Mining Incidents

Charles C Ungurean controller

MSHA controller ID: C04381

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Fatalities
4
Total incidents
329
Mines on record
32
Years on record
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,144
citations
308
significant & substantial
$492,230
proposed penalties
$381,450
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $110,781 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1,034
inspections on record
37,663
inspection hours
3.0
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
1,144 citations across 37,663 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$492K
proposed penalties
$397K
current assessed
$381K
paid to date
$15K
outstanding
1,103 assessments are final orders; 48 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2026
1
2025
2 (1f)
2024
2
2023
2
2022
2
2021
4 (1f)
2020
2
2019
19
2014
9
2013
17
2012
14
2011
20 (1f)
2010
28
2009
25
2008
4
2007
18
2006
12
2005
30 (1f)
2004
28
2003
12
2002
4
2001
5
2000
2
1999
2
1998
2
1997
2
1996
1
1995
2
1992
3
1991
3
1990
3
1989
8
1988
7
1987
13
1986
5
1985
5
1984
3
1983
8

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

4 recorded
February 12, 2025 OH · Coal drill operator Fatality · MACHINERY
CCU Coal and Construction LLC · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a DM45 Highwall Drill on a drill bench. Employee was traveling parallel to the edge and the outside edge gave way. The drill slid off the bench and landed 25 feet below.

October 19, 2021 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
CCU Coal and Construction LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was working on removing a pin from a leveling cylinder on the back of the rock truck. While the employee was performing this work, the haul truck bed fell on top of the employee.

December 3, 2011 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Oxford Mining Co LLC · Struck against stationary object

EE was shoving top soil away from the highwall. He backed up over and through an 8 foot berm that had been constructed at the edge of the highwall. The dozer went over the wall rolling over and throwing him out of the cab.

June 10, 2005 OH · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Tusky Coal, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Shuttle car operator stopped to talk to the shuttle car operator in the crosscut behind him. Scoop operator in crosscut in front proceeded to cross in front of shuttle car. Shuttle car operator proceeded with the buggy towards the feeder running over the scoop operator in front of him.

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