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: 969 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cora Terminal has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
43 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-10.
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 Cora Terminal shows 97% of 76 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: 2012-10-10, 13 years ago
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
76
samples
1.82
dust max (mg/m3)
76 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
BULLDOZER OPERATOR21
BARGE ATTENDANT11
ROTARY DUMP OPERATOR10
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.
Cora Terminal recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.
Injury rate, 2012
ⓘ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
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.74 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In Illinois, coal mining averaged 5.39 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
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
2.09
0.00
0.000
2010
1.56
0.00
0.000
2009
9.35
5.61
0.000
2008
3.83
1.92
0.000
2007
5.44
1.81
0.000
2006
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
4.53
2.26
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
2013
34
2012
49
2011
51
2010
64
2009
52
2008
49
2007
47
2006
45
2005
40
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Cora Terminal sits in Jackson County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Jackson County, Illinois · Population 52,706
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$45,572
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
2013 Q3
13,962
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
18,202
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
17,279
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
21,955
3
0
136.6
2012 Q3
25,381
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
21,929
1
0
45.6
2012 Q1
23,247
1
0
43.0
2011 Q4
22,849
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3
24,182
1
1
41.4
2011 Q2
25,944
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
22,637
7
1
309.2
2010 Q4
50,623
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
26,004
1
1
38.5
2010 Q2
24,196
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
27,091
2
2
73.8
2009 Q4
23,722
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
29,120
2
2
68.7
2009 Q2
26,478
1
1
37.8
2009 Q1
27,651
8
8
289.3
2008 Q4
22,647
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
27,819
1
1
35.9
2008 Q2
26,508
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
27,341
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
27,361
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
27,779
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
27,147
1
1
36.8
2007 Q1
28,017
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
26,740
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
26,744
1
0
37.4
2006 Q2
26,160
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
25,484
3
3
117.7
2005 Q4
24,266
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
24,434
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
23,835
8
7
335.6
2005 Q1
15,848
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
14 on file
2011 · 1 incident
December 27, 2011IL · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employees was trying to start a Caterpillar D9 track dozer, but to would not crack. He opened the battery box cover to check the connections. He decided that he needed to charge the batteries and started to climb off the machine. He used the lip of the battry box as a hand hold with his right hand and the box cover closed on his hand resulting in a cut to his right ring finger.
2010 · 1 incident
July 2, 2010IL · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was attempting to get in the cab of the D10T dozer and as he reached for his next hand hold he missed it and started to lose his balance. He pulled himself back forward with his left hand and grabbed for the hand hold again with his right hand. As his right hand caught hold he heard something pop and then felt a burning on his right side under his ribs.
2009 · 5 incidents
October 17, 2009IL · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While replacing troughing idles along the C-4 conveyor Cora employee started to feel a tightness in his back that continued to get worse until the end of his shift.
May 31, 2009IL · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
A Cora employee was to pull the conveyors emergence stop cord when the section of belt to be repaired passed between marked sections so the belt would stop at a location where it could be accessed for repairs. As the employee pulled up vertically of the emergency stop cord, he struck his left elbow on the corner of an I-beam, lacerating the elbow.
May 26, 2009IL · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While assisting in the removal of an X-Brace from the top of the T-1 coal transfer tower, a 15' long section by 3"x4"x3/8" angle brace fell, sticking the employee on the top of his hard hat and right arm. The employee suffered a break to the right forearm.
April 30, 2009IL · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Two Cora employees were working on placing a 3'x 3'x4' section of 1/4" plate metal in place on a conveyor chute they were fabrication. As they were moving the plate into position it slipped off one corner and pinched one of the employees right index finger. The resulting cut in the employees index finger required eight stiches.
2008 · 2 incidents
August 11, 2008IL · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
Deckhand employee was working on the dock when the dock winch barge haul cable broke. The cable struck the employee in the back knocking him to the ground, he substained a cut on the nose and puncher to the chin.
May 21, 2008IL · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was assisting with the installation of a return idler on the c-4 72" conveyor system using a roller guide that the facility fabricated. He was holding the roller guide and as the roller was being placed on the guide by a second employee the roller slipped out of his hands and pinched the injured employee's finger against the roller guide frame.
2007 · 3 incidents
November 25, 2007IL · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
While pulling off 2 barges to drop in Cora's fleet, employee had trouble with a coupling wire. He was pulling on the wire while the other deckhand was beating on it with a sledgehammer. When that did not work to free the wire, he grabbed a bar and tried to pull up the tight wires. As he stood up he then felt a pinch on his left lower side around his hip.
August 4, 2007IL · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was working on a hydraulic adjustable skirt chute; the chute activated pinning his left leg between the frame of the skirt and the transfer chute.
February 14, 2007IL · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was performing a maintenance task in the train-unloading dumper helping replace a trunion wheel. He welded on a temporary bracing to be used while lifting the trunion wheel and the bracing failed during the lift striking the employee in the face.
August 23, 2005IL · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS