Mining Incidents

Cottage Grove Auger Coal

Midwest Auger Co. · Surface
Controlled by Michael T McCullough
Equality, Gallatin County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103102

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Apr 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
5
citations
4
significant & substantial
$93,099
proposed penalties
$52,599
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
2003 Q3 0 3 3
2003 Q2 640 2 1 3125.0
2003 Q1 4,400 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,800 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,400 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,600 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 9, 2003 IL · Coal truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Midwest Auger Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DRIVING A TRUCK LOAD OF COAL OUT A RAMP. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND THE TRUCK WENT BACKWARDS AND ROLLED ONTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE.