Mining Incidents

Cedar Lake Mining, Inc operator

Controlled by Michael T Costello
MSHA operator ID: 0073585
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
20
Mines on record
6
Years on record
2009–2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
197
citations
53
significant & substantial
$165,340
proposed penalties
$67,262
paid to date
41% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $98,078 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
163
inspections on record
4,006
inspection hours
4.9
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.
197 citations across 4,006 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$165K
proposed penalties
$67K
current assessed
$67K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
192 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-02-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2021
1
2020
2
2019
2
2018
5 (1f)
2017
3
2016
3
2015
2
2011
1
2009
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
December 11, 2018 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Cedar Lake Mining, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Victim was operating front-end loader in coal pit area, when a highwall failure occurred, covering the front-end loader completely.

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