Mining Incidents

CCU Athens Strip: 7 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by Charles C Ungurean
Glouster, Athens County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3304637

CCU Athens Strip has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
7
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,250
proposed penalties
$1,250
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
15
inspections on record
265
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 265 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CCU Athens Strip has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
14.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 71.4% low, 28.6% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at CCU Athens Strip shows 100% of 64 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.

Last sampled: 2026-07-23
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
64
samples
0.39
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
36 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 28 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR29
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR16
  • COAL TRUCK DRIVER5

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2025-02-27
13.2
silica avg (%)
2
samples
18.6
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR2

Noise
The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2026-06-02
0%
over PEL
23
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR8
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE4
  • BACKHOE OPERATOR3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust by year
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2026 100% 11
2025 100% 12
2024 100% 17
2023 100% 17
2022 100% 7
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2025 7.7 1
2024 18.6 1
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2026 0% 3
2025 0% 5
2024 0% 5
2023 0% 5
2022 0% 5
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

CCU Athens Strip recorded 7.06 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
7.06
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, coal mining averaged 2.79 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Oxford Mining Co. LLC 2009 to 2022
  2. CCU Coal & Construction LLC 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2026 16 30,365
2025 13 64,640
2024 9 58,839
2023 9 53,322
2022 7 16,155
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 0
2014 0
2013 0
2012 0
2011 0
2010 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CCU Athens Strip sits in Athens County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Athens County, Ohio · Population 61,573
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$53,837
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 9,234 3 1 324.9
2026 Q1 9,723 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 8,326 1 0 120.1
2025 Q3 6,940 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,628 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,442 1 0 155.2
2024 Q4 5,681 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,882 1 0 204.8
Show 38 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,073 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,251 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,663 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,486 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,085 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,271 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,988 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,677 1 0 272.0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2025 · 1 incident

August 15, 2025 OH · Coal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
CCU Coal & Construction LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Water pump was not pumping and employee attempted to opened the drain valve when the pipe that is attached to the valve broke causing hot water to spray out.