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Cyrus River Terminal LLC: 128 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by Zeyit Aydinli
Kenova, Wayne County, WV  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4607946

Cyrus River Terminal LLC has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1997–2019
Latest incident
Mar 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
128
citations
51
significant & substantial
$14,432
proposed penalties
$12,322
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,110 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Cyrus River Terminal LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
74
inspections on record
2,397
inspection hours
5.3
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.
128 citations across 2,397 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cyrus River Terminal LLC has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
124 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-09-26.
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.
41.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
41.1%
reasonably likely or greater
18.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 19.4% low, 80.6% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Cyrus River Terminal LLC shows 99% of 178 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: 2024-09-26
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
178
samples
1.75
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘ The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
168 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 10 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER50
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR42
  • UTILITY MAN13

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.

Last sampled: 2024-09-26
0%
over PEL
79
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER25
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR13
  • BARGE ATTENDANT11
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2024 100% 3
2023 100% 6
2022 100% 3
2021 100% 2
2019 100% 4
2018 100% 4
2016 100% 14
2015 100% 9
2014 100% 16
2013 100% 12
2012 100% 5
2011 100% 9
2010 100% 9
2009 87% 15
2008 100% 10
2005 100% 10
2004 100% 10
2003 100% 9
2002 100% 10
2001 100% 9
2000 100% 9
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2024 0% 3
2023 0% 3
2022 0% 3
2019 0% 4
2018 0% 3
2016 0% 10
2014 0% 9
2013 0% 6
2011 0% 5
2010 0% 4
2009 0% 10
2008 0% 4
2003 0% 10
2000 0% 5
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Cyrus River Terminal LLC recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.

Injury rate, 2015
ⓘ 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 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, coal mining averaged 5.22 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
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Cyrus Dock Company 1990 to 1995
  2. Battle Ridge Companies 1995 to 1998
  3. Allegheny River Dock Inc 1998 to 1999
  4. C C Coal Company 1999 to 2000
  5. Kanawha River Terminals Inc 2000 to 2000
  6. Kanawha River Terminals, Inc. 2000 to 2008
  7. Cyrus River Terminal LLC 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 3
2018 2
2017 3
2016 8
2015 11
2014 10
2013 12
2012 13
2011 11
2010 10
2009 8
2008 7
2007 38
2006 35
2005 58
2004 61
2003 56
2002 51
2001 41
2000 36
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Cyrus River Terminal LLC sits in Wayne County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Wayne County, West Virginia · Population 38,498
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$55,539
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
2019 Q2 426 1 1 2347.4
2019 Q1 1,100 1 0 909.1
2018 Q4 1,211 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,179 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,097 1 0 476.9
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 3,322 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,736 1 0 267.7
2016 Q2 4,051 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,021 1 0 248.7
2015 Q4 5,298 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,012 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 7,062 1 0 141.6
2015 Q1 5,454 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,682 8 5 1408.0
2014 Q3 5,883 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,617 1 0 178.0
2014 Q1 5,642 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,483 1 0 182.4
2013 Q3 6,382 1 0 156.7
2013 Q2 5,831 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 7,584 4 0 527.4
2012 Q4 6,768 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,274 2 1 275.0
2012 Q2 7,612 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 6,932 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7,636 6 1 785.8
2011 Q3 5,258 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,307 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,507 3 2 544.8
2010 Q4 6,532 2 2 306.2
2010 Q3 4,837 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,227 1 1 191.3
2010 Q1 4,485 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,656 4 2 859.1
2009 Q1 4,412 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,376 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,603 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,001 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 132 1 0 7575.8
2007 Q4 21,406 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 32,964 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 35,619 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 25,656 1 0 39.0
2006 Q4 6,273 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 18,501 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 34,442 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 35,317 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 37,465 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 25,894 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 23,819 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 8,119 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 27,974 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 37,547 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 34,029 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 32,707 1 0 30.6
2003 Q3 34,917 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 32,564 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 25,215 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 23,400 1 0 42.7
2002 Q3 28,260 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 27,248 2 2 73.4
2002 Q1 30,186 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 24,337 3 2 123.3
2001 Q3 33,187 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 9,491 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 27,782 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 28,296 2 2 70.7
2000 Q3 25,519 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 19,622 4 4 203.9
2000 Q1 1,470 3 0 2040.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2019 · 1 incident

2015 · 1 incident

2011 · 1 incident

2004 · 1 incident

June 15, 2004 WV · Coal coal sampler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kanawha River Terminals, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON REAR BUMPER OF PICKUP PUTTING COAL SAMPLES IN BED OF TRUCK. HIS BOOTS WERE MUDDY WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED OFF BUMPER FALLING ON TOP OF TAILGATE, STRIKING HIS CHEST.

2003 · 1 incident

December 9, 2003 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kanawha River Terminals, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS WALKING TO HIS TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED ON A BOARD WHICH CAUSED HIM TO TRIP. HE FELL AGAINST HIS TRUCK AND HIS LEFT ARM WENT BETWEEN THE RUNNING BOARD AND THE TRUCK BODY FRACTURING HIS SHO ULDER.

2000 · 3 incidents

December 27, 2000 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kanawha River Terminals, Inc. · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING THE BINDER PUMP CONTAINMENTAREA WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL ON A PATCH OF ICE. ACCIDENT NOT REPORTED BY EMPLOYEE UNTIL 1/8/01.

September 29, 2000 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kanawha River Terminals Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CHECKING THE SKID STEER LOADER WHEN SOMETHING FELL IN HIS RIGHT EYE

July 20, 2000 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kanawha River Terminals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MEASURING FOR GREASE HOSE, TAPE MEASURE BUCKLED, PULLING IT ACROSS FINGER AND CUTTING IT.

1997 · 1 incident

July 25, 1997 WV · Coal electrician, lineman OTHER
Battle Ridge Companies · Struck by flying object

EE WAS WORKING UNDER THE BELT LINE AND WIND BLEW A PIECE OF METAL AND DIRT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.