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Cordero Mining LLC: 356 MSHA citations operator

Controlled by Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC
MSHA operator ID: P22569

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
190
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1993–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
356
citations
85
significant & substantial
$147,657
proposed penalties
$147,657
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
124
inspections on record
8,694
inspection hours
4.1
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.
356 citations across 8,694 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.
$148K
proposed penalties
$148K
current assessed
$148K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
349 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-08-14.
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.
24.3%
significant & substantial
3.2%
high negligence or reckless
24.1%
reasonably likely or greater
27.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.3% none, 19.2% low, 77.4% moderate, 3.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Injury rate, 2019
ⓘ 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.
0.38
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2019 0.38 0.00 0.000
2018 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 0.27 0.27 0.000
2016 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 1.32 0.94 0.000
2014 0.30 0.15 0.000
2013 0.29 0.00 0.000
2012 0.91 0.61 0.000
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.
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: 2019-09-24, 6 years ago
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
453
samples
8.41
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.
293 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 160 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR112
  • WELDER (NON-SHOP)88
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR56

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2019-07-01, 7 years ago
2.6
silica avg (%)
24
samples
10.9
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • WELDER (NON-SHOP)14
  • CLEANUP MAN7
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR2
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

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.

Last sampled: 2019-06-25, 7 years ago
5%
over PEL
150
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR36
  • COAL TRUCK DRIVER14
  • CLEANUP MAN13
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2019
1
2017
1
2015
7
2014
3
2013
2
2012
8
2011
11
2010
6
2009
5
2008
11
2007
10
2006
6
2005
7
2004
8
2003
4
2002
14
2001
19
2000
12
1999
9
1998
12
1997
12
1996
5
1995
6
1994
6
1993
5

Mines on record

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Where Cordero Mining LLC stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.

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