Mining Incidents

CCU Conesville Wash Plant Coal

Controlled by Charles C Ungurean
Conesville, Coshocton County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303907

CCU Conesville Wash Plant has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
47
Years on record
1984–2018
Latest incident
May 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
50
citations
18
significant & substantial
$5,282
proposed penalties
$5,282
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
56
inspections on record
1,841
inspection hours
2.7
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.
50 citations across 1,841 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CCU Conesville Wash Plant has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-01-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at CCU Conesville Wash Plant shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.17 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 132 samples.

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.
0.17
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.66
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
132
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-10-23.
Silica (quartz)
3.3
silica avg (%)
3.7
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-12-17.
Noise
3%
over PEL
78
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-04-18.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 428 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,314 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,631 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,803 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,848 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,356 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3 1,416 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,474 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,856 1 0 538.8
2016 Q4 182 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,283 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,556 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 10,208 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 8,806 6 0 681.4
2015 Q3 9,449 2 1 211.7
2015 Q2 9,830 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 11,744 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 9,626 3 1 311.7
2014 Q3 11,281 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 9,684 3 0 309.8
2013 Q1 270 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 177 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 171 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 490 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,758 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 10,383 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 10,617 3 0 282.6
2011 Q2 10,811 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 9,591 4 0 417.1
2010 Q4 10,829 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 11,024 3 0 272.1
2010 Q2 13,014 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 14,341 2 1 139.5
2009 Q4 12,528 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 13,844 1 1 72.2
2009 Q2 15,084 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 19,878 2 1 100.6
2008 Q4 17,551 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 17,939 1 1 55.7
2008 Q2 17,577 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 20,417 1 0 49.0
2007 Q4 16,446 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 15,208 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 17,495 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 19,385 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 16,320 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 16,124 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 16,375 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 16,180 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 16,358 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 14,962 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 18,434 6 4 325.5
2005 Q1 18,232 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 18,229 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 15,531 5 4 321.9
2004 Q2 17,569 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 18,492 2 1 108.2
2003 Q4 17,764 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 18,312 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 19,340 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 19,788 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 19,724 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 19,646 2 2 101.8
2002 Q2 20,116 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 19,446 1 1 51.4
2001 Q4 19,020 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 18,324 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 18,464 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 19,122 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 18,473 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 17,838 1 0 56.1
2000 Q2 18,422 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 19,587 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
December 2, 1988 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FROZEN COAL ON RIGHT SIDE OF TRALER CAUSED TRAILER TO TIP OVER CRUSHING CAB OF ADJACENT UNIT, KILLING DRIVER.

Reportable incidents

46 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2018 · 1 incident

May 14, 2018 OH · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Oxford Conesville LLC. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a liner out of a D-11 Dozer blade when the top sprung loose hitting the employee in the face.

2015 · 1 incident

May 18, 2015 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Oxford Conesville LLC. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was stepping down off press and hit his knee on a sharp edge of drain causing a cut that required stitches.

2014 · 1 incident

November 4, 2014 OH · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oxford Conesville LLC. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was trying to shift 2 sheets of metal and got his little finger caught between them causing a cut that required 4 stitches.

2009 · 1 incident

February 24, 2009 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Struck against a moving object

Fracture in the bottom of bed mast causing loss of hydraulic fluid and rapid bed drop jarring truck driver seated in truck cab. Lower back injuries - muscle strain and L1 vertebrae fracture.

2007 · 1 incident

January 4, 2007 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Struck against a moving object

Victim stated he was run off road by oncoming truck causing his loaded truck to upset. Heavy damage to the truck. At time of accident roadway was clear and dry.

2004 · 1 incident

October 22, 2004 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSPECTING 480 DRYER AND GRABBED ONTO THE BELTS TO REPOSITION HIMSELF WHEN THE BELTS MOVED, PINCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BELTS AND PULLEY.

2003 · 2 incidents

September 26, 2003 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING ON 390 SCREEN EE WAS HOLDING A CLAMPING BAR WHICH WAS WORN AND WHILE ANOTHER EE USED AN IMPACT TO TIGHTEN IT THE PLATE SPUN AND CUT HIS FINGER.

2000 · 1 incident

March 30, 2000 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOLDING WRENCH WITH RIGHT HAND TO PREVENT WRENCH FROM FALL ING INTO SUMP, PARTNER WAS HITTING WRENCH WITH PIPE TO DISLODGE IT FOR NUT, WHEN PIPE STRUCK THUMB.

1999 · 2 incidents

November 5, 1999 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A NUT ON PRIMARY SPLITTER, INSTALLING A WHEEL. WHEN HE USED IMPACT WRENCH TO TIGHTEN THE NUT, HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BEHIND THE NUT AND THE IMPACT WRENCH, PULLING FINGER PINCHING IT AND CUTTING FINGER.

July 30, 1999 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRYING TO DISLOGER A ROCK BETWEEN TAILGATE AND TRUCK BED, PULLED TAIL GATE OPEN WITH RIGHT HAND, REACHED IN TO GET THE ROCK WITH THE LEFT HAND TAILGATE SLIPPED FROM RIGHT HAND HITTING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

1998 · 1 incident

February 2, 1998 OH · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING ON THE PRIMARY ELEVATOR BUCKETS HE PICKED UP A PIECE OF COLD ROLL STEEL. THE STEEL SLIPPED AND BEFOR HE COULD GRAB IT THE STEEL PINCHED HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN IT AND ANOT HER PIECE OF STEEL.

1995 · 1 incident

July 21, 1995 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS STANDING ON A BARREL TO GET A TABLE OFF THE STOREROOM SHELF, THE LIP BENT CAUSING HIM TO FALL 3 FT ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT FOREARM.

1994 · 4 incidents

June 24, 1994 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF STEEL. AT THE END OF THE SHIFT, HE CAME TO ME SAID HE THOUGHT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. I COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING. DURING HIS VACATION HE HAD A PIECE OF STEEL REMOVED FR OM HIS EYE AT THE HOSPITAL.

May 13, 1994 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

WHILE DISMOUNTING OFF WATER TRUCK HIS FOOTING SLIPPED & CAUGHT LEFT LITTLE FINGER IN A RAIL BENDING IT BACK WARDS & CAUSING A FRACTURES

March 1, 1994 OH · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF THE GRADALL WHEN HIS LEFT LEG SLIPPED ON THE GROUND CAUSING A STRAIN ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

1992 · 2 incidents

October 14, 1992 OH · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL RUNNING 38-B DRAGLINE,THE CABLES BECAME TANGLED, EMPL STOPPED THE DRAG,GOT OFF, UNTANGLED THE CABLES, WHEN EMPL WENT TO WALK AWAY. EMPLSFOOT BECAME TANGLED IN THE CABLE & TRIPPED & FEL L.EMPL CAUGHT HIMSELF W/HIS LEFT ARM RESULTING IN A TORN CARTILAGE.

March 25, 1992 OH · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING JACK THE DIESEL MECHANIC TAKE THE OIL PAN OFF THE D-9L DOZER HE WAS HOLDING UP ON THE OIL PAN WHILE JACK WAS TAKING THE REST OF THE BOLTS OUT HE NOTICED A SHAME PAIN IN HIS BACK IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN THE SHOULDER BLADE.

1991 · 6 incidents

November 15, 1991 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS PRYING A SIEVE SCREEN UP AND OUT OF THE FRAME WITH A PRYBAR AND THE SIEVE SCEEEN SLIPPED END WAYS AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE BACK.HIS LEFT HAND NEAR INDEX FINGER CAUSING A LCAERATIO N.HOSPITAL GAVE HIM STERI STRIP ACROSS THE LACERATION AND ANTIBIOTIC.

July 16, 1991 OH · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STOPPED ON A RAIL ROAD RAIL, THE RAI MOVED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. HE WORKED THE REST OF THE DAY. CAME TO WORK TEH 17TH LATER IN THE DAY, HE REQUESTED X-RAYS. THE DOCTOR DIAGNOSI SED A SPRAINED KNEE. HE DID NOT REPORT TO WORK THE 18TH.

May 13, 1991 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

CUTTING SOME STOCK AND HOLDING IT AFTER CUT MADE THE WELDER TURNED TO RIGHT AND RAN TORCH ACROSS L WRIST

March 29, 1991 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING OFF A WORK BENCH WITH A AIR HOSE ABOUT 10:30M WHEN HE CAME DOWN FOR LUNCH HIS LEFT EYE STARTED BURNING BEFORE LUNCH WAS OVER IT STOPPED BURNING. AT 3:30PM HE LOOKED IN THE MIRR OR AND SAW A PIECE OF METAL IN THE EYE. THEN TO THE HOSPITAL, REMOVED METAL GAVE HIM EYE DROPS.

March 8, 1991 OH · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

KNEELING IN TAIL OF 105 BELT WHILE INSTALLING A BINDICTOR A ROCK WAS DISLOGED FROM RAM CAOL GRIZZEY BOUNCED OFF SLOPE PLATE STRIKING OUTSIDE OF LEFT KNEE EE WANT TO THE HOSPTIAL THE NEXT DAY. HAD X RAY AND THE DR IMMBILIZED HIS KNEE FOR 3 DAYS.

March 8, 1991 OH · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS

EE ATTEMPTED TO KNEEL DOWN AT THE SEWAGE PLANT TO SCRAPE THE WALLS WHEN HE HAD A SUDDEN PAIN TO HIS RIGHT KNEE SWELLING OCCURRED. EE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL THE NEXT DAY AND HAD X-RAYS, AND THE D OCTOR IMMOBILIZED HIS KNEE FOR ONE DAY.

1990 · 2 incidents

1989 · 2 incidents

June 14, 1989 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE INJURED WAS CLEANING AROUND DESLIMES IRRITATION OF THE LEFT EYE BEGAN .HE THINKS HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE.HE CAME TO MY OFFICE AT 12:30 I TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL THEY CLEANED HIS EYE A ND PUT SALVE IN IT.GAVE HIM A PRESCRIPTION (OPTHALMIL OINTMENT).

May 4, 1989 OH · Coal FIRE
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Accident type, without injuries

A 777 CATEPILLAR OFF ROAD TRUCK BLEW A HYDRAULIC LINE AND CAUGHT FIRE.CONESVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT THE FIRE OUT THE FIRE LASTED APPROXIMNATELY 30 MINUTES.THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

1987 · 3 incidents

November 5, 1987 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HELPING M9CHANIC WELDER LOWER A PIECE OF PIPE 80 IN X 24 IN INTO A SIEVE BEND HEAD BOX FOR WELDING THE PIPE SLIPPED AND THE PIPE LACERATED HIS RT THUMB APPROX 1 IN SEVERING A TENDON

June 18, 1987 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INDV REACHED DO4N TO PICK UP OIL CAN WEIGHING 55 LBS AND PAIN SHOT THROUGH LOWER BACK LIKE KNIFE BLADE.PREPARING TO POUR FROM 5 GAL CAN TO 2 GAL CAN BEFORE ADDING OIL TO RAW COAL SCREEN.

1986 · 2 incidents

December 17, 1986 OH · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Struck against stationary object

CUT ON INDEX FI3GER OF RIGHT HAND.SUBJECT WAS REMOVING TREES FROM REFUSE AREA BY HOOKING CABLE TO TREES AND PULLING WITH DOZER.SUBJECT LOST HIS BALANCE AND REACHED TO CATCH HIMSELF AND HE BELI IEVES HE CUT HI8 FINGER ON TGHE CABLE.

1985 · 1 incident

January 4, 1985 OH · Coal IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Accident type, without injuries

SPONTANGOUS COMBUSTION IN COAL PPILE REACHED VIBRATING FEEDER.SMOKE REPORTED FIRE DEPARTMENT AARRIVED &QUGLLED FIRE IN ABOUT 15MIN.AND WAITED FOR 1 HOUR TO PREVENT FLASH BACK.PLANT DAMAGE WAS WAS TO 2-1\CONDUIT\S THAT WERE REPAIRED THAT AFTERNOON.

1984 · 11 incidents

December 27, 1984 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED OUT OF SHOP TRUCK. HIS RING WHICH HE WAS WEARING CAUGHT ON THE DOOR CAUSING HIM A SEVERE LACDERATION OF HIS RING FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

July 27, 1984 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Fall onto or against objects

INJ STEPPED BACK FOR IRON WORKER TO MOVE DECKING AND INJURED STEPPED INTO PIPE SLEEVE IN JIG TANK

June 5, 1984 OH · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CLEANING TOP OF CAB W/ACID, ACID PUDDLED, WHEN OILER SHIFTED WEIGHT ACID POPPED INTO EYE. (GOGGLES & FACE SHIELD WERE ISSUED TO EMPLOYEE BEFORE STARTING THE JOB).

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The full compliance file on CCU Conesville Wash Plant

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.