Employee was operating a DM45 Highwall Drill on a drill bench. Employee was traveling parallel to the edge and the outside edge gave way. The drill slid off the bench and landed 25 feet below.
CCU Coal and Construction LLC operator
Controlled by
Charles C Ungurean
MSHA operator ID: 0161793
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
385
citations
57
significant & substantial
$185,657
proposed penalties
$142,318
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $43,340 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
313
inspections on record
9,390
inspection hours
4.1
citations per 100 inspection hours
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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.385 citations across 9,390 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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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.$186K
proposed penalties
$156K
current assessed
$142K
paid to date
$13K
outstanding
358 assessments are final orders; 17 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 9 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 7 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 4 non-fatal
- FIRE 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2025
2 (1f)
2024
2
2023
2
2022
2
2021
4 (1f)
2020
2
2019
19
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
CCU Coal and Construction LLC · Struck against a moving object
October 19, 2021
OH · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
CCU Coal and Construction LLC · Struck by falling object
Employee was working on removing a pin from a leveling cylinder on the back of the rock truck. While the employee was performing this work, the haul truck bed fell on top of the employee.
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