was not feeling well so he was going to leave to go home, but he would stop and check his drive on the way out. Said he didn't do anything to hurt himself but hurt worse as he rode.

April 7, 2014 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cavalier Mineral Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was operating a ram car. He was turning a corner with his arm outside the operators deck. He turned the corner and the trailer caught his right arm between a pinch point of the ram car.

2013 · 1 incident

June 6, 2013 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cavalier Mineral Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee said he hit the rib with the 21SC and he hit his head on the canopy.

2009 · 1 incident

October 6, 2009 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Cavalier Mineral Inc · Struck by falling object

EE was in process of tramming double head roof bolter into the #4 heading. After arrival in heading a rock measuring 1x1x3/4 fell from mine roof, striking ee on left hand, resulting in hairline fracture of left thumb.