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.
Of $13K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-24.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
16citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
Settled
14 · 88%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 13%
64%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 14 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
23%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$13K proposed, $10K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2026-01-06.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at CCU Sexton Strip shows 99% of 294 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: 2026-07-30
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
294
samples
2.27
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.
183 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 111 by the operator.
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.
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.
CCU Sexton Strip recorded 6.46 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.
6.46
total case rate
6.46
days-away rate
6.458
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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
6.46
6.46
6.458
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
6.23
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019
3.94
3.94
0.000
2018
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
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
8
9,212
2025
14
95,481
2024
20
200,420
2023
25
222,147
2022
27
211,477
2021
20
136,016
2020
22
165,772
2019
47
371,330
2018
66
603,599
2017
48
502,893
2016
55
464,230
2015
76
748,783
2014
72
758,064
2013
69
743,654
2012
65
717,137
2011
55
791,060
2010
52
983,030
2009
48
728,429
2008
14
235,228
2007
18
218,357
2006
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
CCU Sexton Strip sits in Harrison County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 3.6% 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.
Harrison County, Ohio · Population 14,408
3.6%
Mining share of county employment
$53,851
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
2,664
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
5,147
0
0
0.0
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
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
10,779
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
12,335
0
0
0.0
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
1
0
26.4
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
2
0
47.1
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, 2025OH · Coaldrill operatorFatality · MACHINERY
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, 2026OH · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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, 2022OH · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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, 2022OH · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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.
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
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, 2009OH · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
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, 2008OH · Coaldriller, highwall operator, highwall drill operatorMACHINERY
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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