Mining Incidents

CCU Sexton Strip Coal

Controlled by Charles C Ungurean
Cadiz, Harrison County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3304577

CCU Sexton Strip has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2008–2026
Latest incident
Apr 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
115
citations
26
significant & substantial
$31,451
proposed penalties
$28,684
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,767 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
54
inspections on record
2,629
inspection hours
4.4
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.
115 citations across 2,629 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CCU Sexton Strip has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$29K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
114 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at CCU Sexton Strip shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 293 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.
0.14
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.27
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
293
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-09.
Silica (quartz)
4.6
silica avg (%)
6.8
silica max (%)
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-03-11.
Noise
1%
over PEL
114
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-03-09.
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
2025 Q4 6,833 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,944 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,763 2 1 257.6
2025 Q1 8,429 1 0 118.6
2024 Q4 9,200 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 9,222 2 0 216.9
2024 Q2 10,779 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 12,335 0 0 0.0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 11,535 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 13,730 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 15,435 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 16,120 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 15,683 1 0 63.8
2022 Q3 15,975 1 0 62.6
2022 Q2 16,943 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 15,571 1 0 64.2
2021 Q4 12,173 1 0 82.1
2021 Q3 10,315 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 9,472 4 1 422.3
2021 Q1 11,455 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 10,925 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 12,509 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 12,474 3 0 240.5
2020 Q1 12,286 1 1 81.4
2019 Q4 15,520 2 0 128.9
2019 Q3 22,494 3 0 133.4
2019 Q2 27,819 5 0 179.7
2019 Q1 35,568 4 0 112.5
2018 Q4 35,241 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 36,341 3 0 82.6
2018 Q2 37,825 2 0 52.9
2018 Q1 35,316 7 3 198.2
2017 Q4 25,856 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 27,361 3 1 109.6
2017 Q2 26,041 2 1 76.8
2017 Q1 26,541 1 0 37.7
2016 Q4 23,172 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 22,837 1 0 43.8
2016 Q2 23,751 5 1 210.5
2016 Q1 41,817 1 0 23.9
2015 Q4 34,405 10 0 290.7
2015 Q3 36,477 1 0 27.4
2015 Q2 40,401 4 1 99.0
2015 Q1 40,671 1 0 24.6
2014 Q4 39,629 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 42,924 1 0 23.3
2014 Q2 40,784 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 40,373 1 0 24.8
2013 Q4 39,064 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 40,282 3 0 74.5
2013 Q2 41,874 2 0 47.8
2013 Q1 42,479 3 0 70.6
2012 Q4 40,888 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 39,997 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 39,816 1 0 25.1
2012 Q1 39,884 16 8 401.2
2011 Q4 41,152 2 1 48.6
2011 Q3 40,175 3 1 74.7
2011 Q2 38,685 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 40,108 3 1 74.8
2010 Q4 41,182 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 37,394 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 37,487 2 1 53.4
2010 Q1 36,475 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 34,395 1 0 29.1
2009 Q3 35,049 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 34,291 1 0 29.2
2009 Q1 34,037 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 22,680 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 3 3
2008 Q1 17,183 1 1 58.2
2007 Q4 17,146 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 13,003 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,897 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 12,318 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 0 0 0

Fatalities at this mine

1 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.

Reportable incidents

12 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2026 · 1 incident

April 28, 2026 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CCU Coal and Construction LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was climbing down step ladder and slipped off second step causing EE to loose EE's balance, fell stumbled backwards and hit EE's head on the bumper of EE's truck causing a cut that required stitches.

2022 · 2 incidents

February 10, 2022 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CCU Coal and Construction LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking across parking lot and slipped on the ice landing on their shoulder. Continued to work until 2/24/22 when EE informed me of the accident and that it was not getting any better. I instructed EE to go to hospital and they found that EE had a cracked shoulder bone.

February 7, 2022 OH · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CCU Coal and Construction LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking in parking lot and slipped on the ice. Employee fell on arm, continued to work until 3/16, elbow was not healing so they put employee on Restrictive duty.

2019 · 2 incidents

2014 · 2 incidents

December 29, 2014 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FIRE
Harrison Resources LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was using a cutting torch in tight quarters and a spark caught his pants on fire, caused a small burn on leg.

August 13, 2014 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Harrison Resources LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was stepping down off a tractor and missed the step causing him to slip and twist his ankle.

2012 · 2 incidents

October 18, 2012 OH · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harrison Resources LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was trying to remove a brass bushing from a shaft and when the first half came out the second half spun down around and caught his finger. Had 4 stitches

June 18, 2012 OH · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harrison Resources LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was checking the resistance of a rotor of a drive motor and pinched his fingers between the rotor and Brake caliper fracturing the tips of 2 fingers.

2009 · 2 incidents

August 17, 2009 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harrison Resources LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was working on a brake caliper that was locked in his vice and it slipped out and hit his hand. Had 3 stitches put in hand.

June 3, 2009 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Harrison Resources LLC · Struck against a moving object

EE was running a 992 Cat front-end loader and was loading rock trucks. He was backing away from a truck with his boom in the air, he had not noticed that the keeper had come out of pin housing, which let the boom pin come out. The boom dropped and it shook the operator. Took two days off for soreness.

2008 · 1 incident

December 30, 2008 OH · Coal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator MACHINERY
Harrison Resources LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was operating a Blast Hole Drill when a drill steel came lose from the carrousel at the top of drill mast. He and the Mechanic was trying to set it back into the rack when the steel shifted and pinched his wrist between two drill steels. Took him to Hospital where they took xrays and found he had a hairline crack in his wrist.

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The full compliance file on CCU Sexton Strip

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.