Cougar Coal Company Inc: 34 reportable incidents operator
Controlled by
James H Booth et al
MSHA operator ID: P18950
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 34
- Mines on record
- 7
- Years on record
- 1989–1999
Health sampling
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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
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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: 2001-08-22, 25 years ago
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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.100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
2
samples
0.57
dust max (mg/m3)
2 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER1
- REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
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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 operator contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENT20000133 | Prevail | Weisberger | 2002 | $205K → $106K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 12 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 5 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 4 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 3 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
1999
3
1998
4
1997
1
1996
3
1995
2
1994
3
1993
4
1992
4
1991
4
1990
5
1989
1
Mines on record
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Where Cougar Coal Company Inc 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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