A miner fell into the Tennessee River while attempting to take draft measurements on the barges parameter. EE had to cross from the permanent floating work-barge to the 1st empty barge EE was walking up-river on the barge. EE fell from the barge into the river workers immediately called for the Marshall County Rescue Squad.
SCH Terminal Services, LLC operator
Controlled by
John F Hunt IV
MSHA operator ID: 0051334
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
521
citations
160
significant & substantial
$147,953
proposed penalties
$118,853
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $29,100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
91
inspections on record
6,937
inspection hours
7.5
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.521 citations across 6,937 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.$148K
proposed penalties
$119K
current assessed
$119K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
512 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- OTHER 1 fatality
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 30 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 17 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 9 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 4 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
3
2025
3
2024
2
2023
2
2022
3
2021
1
2020
3
2019
1
2016
5
2015
2
2014
4
2013
5
2012
1 (1f)
2011
3
2010
2
2009
3
2008
5
2007
7
2006
5
2005
3
2004
3
2003
2
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
1 recorded
February 26, 2012
KY · Coal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
Fatality · OTHER
SCH Terminal Services, LLC · Drowning
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