Watco Transloading/ Cahokia Terminals has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2010–2026
Latest incident
Jul 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
53
citations
11
significant & substantial
$9,904
proposed penalties
$9,904
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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.
53 citations across 1,996 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Watco Transloading/ Cahokia Terminals has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $12K in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-24.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 40%
Vacated or withdrawn
3 · 60%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
98%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$12K proposed, $200 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2013-04-01.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Watco Transloading/ Cahokia Terminals shows 100% of 222 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: 2026-08-21
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
222
samples
2.21
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.
174 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 48 by the operator.
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.
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.
Watco Transloading/ Cahokia Terminals recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Illinois, coal mining averaged 7.39 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
3.68
3.68
0.000
2018 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
25
2025
25
2024
25
2023
28
2022
27
2021
27
2020
26
2019
27
2018
33
2017
38
2016
42
2015
43
2014
39
2013
43
2012
56
2011
54
2010
40
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Watco Transloading/ Cahokia Terminals sits in St. Clair County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
St. Clair County, Illinois · Population 254,777
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$70,178
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
2026 Q2
12,237
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
13,490
1
1
74.1
2025 Q4
13,391
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
12,484
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
12,412
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
13,274
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
12,972
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
13,181
2
0
151.7
Show 57 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
12,846
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
13,026
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
12,029
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
12,365
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
14,064
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
14,554
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
14,483
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
13,270
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
12,900
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
14,084
1
0
71.0
2021 Q4
13,760
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
12,766
1
0
78.3
2021 Q2
11,876
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
12,382
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
12,358
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
12,271
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
12,382
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
13,408
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
12,145
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
12,926
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
14,497
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
14,724
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
13,665
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
13,387
1
0
74.7
2018 Q2
15,306
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
19,978
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
16,148
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
19,798
1
0
50.5
2017 Q2
22,920
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
18,658
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
21,795
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
29,852
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
23,834
1
0
42.0
2016 Q1
20,188
1
0
49.5
2015 Q4
20,691
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
25,369
1
0
39.4
2015 Q2
26,644
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
25,418
1
0
39.3
2014 Q4
42,654
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
14,476
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
28,468
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
23,696
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
17,816
2
0
112.3
2013 Q3
22,719
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
26,972
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
26,176
2
0
76.4
2012 Q4
22,906
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
24,990
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
37,000
1
0
27.0
2012 Q1
12,487
2
1
160.2
2011 Q4
33,300
1
0
30.0
2011 Q3
29,840
3
1
100.5
2011 Q2
18,900
3
1
158.7
2011 Q1
28,500
16
4
561.4
2010 Q4
26,706
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
26,492
5
3
188.7
2010 Q2
26,281
2
0
76.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
14 on file
2026 · 1 incident
July 5, 2026IL · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOTHER
Deckhand was loosening barge lines. 2" rope line fed quickly through his hands and the end of the rope whipped and struck his right wrist causing a fracture to his wrist.
2013 · 1 incident
October 8, 2013IL · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
An employee stepped down off the stair onto a rubber mat which was covering a drain resulting in the employee rolling his right ankle. The employee did not fall or trip. He left work and called in the next day reporting swelling to his ankle. Diagnosed with mild sprain to his right ankle and given restricted duty.
2011 · 6 incidents
June 10, 2011IL · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanDISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Employee was operating a car hoe to unload coal train cars. At lunch break employee walked to the locker room, laid down on a bench and felt a pop in his lower back in the middle. Employee given prescription pain medicine.
April 6, 2011IL · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE had a small piece of metal in his left eye. Metal piece was lodged there without great force as it was at the surface. Piece removed at the clinic and prescriptions given. EE lost 1 day of work. EE was wearing safety glasses at the time of the incident. Winds on the day of the incident were at or near 40mph most of the day. EE was assisting during a grinding operation.
February 26, 2011IL · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Temp EE put hand in the line of fire while closing rail car doors. Pinky finger on right hand was smashed and required stitches. EE was coached by other EE's in the area on the proper way to perform the task prior to the incident.
February 10, 2011IL · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee lowered himself to the deck of a coal barge on the Spider Basket. Backlash occurred in the cable. When the employee attempted to go back down the basket dropped suddenly and injured the employee. The employee was stopped by the fall protection equipment he was wearing at the time of the incident.
2010 · 2 incidents
December 7, 2010IL · Coalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was crossing the coupling of 2 coupled rail cars, his hardhat came off his head and he hit his head on a step on the railcar that was there to access the hand wheel brake.