Mining Incidents

Tusky Coal

Rosebud Mining Company · Underground
Controlled by J Clifford Forrest III
Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas County, OH  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3304509

Tusky has $219K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 61 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
54
Years on record
2004–2012
Latest incident
Oct 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
791
citations
174
significant & substantial
$219,273
proposed penalties
$161,711
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $57,562 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
184
inspections on record
14,350
inspection hours
5.5
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.
791 citations across 14,350 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tusky has $219K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 61 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.
$219K
proposed penalties
$164K
current assessed
$162K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
783 assessments are final orders; 61 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-09-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Tusky shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.69 mg/m3 (94% compliant) across 1,459 samples.

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.
0.69
dust avg (mg/m3)
6.64
dust max (mg/m3)
94%
within 1.5 mg/m3
1,459
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-07-24.
Silica (quartz)
4.1
silica avg (%)
8.1
silica max (%)
82
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-05-11.
Noise
6%
over PEL
172
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-03-02.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2020 Q4 6,530 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,991 1 0 111.2
2020 Q2 12,105 3 0 247.8
2020 Q1 12,812 7 0 546.4
2019 Q4 13,722 5 0 364.4
2019 Q3 11,273 2 0 177.4
2019 Q2 12,527 7 1 558.8
2019 Q1 15,801 5 0 316.4
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 13,236 6 0 453.3
2018 Q3 11,115 4 0 359.9
2018 Q2 10,501 5 0 476.1
2018 Q1 11,694 7 1 598.6
2017 Q4 11,036 5 0 453.1
2017 Q3 5,004 3 0 599.5
2017 Q2 2,734 2 0 731.5
2017 Q1 3,055 2 0 654.7
2016 Q4 7,683 2 0 260.3
2016 Q3 7,777 8 0 1028.7
2016 Q2 5,033 3 0 596.1
2016 Q1 4,965 4 0 805.6
2015 Q4 7,395 8 2 1081.8
2015 Q3 9,058 7 1 772.8
2015 Q2 13,977 7 0 500.8
2015 Q1 13,808 6 0 434.5
2014 Q4 13,737 7 0 509.6
2014 Q3 12,631 3 1 237.5
2014 Q2 12,517 10 2 798.9
2014 Q1 16,682 6 1 359.7
2013 Q4 11,726 3 0 255.8
2013 Q3 12,759 13 2 1018.9
2013 Q2 20,597 5 1 242.8
2013 Q1 24,557 15 2 610.8
2012 Q4 23,650 17 2 718.8
2012 Q3 31,159 10 3 320.9
2012 Q2 33,093 19 2 574.1
2012 Q1 42,310 14 2 330.9
2011 Q4 43,102 20 3 464.0
2011 Q3 43,258 14 2 323.6
2011 Q2 44,542 12 3 269.4
2011 Q1 41,906 28 4 668.2
2010 Q4 35,640 33 7 925.9
2010 Q3 33,812 23 4 680.2
2010 Q2 34,530 41 14 1187.4
2010 Q1 37,799 25 8 661.4
2009 Q4 37,877 27 7 712.8
2009 Q3 39,290 27 8 687.2
2009 Q2 36,667 22 1 600.0
2009 Q1 41,637 28 8 672.5
2008 Q4 32,685 19 7 581.3
2008 Q3 29,608 39 10 1317.2
2008 Q2 27,593 3 0 108.7
2008 Q1 25,880 5 0 193.2
2007 Q4 23,500 10 4 425.5
2007 Q3 23,545 17 2 722.0
2007 Q2 25,692 6 0 233.5
2007 Q1 24,811 17 6 685.2
2006 Q4 22,611 9 2 398.0
2006 Q3 23,304 17 5 729.5
2006 Q2 25,785 35 12 1357.4
2006 Q1 24,754 8 3 323.2
2005 Q4 23,115 10 3 432.6
2005 Q3 23,712 13 5 548.2
2005 Q2 29,059 25 14 860.3
2005 Q1 24,341 8 4 328.7
2004 Q4 20,748 8 1 385.6
2004 Q3 15,054 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 22,849 7 2 306.4
2004 Q1 11,502 4 2 347.8
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 10, 2005 OH · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Tusky Coal, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Shuttle car operator stopped to talk to the shuttle car operator in the crosscut behind him. Scoop operator in crosscut in front proceeded to cross in front of shuttle car. Shuttle car operator proceeded with the buggy towards the feeder running over the scoop operator in front of him.

Reportable incidents

53 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2012 · 2 incidents

October 18, 2012 OH · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Taking drill steels apart Holding steel in roof with left hand and steel in head with right hand Head shifted pinching left thumb between both steels

May 8, 2012 OH · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck by falling object

He was pulling rocks off of the miner when a piece of rock slid off lacerating his right forearm. He received 8 stitches.

2011 · 4 incidents

November 18, 2011 OH · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck by falling object

Stone struck foot while prying fallen rock off of continuous miner with 5 ft long stone bar Transported to ER by Mine foreman and treated for bone chip. Xray later confirmed fracture on 11-21-2011

September 19, 2011 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

There was a roof fall in the intersection on #4 Belt at #40 Break. The fall measured twenty five feet long X four and half feet tall X twelve feet long.

August 16, 2011 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

Roof Fall discovered at 10:30 p.m. located on #5 belt at #27 Break in #4 entry. The fall was 20 feet wide x 20 feet long x 6 feet high.

July 31, 2011 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall was discovered at 1:35 p.m. The fall was located in entry #4 @ Crosscut #22 on #4 Belt.The fall was 20 feet wide X 35 feet long X 6 foot high.

2010 · 4 incidents

July 6, 2010 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

#4 BELT--#4 ENTRY--#37 CROSSCUT......THERE WAS A ROOF FALL THAT MEASURED 4.5 FEET HIGH X 60' WIDE(THROUGH THE CROSSCUT) X 18 FEET LONG

May 4, 2010 OH · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck by falling object

Employee was setting up sights on section. Noticed that the roof was flaking, so he started to crawl out. That is when a rock fell from the roof and landed on the employees foot.

February 27, 2010 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was trying to move a johnson(mantrip) trailer out of the way of a scoop when the scoop tire caught the edge of the trailer and smashed down on his leg twisting his ankle.

2009 · 3 incidents

August 25, 2009 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fell on 23 break on 4 belt. It was on the left hand side of an intersection towards #2. It was 17 feet wide, 6 feet high, and 25 feet long.

April 7, 2009 OH · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATING REAR MOBILE ON #1 SECTION-HAD RIGHT HAND ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE KITCHEN-SMASHED THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT MIDDLE MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE MOBILE AND THE LOW TAIL.

2008 · 7 incidents

December 29, 2008 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall in #2 entry of the mine mouth. The fall measured 4' high, 4'wide, and 15' long. The fall opened a gap between the highwall and fan housing. No equipment was damaged or injuries occured b/c of the fall.

December 29, 2008 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was in the underground parts hole trying to lift a miner shear jack onto the two man trip. He felt a sharp pain in his lower back and lower extremities. Employee did not go to the doctor that day. He went on January 13th, 2009.

October 27, 2008 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall in #2 entry, 18 break on 2 belt. The fall was 30' wide, 25' long, and 5' high. There were no injuries.

August 11, 2008 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EE states he bent over in the thickener to retrieve a bucket and hit his head on a metal bar, suffering a contusion to back of neck.

June 27, 2008 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall in #3 entry 400' inby the number 2 belt drive. The fall was 30' long, 17' wide, and 5' high at the highest point.

2007 · 9 incidents

November 2, 2007 OH · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee's left arm was caught in the tailpiece and dimembered from his self.

September 25, 2007 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall in 3 heading of 4 SE Mains at center of 16 break going from crosscut 3-2 and into 2-1. Fall is 18' wide, 80' long, and 12-15' high at highest point.

September 15, 2007 OH · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck by falling object

Roof fall in #3 heading of 4 left in the 1 E Butt. Fall was 30' wide, 50' long, and 12-15' high. Miner operator was turning crosscut 3-4 when a roof fall occurred. Operator dove under boom for protection, however some rock fell on his right leg.

February 6, 2007 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall in #3 entry of #4 SE Mains at #41 break in intersection. Fall was 20' long, 20'wide, and 4-10' thick. No injuries. Some structure was damaged.

2006 · 2 incidents

December 16, 2006 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall in #3 entry of #4 SE Mains at #14 break in intersection. Fall was 25' long, 20' wide, and 6-15' thick. No injuries. Some belt and belt structure were damaged.

December 13, 2006 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall 100' inby mine mouth starting in #1 entry and continuing across same line to #4 entry. Fall is 130' long, 18' wide, and 12-20' thick. No injuries or damage.

2005 · 6 incidents

September 22, 2005 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was going outside to get supplies. He was pulling mantrip into crossuct and front tire hit the rib spinning the steering wheel. Steering ball on the wheel went between the middle and index fingers.

July 25, 2005 OH · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While drilling roof hole, hand was pinched between the pot and the canopy of the roof bolter.

May 23, 2005 OH · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Tusky Coal, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was operating roof bolter. He was holding drill steel in top. Swung canopy and hit hand pinching it between the drill steel and canopy.

May 16, 2005 OH · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Tusky Coal, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was operating a twin boom roof bolter. Hand was on the drill steel top of pot. Employee started the rotation before removing hand from drill steel. Corner of the pot caught his glove wrapping his hand around the drill steel in the pot. All employees were instructed about placement of hands while drilling.

March 18, 2005 OH · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tusky Coal, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

During a belt and power move, two employees were setting a feeder by using 4' x 8' headers. While doing this, employing felt a pull in his back.

February 10, 2005 OH · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tusky Coal, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was assisting in moving the miner cable and felt a pull in his low back while lacing the miner cable along the rib. Employee continued to work. First day missed was 2/18/05.

2004 · 16 incidents

December 22, 2004 OH · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Tusky Coal, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was setting a beam on the canopy of the roof bolter to support it to the roof. The beam slipped off the other side of the canopy causing the side the employee was on to raise into the top smashing his thumb between the beam and roof.

September 27, 2004 OH · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) STRIKING OR BUMPING
Tusky Coal, LLC · Struck against stationary object

While getting out of the deck of the roof bolter and crawling towards the side controls, employee hit his head on a low hanging roof bolt.

August 19, 2004 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Tusky Coal, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall occurred at no. 6 crosscut of "0" entry at a 4-way intersection. This intersection had been re-bolted with 8' cable bolts; however the fall occurred in a horseback above the anchorage point of two of the cable bolts. The remainder of the area is intact. The area that fell was approximately 12' x 12'. Contributing cause was the ongoing squeeze.

August 11, 2004 OH · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tusky Coal, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employees were setting cribs. Finger (index, left) was crushed with crib. Finger was fractured.

August 10, 2004 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Tusky Coal, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall occurred at No. 7 entry at No. 7 crosscut. This was a continuation of the previously reported fall at No. 6 crosscut. Area was bolted with 5' fully grouted bolts. The ongoing squeeze broke off against the solid. The fall was 18' wide by 50' long.

July 10, 2004 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Tusky Coal, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

An ongoing squeeze caused the roof in the #7 entry to fall from 17 crosscut to 19 crosscut. This area already had excessively wet roof.

July 5, 2004 OH · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tusky Coal, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was assisting in making a splice in the shuttle car cable. He was cutting off the outer jacket of the cable and cut his finger with a utility knife.

June 18, 2004 OH · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tusky Coal, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee hit roof with hard hat and a piece of stone went in his eye.

May 25, 2004 OH · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Tusky Coal, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall in the #7 entry at 3 way intersection 4+68. The piece of roof that fell was approximately 30' long. This area has dripped water from the time of initial mining to the time of the fall.

May 7, 2004 OH · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Tusky Coal, LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was backing the miner out of a cut and went inby the last row of roof bolts. A slab of stone (horseback in roof) fell from roof and landed on employee. Off work from time of injury to Oct 25th; restricted duty from Oct 25th to Jan 17th per call to company. coder 12.

February 28, 2004 OH · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tusky Coal, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was walking through a cross cut and hit his head on a roof bolt.

February 10, 2004 OH · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tusky Coal, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE UNLOADING 10" STEEL CHANNEL SUPPLIES FROM SCOOP CAR TO BOLTER, THEY SLID FORWARD. EE'S HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STEEL AND THE LIGHT GUARD ON BOLTER.

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The full compliance file on Tusky

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.