Mining Incidents

Caymus Mine Coal

Award Development, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Ashley N Ward
Orgas, Boone County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4605315

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2011–2014
Latest incident
Jan 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
263
citations
92
significant & substantial
$461,437
proposed penalties
$339,784
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
2016 Q4 0 1 0
2016 Q1 0 2 2
2015 Q4 0 1 1
2015 Q3 0 2 0
2015 Q1 1,560 2 0 1282.1
2014 Q4 1,560 1 0 641.0
2014 Q3 1,200 2 0 1666.7
2014 Q2 18,971 19 8 1001.5
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2014 · 1 incident

2013 · 2 incidents

August 16, 2013 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Hanover Resources, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was retrieving nails from roof bolter when a piece of rib material, 6'L x 3'W x 12" thick, fell, striking him from behind, injuring his left knee.

May 30, 2013 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hanover Resources, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was moving section when the scoop tire got on his Left foot.

2012 · 1 incident

January 9, 2012 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Hanover Resources, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was operating scoop when a rock fell from the roof and struck him in the head.

2011 · 2 incidents

November 28, 2011 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanover Resources, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was trying to loosen fitting on water block when he pulled a muscle in his left arm.

August 27, 2011 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanover Resources, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling and pushing on 3" solid water line when he felt a pain in his right calf muscle.