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.
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.
MSHA sampling at Cheyenne Loadout shows 98% of 57 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: 2005-06-09, 21 years ago
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
57
samples
1.73
dust max (mg/m3)
53 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 4 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.
Cheyenne Loadout recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 5.11 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, coal mining averaged 5.46 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
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
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
Year
Employees
2008
0
2006
1
2005
7
2004
11
2003
12
2002
9
2001
7
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Cheyenne Loadout sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
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
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 quartersHide 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
10
2
2733.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
24 on file
2004 · 1 incident
July 23, 2004KY · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
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.
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, 1993KY · Coalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
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.
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.
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, 1991KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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, 1989KY · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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, 1988KY · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
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.