FIREARM OF SECURITY GUARD FELL FROM SHOULDER HOLSTER STRIKING CONCRETE FLOOR, THEREBY DISCHARGING THE FIREARM AND FATALLY WOUNDING HIMSELF.
Roxana Prep Plant Coal
Roxana Prep Plant has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 47
- Years on record
- 1983–2014
- Latest incident
- May 2014
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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.Roxana Prep Plant has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
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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.MSHA sampling at Roxana Prep Plant shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.43 mg/m3 (95% compliant) across 364 samples.
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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 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.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 1,058 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q2 | 423 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 606 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 706 | 1 | 0 | 1416.4 |
| 2022 Q3 | 700 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 601 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 702 | 3 | 0 | 4273.5 |
| 2021 Q3 | 710 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 603 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 579 | 1 | 0 | 1727.1 |
| 2020 Q4 | 485 | 6 | 0 | 12371.1 |
| 2020 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q1 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 2,260 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 5,868 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 6,184 | 9 | 4 | 1455.4 |
| 2019 Q1 | 6,070 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 5,808 | 8 | 2 | 1377.4 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,040 | 2 | 1 | 1923.1 |
| 2018 Q1 | 5,095 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 4,841 | 2 | 1 | 413.1 |
| 2017 Q3 | 5,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 4,271 | 1 | 0 | 234.1 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,536 | 1 | 0 | 394.3 |
| 2016 Q4 | 968 | 2 | 0 | 2066.1 |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,958 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 8,904 | 5 | 0 | 561.5 |
| 2016 Q1 | 8,906 | 1 | 1 | 112.3 |
| 2015 Q4 | 9,670 | 4 | 1 | 413.7 |
| 2015 Q3 | 11,419 | 2 | 0 | 175.1 |
| 2015 Q2 | 14,830 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 13,688 | 4 | 1 | 292.2 |
| 2014 Q4 | 15,239 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 17,289 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 16,805 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 14,446 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 16,655 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 15,067 | 1 | 0 | 66.4 |
| 2013 Q2 | 15,603 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 13,064 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 10,263 | 6 | 2 | 584.6 |
| 2012 Q3 | 11,380 | 4 | 0 | 351.5 |
| 2012 Q2 | 12,143 | 1 | 0 | 82.4 |
| 2012 Q1 | 16,561 | 7 | 1 | 422.7 |
| 2011 Q4 | 19,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 19,766 | 9 | 1 | 455.3 |
| 2011 Q2 | 21,470 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 21,097 | 5 | 2 | 237.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 18,707 | 3 | 1 | 160.4 |
| 2010 Q3 | 19,395 | 5 | 0 | 257.8 |
| 2010 Q2 | 18,158 | 4 | 0 | 220.3 |
| 2010 Q1 | 18,830 | 3 | 2 | 159.3 |
| 2009 Q4 | 17,757 | 3 | 0 | 168.9 |
| 2009 Q3 | 17,948 | 5 | 0 | 278.6 |
| 2009 Q2 | 15,455 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 17,227 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 17,793 | 6 | 5 | 337.2 |
| 2008 Q3 | 19,149 | 2 | 0 | 104.4 |
| 2008 Q2 | 18,780 | 1 | 0 | 53.2 |
| 2008 Q1 | 16,794 | 2 | 0 | 119.1 |
| 2007 Q4 | 16,677 | 4 | 2 | 239.9 |
| 2007 Q3 | 15,368 | 10 | 0 | 650.7 |
| 2007 Q2 | 16,679 | 2 | 1 | 119.9 |
| 2007 Q1 | 18,227 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 17,684 | 5 | 2 | 282.7 |
| 2006 Q3 | 18,397 | 10 | 5 | 543.6 |
| 2006 Q2 | 15,943 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 17,744 | 2 | 2 | 112.7 |
| 2005 Q4 | 16,978 | 7 | 2 | 412.3 |
| 2005 Q3 | 16,887 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 16,806 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 17,306 | 6 | 2 | 346.7 |
| 2004 Q4 | 17,038 | 3 | 3 | 176.1 |
| 2004 Q3 | 17,431 | 8 | 3 | 459.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 17,994 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 18,151 | 6 | 1 | 330.6 |
| 2003 Q4 | 16,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 15,694 | 2 | 1 | 127.4 |
| 2003 Q2 | 15,534 | 2 | 1 | 128.7 |
| 2003 Q1 | 14,820 | 4 | 1 | 269.9 |
| 2002 Q4 | 12,506 | 3 | 0 | 239.9 |
| 2002 Q3 | 12,861 | 6 | 2 | 466.5 |
| 2002 Q2 | 19,521 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 19,534 | 4 | 0 | 204.8 |
| 2001 Q4 | 21,034 | 1 | 0 | 47.5 |
| 2001 Q3 | 16,732 | 17 | 6 | 1016.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 19,167 | 14 | 4 | 730.4 |
| 2001 Q1 | 17,041 | 11 | 5 | 645.5 |
| 2000 Q4 | 16,033 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 17,462 | 8 | 4 | 458.1 |
| 2000 Q2 | 18,723 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 18,435 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
46 on file (excluding fatalities above)2014 · 3 incidents
Coal Dust/ Black Lung
Cumulative Trauma/ repetitive work
Hearing Loss/ Loud Noise
2010 · 1 incident
Employee was lifting dryer basket to remove socket from underneath when he felt pain in his back.
2009 · 2 incidents
Employee was removing metal that had been cut from the floor when it slipped and caught his thumb between the handrail and piece of metal. He received a laceration that required stitches.
Employee struck his foot on a piece of steel, cutting his right boot and foot.
2006 · 1 incident
Employee was removing vegitation from area around a waterline at the plant entrance to splice waterline when a weed struck him in the left eye.
2004 · 3 incidents
EE stated he was in the process of examining the primary sampler for the clean coal loadout, while moving the metal that was next to the sampler cutter guard, the metal fell pinning him against the floor, causing fractures to both legs and his left hip.
EMPLOYEE WAS HEATING A BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE DUST BOX ON A 320 CAT EXCAVATOR WITH A DRILL ATTACHMENT. AFTER HEATING THE BRACKET, EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN THE BRACKET USING A LONG PIECE OF PIPE TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRACKET. EE WAS STANDING IN A MUDDY AREA THAT HAD LOOSE MATERIAL. THE PIPE SLIPPED FROM THE BRACKET & EE SLIPPED, FALLING ON HIS LT. LOWER LEG BREAKING IT.
EE STATED HE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL FROM INSIDE THE RAW COAL CHUTE, WHEN THE PIECE OF METAL WAS FREE, IT FELL STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUSING A LACERATION AND FRACTURE.
2001 · 5 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A 8' STEP LADDER, HITTING ON SIDE OF CHUTE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. ONE OF THE LEGS OF THE LADDER SPLIT CAUSING LADDER & EMPLOYEE TO FALL. SEEN DOCTOR 10/28/01 X-RAYED FRAC TURE OF WRIST.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO AN OUTRIGGER OF A CRANE, HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL APPROX. 4' TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIS BACK, HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN TO LOWER BACK, AND RIGHT WRIST. EM PLOYEE SENT TO ARH FOR EXAM, X-RAYS NEG. FOR ANY FRACTURES, EMPLOYEE MISSED 4 DAYS OF WORK.
EE WAS DESCENDING EMBANKMENT TO GET A SLURRY SAMPLE. HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE ROCK, FELL AND INJURED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
WHILE EE WAS WELDING HE SUFFERED A FLASH TO HIS EYES.
EMPLOYEE HAD TAKEN COLUMN SAMPLE. AS HE DESCENDED THE STEPS, HE STEPPED IN SPILLED DIESEL FUEL. HE SLIPPED AND INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.
2000 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A SCREEN. HE LOST HIS GRIP AND FELL BACK. HE INJURED HIS RIGHT HIP AND BACK.
WE HAD PUT A ROLL OF BOLT ONTO THE PLANT FEED BELT LINE. EMPLOYEE WAS BEHIND THE TAIL ROLLER. THE BOLT SLID AROUND, PINNING EMPLOYEES LEG BETWEEN THE ANGLE IRON RAIL AND THE BELT.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL FROM A SPILL. EMPLOYEE LIFTED A SHOVEL FULL AND TURNED, THE WENT TO HIS KNEES HE WAS HELPED UP BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.
1999 · 3 incidents
EE STRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING ON A BACK HOE TIRE. EE WILL BE OFF 2-3 WKS. EE WAS INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE TIRE FROM THE AREA. EE MOVED THE TIRE BY HIMSELF. EE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CAUTIONED ABOU T OVEREXERTING HIMSELF.
EE WAS CLIMBING A COLUMN AND FEL A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A BEAM, ALIGNING THE BOLT HOLES, HIS WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL.
1998 · 2 incidents
EE WAS STRIKING A PULLEY WITH A CRIB BLOCK. EE DREW BACK TO HIT THE PULLYE & MASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST A METAL CHUTE. EE SAW DR ARROZ AT THE WHITESBURG HSP ER
EE WAS PUSHING STUCK COAL THROUGH GRIZ AT THE RAW COAL HOPPER. HE THOUGHT HE WAS ON A SOLID SURFACE. THE COAL BROKE THROUGH, LETTING HIM FALL. HE STRUCK HIS LOWER BACK ON THE GRIZ. E E COMPLAINED OF NUMBNESS TO HIS LEGS ON THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY.
1997 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN BACK ON 11-12 WHILE PUTTING LOADER ON TRAILER. ON 11-14-97. WHILE LIFTING AND TWISTING HE PUT BRUSH INTO THE LOADER BUCKET AND HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A METAL CHUTE WITH A TORCH A PIECE OF THE METAL FLEW INTO HIS EYE. HE DID HAVE CUTTING GLOVES ON.
INJURED WAS CRAPING A FLANGE WHEN SCRAPEER SLIPPED CAUSING HIS HAND TO SLIP AND HIT THE GASKET CUTTING HIS WRIST.
1996 · 1 incident
EE WAS GETTING INTO POSITION TO START BOLTS INTO CRUSHER ROLL WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
1995 · 3 incidents
WATER HOSE WAS TANGLED AND EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING PULL THE WATER HOSE WHEN HE FELL ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP A LADDER ON A LOADER AND HE PULLED HIS RIGHT SIDE.
EE SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR, FELL ON RIGHT ELBOW FRACTURING BONE.
1994 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING ENGINEERING EUQIPMENT IN LOW CAOL. THE STRESS CUASED A STRAIN ON THE LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL SPILLAGE IN THE RECLAIM TUNNEL FLOOR WITH A BUG DUST SHOVEL WHICH IS A #4 COAL SHOVEL WITH A 6 FT. HANDLE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.
1993 · 1 incident
INJURED WAS CHECKING SOME WIRES OUT OF CARBUTATOR OF TRUCK. HAD HIS TRUCK PARKED ON A 2 TO 3 SLOPE AND HAD BOTH PARK BRAKE AND HAND BRAKE SET. WHILE CHECKING SOME WIRES THE TRUCK STARTED MOVIN G AND ROLLED OVER THIS FEET AND LEFT LEG RESULTING IN A COMPOUND FRACTURE.
1991 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CUT OFF AT TIP WHEN HE WAS INSTALLING A MOTOR ON THE BELT DRIVE. THE MOTOR SLIPPED THUS RESULTING IN THE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN REFUSE VALLEY CLEARING TIMBER WHEN A DEAD TREE LIMB FELL FROM A TREE STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD.
1990 · 5 incidents
EE WAS USING A LARGE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BELTS ON CRUSHER PULLING KNUCKLE LOOSE HE HAD PREVIOUSLY INJURED.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE GRIZZLIES OVER THE TRUCK DUMP. HE SLIPPED & FELL HITTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE & THIGH CUTTING HIS ANKLE.
EMPL IN STOOPED POSITION TRYING TO UNSTOP CLOGGED LINE WITH WATER HOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING GUARD OFF HEAVY MEDIA IN WASHER PLANT STRAINING HIS BACK
MINER WAS UNHOOKING CHAIN FROM EXCAVATOR, CHAIN BROKE, HITTING THE MINER IN THE FACE. CUTTING THE LEFT CORNER OF HIS MOUTH, REQUIRING (9) STITCHES AND ALSO CHIPPED (4) TEETH.
1989 · 1 incident
LIFTING GARBAGE CAN FULL OF COAL INJ LOWER BACK
1988 · 2 incidents
FILED FOR COMPENSATION BECUASE OF COAL DUST IN LUNGS.
FILD FOR COMPENSATION BECAUSE OF COAL DUST IN LUNGS.
1987 · 1 incident
LIFTING COAL SA4PLE BAGS TO CRUSHER,INJURED RIGHT WRIST"HAS HAD (2) PRIOR SURGERIES ON SAME EXTREMITY"REINJURING SAME NAV. CARPAL BONE IN RIGHT WRIST.
1985 · 1 incident
DISLODGED BLOCK OF COAL BETWEEN BARS IN CRUSHER BUILDING RESULTING IN BAR HITTING MIDDLE FINGER & INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND CUTTING OFF PART OD MISSLE FINGER TIP BRUISING INDEX FINGER.
1983 · 1 incident
2 BATTERIES PUSHED TOGETHER,MASHED AND BROKE MIDDLE FINGER NEAR TIP OF FINGER AT JOINT.
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