Caretta #3 Mine has $105K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 5,465 | 10 | 1 | 1829.8 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,255 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 3,902 | 2 | 0 | 512.6 |
| 2025 Q1 | 6,811 | 20 | 6 | 2936.4 |
| 2024 Q4 | 10,820 | 10 | 3 | 924.2 |
| 2024 Q3 | 10,533 | 27 | 6 | 2563.4 |
| 2024 Q2 | 11,202 | 9 | 4 | 803.4 |
| 2024 Q1 | 10,217 | 5 | 0 | 489.4 |
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 11,244 | 11 | 0 | 978.3 |
| 2023 Q3 | 11,049 | 13 | 2 | 1176.6 |
| 2023 Q2 | 10,639 | 5 | 0 | 470.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 11,305 | 15 | 4 | 1326.8 |
| 2022 Q4 | 10,607 | 15 | 5 | 1414.2 |
| 2022 Q3 | 12,782 | 2 | 0 | 156.5 |
| 2022 Q2 | 9,329 | 10 | 4 | 1071.9 |
| 2022 Q1 | 12,649 | 10 | 3 | 790.6 |
| 2021 Q4 | 13,362 | 9 | 2 | 673.6 |
| 2021 Q3 | 11,227 | 8 | 0 | 712.6 |
| 2021 Q2 | 11,177 | 29 | 5 | 2594.6 |
| 2021 Q1 | 10,408 | 10 | 1 | 960.8 |
| 2020 Q4 | 9,522 | 8 | 1 | 840.2 |
| 2020 Q3 | 11,688 | 5 | 0 | 427.8 |
| 2020 Q2 | 10,958 | 5 | 0 | 456.3 |
| 2020 Q1 | 12,125 | 7 | 0 | 577.3 |
| 2019 Q4 | 11,781 | 13 | 3 | 1103.5 |
| 2019 Q3 | 12,666 | 5 | 0 | 394.8 |
| 2019 Q2 | 11,936 | 11 | 1 | 921.6 |
| 2019 Q1 | 11,100 | 3 | 0 | 270.3 |
| 2018 Q4 | 11,782 | 9 | 1 | 763.9 |
| 2018 Q3 | 10,778 | 11 | 1 | 1020.6 |
| 2018 Q2 | 11,318 | 10 | 1 | 883.5 |
| 2018 Q1 | 5,561 | 16 | 2 | 2877.2 |
| 2017 Q4 | 5,661 | 5 | 0 | 883.2 |
| 2017 Q3 | 6,641 | 7 | 2 | 1054.1 |
| 2017 Q2 | 11,349 | 10 | 1 | 881.1 |
| 2016 Q4 | 5,542 | 12 | 0 | 2165.3 |
| 2014 Q3 | 3,443 | 6 | 2 | 1742.7 |
| 2014 Q2 | 3,798 | 12 | 3 | 3159.6 |
| 2014 Q1 | 4,048 | 6 | 0 | 1482.2 |
| 2013 Q4 | 5,755 | 1 | 0 | 173.8 |
| 2013 Q3 | 5,307 | 5 | 1 | 942.2 |
| 2013 Q2 | 5,991 | 3 | 0 | 500.8 |
| 2013 Q1 | 7,790 | 12 | 3 | 1540.4 |
| 2012 Q4 | 6,182 | 6 | 1 | 970.6 |
| 2012 Q2 | 8,096 | 8 | 1 | 988.1 |
| 2012 Q1 | 6,534 | 5 | 1 | 765.2 |
| 2011 Q4 | 4,356 | 4 | 0 | 918.3 |
| 2011 Q3 | 3,662 | 6 | 4 | 1638.4 |
| 2011 Q2 | 3,933 | 6 | 2 | 1525.6 |
| 2011 Q1 | 3,128 | 4 | 0 | 1278.8 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,107 | 2 | 1 | 1806.7 |
| 2010 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Assisting continuous miner operator cleaning rock and coal material from the top of the miner. A small piece of roof rock fell striking EE on shoulder. The injury sustained was bruising and a small tear in flesh. Mine roof was fully supported in this area. Rock size was about the size of a football.
EE was in the process of assisting other workers build a concrete block stopping. While dumping buckets of plaster into the spray machine vat the spray hose ruptured knocking EE's mining hat & safety glasses off & plaster material entered EE's left eye impairing vision in eye. Eye has been flushed & vision is improving.
Stinger mantrip was located under the #2 beltline in a jack knife position with rock duster attached. EE was attempting to release duster hitch at which time the tongue came loose and struck EE on the right hand.
EE was in the process of repairing a water hose on the miner. The metal lid covering the area of access had been removed and laid aside. EE, while standing alongside the machine lost footing causing them to fall and while falling, they grasped for a hand hold to break their fall, pulled the metal lid down with them, thus striking their right hand against the falling lid.
Employee was in the process of positioning the roof bolting machine to install roof bolts in the first cut taken for the number four (4) to number five (5) crosscut when a small scale of roof rock dislodged from between installed roof bolts, striking Employee on top of head resulting in a neck injury.
Employee stopped personnel carrier along the #3 belt line to mark a bad belt roller to be removed, got off the ride and during checking the roller the ride drifted backwards and struck the employee. It was found that the employee failed to set the park brake on the machine. Employee received fracture in the pelvic area and was sent home for recovery.
EE was in the process of spraying plaster coating onto a stopping located outby spad 422 in the intake on 1st right panel section of the mine. The spray nozzle became clogged and EE attempted to dislodge material from tip at which time plaster material was released from the nozzle striking EE in the eyes.
During beltmove EE was installing hanger chain to belt rail. Chain hoist was attached a link in the chain broke causing the chain hoist to fall onto the EE's right hand resulting in a broken thumb.
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.