Cottonwood Mines has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 6,243 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4,670 | 1 | 0 | 214.1 |
| 2025 Q2 | 4,686 | 3 | 0 | 640.2 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4,971 | 3 | 0 | 603.5 |
| 2024 Q4 | 4,349 | 2 | 0 | 459.9 |
| 2024 Q3 | 4,514 | 1 | 0 | 221.5 |
| 2024 Q2 | 5,029 | 3 | 1 | 596.5 |
| 2024 Q1 | 5,293 | 3 | 1 | 566.8 |
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 3,592 | 3 | 0 | 835.2 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,844 | 2 | 0 | 703.2 |
| 2023 Q2 | 830 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,521 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,392 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 2,310 | 1 | 0 | 432.9 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,764 | 1 | 0 | 361.8 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,659 | 1 | 0 | 602.8 |
| 2021 Q4 | 711 | 1 | 0 | 1406.5 |
| 2021 Q3 | 260 | 1 | 0 | 3846.2 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,063 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 2,340 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 3,472 | 1 | 0 | 288.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 4,233 | 2 | 0 | 472.5 |
| 2019 Q2 | 2,545 | 2 | 0 | 785.9 |
| 2019 Q1 | 2,097 | 1 | 0 | 476.9 |
| 2018 Q4 | 4,720 | 1 | 0 | 211.9 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,548 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,227 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,062 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 31250.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,064 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,145 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 5,469 | 6 | 1 | 1097.1 |
| 2009 Q3 | 8,551 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 9,335 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 9,906 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 10,021 | 1 | 0 | 99.8 |
| 2008 Q3 | 8,305 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 9,433 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 9,456 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 7,897 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 8,218 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 8,449 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 7,623 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 8,353 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 8,752 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 8,286 | 1 | 0 | 120.7 |
| 2006 Q1 | 8,439 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 8,190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 8,062 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 8,280 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 9,005 | 1 | 0 | 111.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 8,849 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 9,556 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 8,106 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 8,117 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 7,271 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 7,457 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 7,233 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 5,993 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 5,452 | 1 | 0 | 183.4 |
| 2002 Q3 | 5,676 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 5,592 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 5,807 | 1 | 0 | 172.2 |
| 2001 Q4 | 6,304 | 1 | 0 | 158.6 |
| 2001 Q3 | 7,355 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 7,345 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 5,869 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 5,533 | 2 | 0 | 361.5 |
| 2000 Q3 | 5,220 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 4,501 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 4,350 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
A miner was installing a ground support timber, and when attempting to reposition the timber with an axe, the miner pinched their right index finger between the axe and the timber, fracturing the finger. The finger required stitches.
Miner sinking shaft when miner came down small slope, they stepped off bottom bench and planted their foot when they did, the bottom half of their leg stayed planted while the rest of their bottom leaned to the side.
Miner was using jack lag to drill, jack leg tipped to one side and smashed miners thumb between drill and rock wall. cut required 7 stitches.
While mining, slipped and fell inbetween boards and injured ribs.
Miner was lifting a piece of air lift pipe. The pipe slipped causing the miner to strain his left arm and shoulder.
While cleaning an airless paint sprayer with paint thinner, employee sprayed the tip of his left index finger injecting paint thinner under the skin.
Miner was standing on floor at top of face. A loose board twisted causing miner to fall on his side. Miner was examined by a dr and found to be bruised.
MINER PINCHED HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE SUCTION PIPE AND THE ATTACHING CLAMP WHILE ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG AN ELBOW.
TWO MINERS WERE REPLACING BOARDS ON FLOOR #6 WEST. EE WAS USING A HAND SAW TO CUT A BOARD. THE BOARD BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT SIDE CAUSING BRUISING AND A TORN AC JOINT IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
MINER WAS WORKING ON SLOPE & SLIPPED. WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF HE TWISTED HIS BACK. THE ACCIDENTAL SLIP WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 8/19/02.
MINER BRUSHED UP AGAINST A METAL PIPE THAT HAD A SHARP EDGE PROTRUDING FROM IT. THE SHARP EDGE CUT HIS RIGHT FOREARM. THE CUT REQUIRED STITCHES.
MINER WAS UNDER AND OVER A BLOCK OF ARE AND ROCK TO CONNECT UP HIS PRODUCTION SLOPE. MINER FAILED TO IDENTIFY AND REMOVE A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK EMBEDDED IN THE ORE. WHEN THE MINER WENT BACK TO MINING ON HIS SLOPE, THE ROCK FELL, STRIKING THEBACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND. THE HAND BONE LEADING TO THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS BROKEN AND SURROUNDING TISSUE WAS DAMAGED.
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.