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Cheyenne Enterprises 9E: 89 MSHA citations Coal

Cheyenne Enterprises Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Greg Damron
Pikeville, Pike County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519712

Cheyenne Enterprises 9E has $10K 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
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
89
citations
16
significant & substantial
$10,021
proposed penalties
$10,021
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Cheyenne Enterprises Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
51
inspections on record
1,345
inspection hours
6.6
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.
89 citations across 1,345 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cheyenne Enterprises 9E has $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-02-12.
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.
18.6%
significant & substantial
3.5%
high negligence or reckless
18.6%
reasonably likely or greater
16.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.6% low, 70.9% moderate, 3.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Cheyenne Enterprises 9E shows 98% of 128 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: 2019-05-07, 7 years ago
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
128
samples
3.08
dust max (mg/m3)
1
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.
41 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 87 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR58
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)23
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR7

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2019-03-11, 7 years ago
6.8
silica avg (%)
8
samples
9.5
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR4
  • ROOF BOLTER (TWIN HEAD) (RETURN SIDE)2
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

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: 2019-03-05, 7 years ago
0%
over PEL
20
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • SCOOP CAR OPERATOR3
  • UTILITY MAN3
  • COAL DRILL OPERATOR2
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
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
2019 99% 67
2018 91% 11
2015 88% 8
2014 100% 42
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2019 9.1 2
2018 6.4 3
2015 6.2 2
2014 4.3 1
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2019 0% 1
2018 0% 7
2014 0% 12
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Dynasty Mining Inc 2013 to 2018
  2. Cheyenne Enterprises Inc. 2018 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)
2020 1
2019 8 13,194
2018 5 3,425
2017 0
2016 0
2015 2 2,083
2014 7 46,200
2013 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Cheyenne Enterprises 9E sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% 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.
Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
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
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 330 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 790 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,336 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,218 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 9,085 8 1 880.6
2018 Q4 6,578 12 3 1824.3
2018 Q3 1,298 0 0 0.0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 1 1
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 1,742 8 0 4592.4
2014 Q4 4,470 18 3 4026.8
2014 Q3 4,192 22 3 5248.1
2014 Q2 3,496 12 2 3432.5
2014 Q1 360 5 2 13888.9
2013 Q4 50 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.