Mining Incidents

Cheyenne Loadout Coal

Deane, Letcher County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1509784

Cheyenne Loadout has $11K 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
24
Years on record
1983–2004
Latest incident
Jul 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
105
citations
45
significant & substantial
$10,665
proposed penalties
$10,665
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
40
inspections on record
659
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: 659 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cheyenne Loadout has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
105 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-06-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Cheyenne Loadout shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.21 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 57 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.
0.21
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.73
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
57
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-06-09.
Silica (quartz)
0.9
silica avg (%)
1.1
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-01-03.
Noise
13%
over PEL
16
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-06-09.
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
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q2 699 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 693 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,396 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,157 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,884 8 4 1638.0
2005 Q1 4,732 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,911 2 2 289.4
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q3 6,963 2 0 287.2
2004 Q2 5,161 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,446 7 2 1085.9
2003 Q4 6,060 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,119 9 5 1264.2
2003 Q2 7,820 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 8,310 7 0 842.4
2002 Q4 7,439 3 0 403.3
2002 Q3 7,111 6 2 843.8
2002 Q2 5,713 4 0 700.2
2002 Q1 5,770 10 8 1733.1
2001 Q4 5,585 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,558 8 1 1439.4
2001 Q2 4,650 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,136 1 0 194.7
2000 Q4 4,564 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 8,572 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,499 27 18 7716.5
2000 Q1 3,658 11 3 3007.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

24 on file

2004 · 1 incident

2000 · 1 incident

February 16, 2000 KY · Coal coal sampler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cheyenne Resources Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS SAMPLING LOADED RAIL CARS WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO JUMP FROM THE END OF ONE CAR TO THE END OF ANOTHER AND SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX. 15' TO THE GROUND.

1996 · 1 incident

September 6, 1996 KY · Coal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING BESIDE THE BELTWAY WHE HE SPOTTED A SMALL METAL OBJECT IN WITH THE COAL. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE IT HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE METAL AND THE MAGNET. EE WENT TO HOSPITAL , TREATED AND RELEASED. CAME BACK TO WORK. COMPLICATIONS CAUSED A NEED FOR SURGEYR ON 10-22-96. EE HAS BEEN OFF WORK FROM THAT TIME.

1993 · 1 incident

September 28, 1993 KY · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky May Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CAR HOIST ROPE AND BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE ROPE AND A FRAUD WIRE PENETRATED THE SKIN. THE KNEE BECAME INFECTED AND THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 10-6-93, AND WAS ABSENT FROM WORK ON 10-7-93.

1992 · 1 incident

1991 · 8 incidents

December 23, 1991 KY · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE SAID HE HURT BACK LIFTING RR TIE 12-23-91 EMPLOYEE WAS OFF 12-24-91 THROUGH 12-28-91IDLE DID NOT REPORT 12-29-91 WAS OFF 29TH THROUGH 31ST DUE TO HOLIDAY AND IDLE TIME WAS OFF 1ST THR OUGH 5TH CAME BACK 01-06-92 TO WORK-UNABLE TO MAKE DETERMINATION TILL 01-06-92.

July 20, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING BUCKET FROM A 988 B LOADER WHILE USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE A PIN FROM LOADER ARM HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AS THE SLEDGE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE PIN.

May 22, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Fall from machine

EE REINJURED HIMSELF CONPLAIMING OF BACK AND LEG PAIN LEADING FROM ACCIDENT HE HAD DATED 3-21-91.

April 28, 1991 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE INSTALLING WATER LINE WRENCHED SLIPPED MASHED FINGER

March 30, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON HEATER ON END LOADER, WHEN THE SWITCH WAS TURNED ON AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER WITH FAN BLADES.

1990 · 4 incidents

1989 · 4 incidents

August 28, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Oak Mining Company L P · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF METAL PLATE WHILE ON A LADDER HIS LADDER SLIPPED CAUSING INJURED TO FALL.THE METAL HE WAS HOLDING HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.

March 24, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS DECENDING DOWN LADDER OF RONT END LOADER. FOOT SLIPPED THEREFORE CAUSING OTHER FOOT TO CTCH IN LADDER TWISTING LEFT KNEE.

February 7, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STRUCK COAL CARS WITH FRONT END LOADER.

February 6, 1989 KY · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DROPPING RAIL ROAD CARS DOWN ON THE LOWER YARD. HIS FOOT SLIPPED THROUGH THE LADDER, WHILE DISMOUNTING THE CAR THEREFORE TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTR IBUTED TO THIS ACCIDENT.

1988 · 2 incidents

December 4, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE USING A TOOL GRINDER A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE LODGED INTO EMPLOYEES EYE

November 22, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A METAL PLATE, AND RECIVED A BACK STRAIN.

1983 · 1 incident

October 5, 1983 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Golden Oak Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MASHED FINGERS IN CLOSING OF RAILROAD CAR DOORS. MR. BATES WAS HOLDING THE BOTTOM DOOR WITH HIS HANDS IN ORDER TO PUSH DOOR UP AND BEFORE HE WAS READY TO PUSH, HIS PARTNER (JESSE HALL) PUSHE D THE DOOR UPWARD WITH A PRY BAR. THIS RESULTED IN MR. BATES FINGERS BEING PINCHED IN DOOR.

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The full compliance file on Cheyenne Loadout

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