Midwest Auger Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
DRIVING A TRUCK LOAD OF COAL OUT A RAMP. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND THE TRUCK WENT BACKWARDS AND ROLLED ONTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE.
Cottage Grove Auger Coal
Midwest Auger Co.
· Surface
Controlled by
Michael T McCullough
Equality,
Gallatin County,
IL
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1103102
Cottage Grove Auger has $93K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2003
- Latest incident
- Apr 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
5
citations
4
significant & substantial
$93,099
proposed penalties
$52,599
paid to date
56% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $40,500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
3
inspections on record
718
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 718 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cottage Grove Auger has $93K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$93K
proposed penalties
$53K
current assessed
$53K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-08-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Cottage Grove Auger shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.23 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 3 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.23
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.32
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-03-24.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 Q3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2003 Q2 | 640 | 2 | 1 | 3125.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 4,400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 4,800 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 4,400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 1,600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedFor insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
The full compliance file on Cottage Grove Auger
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.