Mining Incidents

Cheyenne Saline Co. #1 Coal

Herod, Gallatin County, IL  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1102751

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
32
Years on record
2000–2010
Latest incident
Oct 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
216
citations
121
significant & substantial
$115,634
proposed penalties
$106,414
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 554 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 512 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 948 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 999 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 273 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 260 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 687 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

32 on file

2010 · 1 incident

October 4, 2010 IL · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Illinois Fuel Company LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was dislodging elevator buckets in #2 jig elevator shaft and inadvertently stepped into the opened elevator access repair area underneath the plant jig. Employee was able to catch himself before falling completely into area and was lowered to plant floor below by two employees. Injuries consisted of sprained right knee and lacerations on left elbow and right shin.

2009 · 1 incident

April 13, 2009 IL · Coal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Illinois Fuel Company LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was standing on flat spot the operator was pulling the pump hose over where the employee could retie the rope on the pump hose, then the rock that his left was on rolled and the employee fell. When he tried to block his fall with his left hand he hit his hand on a rock dislocating the middle joint and tearing the skin.

2002 · 6 incidents

December 21, 2002 IL · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Illinois Fuel Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EE WAS WALKING TO SEDIMENT POND NO. 24 TO GET A WATER SAMPLE HIS RT FT SLIPPED AND WHEN HIS FOOT CAUGHT HE HYPEREXTENDED RIGHT KNEE.

October 21, 2002 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Illinois Fuel Company LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE INJURIED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A PART TO CAT 5230 BUCKET.

April 26, 2002 IL · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Illinois Fuel Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GRINDING ON STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW IN HIS RT. EYE.

March 26, 2002 IL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Illinois Fuel Company LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS DRAGGING A PULL CABLE AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

March 19, 2002 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Illinois Fuel Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PULLING FUEL HOSE UP ON #4 OIL WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET TRACK HE CAUGHT HIMSELF PULLING A TENDON IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

January 9, 2002 IL · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Illinois Fuel Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE BACKED CAT 785 END DUMP TRUCK OVER BERM, THE TRUCK ROLLED OVER BACKWARD DOWN THE SPOIL.

2001 · 8 incidents

December 17, 2001 IL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Illinois Fuel Company LLC · Struck by flying object

EE WAS REMOVING RUBBER TARP STRAP. THE OTHER END CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTHS.

December 6, 2001 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Illinois Fuel Company LLC · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE FELL FROM REAR TIRE OF 16 G MOTOR GRADER WHILE FUELING, SURFACE WAS WET AND MUDDY.

September 18, 2001 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Illinois Fuel Company LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE LOST FOOTING AND GRABBED HOSE HILE BENT OVER CAUSING UPPER RUPTURE ON LEFT SIDE.

June 12, 2001 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Illinois Fuel Company LLC · Fall from machine

THE CREW WERE IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING LEFT SIDE TOP HOIST CYLINDER PIN, EE WAS IN A BASKET PULLING PIN WHICH WAS HOOKED ONTO HIS CABLE WHEN THE PIN CAME OUT IT FREE FELL ABOUT 3' THEN TH CAB LE CAUGHT THE PIN AND BASKET SHAFT BROKE. BASKET FELL TO THE GROUND AND THEN THREW EE OUT AND LANDED ON HIS BACK ABOUT 3-4" ABOVE HIS WAISTLINE.

April 3, 2001 IL · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Shawnee Contracting Llc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS OVERHEAD WELDING ON THE KINGPIN HOUSING WHEN A PIECE OF HOT METAL CAME IN BETWEEN THE WELDING HELMET AND NECK AREA AND FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

March 30, 2001 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shawnee Contracting Llc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING BACK DOWN AFTER PUTTING OIL IN MACHINE WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE LADDER AND FELL TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON SHOULDER AND SIDE OF HEAD.

March 26, 2001 IL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shawnee Contracting Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS RUNNING TO SHUT DOWN CONVEYOR WHICH HAD OVERLOADED WHEN HE STEPPED ON A LUMP OF COAL WITH LEFT FOOT TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

January 15, 2001 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shawnee Contracting Llc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS INSTALLING A STARTER ON NO. 2-166 CAT MOTORGRADER. OPERATOR LIFTED THE STARTER TO THE EE, WHO WAS ON THE TIRE, AS HE LIFTED THE STARTER HE FELT A TWISTING SENSATION INHIS LOWER BACK.

2000 · 16 incidents

October 11, 2000 IL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shawnee Contracting Llc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP THE STEPS TO GET IN THE CAB OF THE 1800 SHOVEL WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED CATCHING HIS SHIN TEARING A BIG PIECE OF SKIN OUT OF HIS SHIN.

September 19, 2000 IL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shawnee Contracting Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS FITTING A PIPE INTO PLACE WHEN HE TURNED HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

September 7, 2000 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shawnee Contracting Llc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING A BOLT ON A HYDRAULIC LINE WHEN THE BOLT BROKE LOOSE; HIS FINGER CAUGHT ON AN HYDRAULIC LINE NIPPLE, CUTTING HIS FINGER.

August 29, 2000 IL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shawnee Contracting Llc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS CHIPPING SLAG, A PIECE HIT INSIDE OF FACE SHIELD AND INTO LEFT EYE. EMT REMOVED FOREIGN MATERIAL FROM LET EYE. EE WENT TO PHYSICIAN WHO CHECK EYE AND COULD NOT FINGER AN MORE FOERIGN MA TERIAL. THE PHYSICIAN PUT MEDIFCATION IN THE EYE AND COVERED WITH A PATCH.

July 21, 2000 IL · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shawnee Contracting Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A 3" X 3" X 3/8" PIECE OF STEEL TO WEDGE BETWEEN MACHINE CAR BODY AND ROLLER RAIL. WHEN MACHINE WAS LET DOWN METAL PINCHED ABOUT 1" FROM END CAUSING IT TO DISLODGE HITTING EE IN H EAD.

July 11, 2000 IL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Shawnee Contracting Llc · Contact with heat

NO DESCRIPTION FILED WITH REPORT.

June 30, 2000 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shawnee Contracting Llc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS HELPING HOOK UP HAY TRAILER WHEN HE PICKED UP THE TRIALER, HE HURT HIS BACK.

June 8, 2000 IL · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shawnee Contracting Llc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOWER THE LADDER TO DISMOUNT THE 1800 HITACHI SHOVEL WHEN IT HUNG. THE EMPLOYEE FREED THE LADDER AND IT RAPIDLY LOWERED AND CONTACTED THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT OUTER THIGH CAUSING AN ABRASION AND BRUISE.

May 17, 2000 IL · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shawnee Contracting Llc · Fall from machine

EE WAS WORKING ON 16" DRISCO PIPE, TRYING TO GET PIPE BACK IN PLACE SPLICE WHEN PIPE WAS PICKED UP THE BOTTOM OF PIPE KICKED OUT, STRIKING EE KNOCKING HIM OFF THE PUMP AND TO THE FLOOR OF PREP PLANT.

March 21, 2000 IL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roper Contracting Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A ROCK BETWEEN PUSH ARM AND TRACK FRAME OF D9N DOZER AND IN TAHT PROCESS HURT HIS LOWER BACK.

March 16, 2000 IL · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Roper Contracting Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CARRYING BOOSTERS, SLIPPED INTO BOREHOLE AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

January 24, 2000 IL · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roper Contracting Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ROLLING A ROUND PIECE OF EQUIPMENT PART ON THE GROUND AND PARTLY LIFTING AT SAME TIME CAUSING PULLED MUSCLE ON LEFT SIDE UNDER SHOULDER BLADE.

January 17, 2000 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Roper Contracting Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE MECHANIC WAS GETTING OUT OF FUEL TRUCK, HE SLIPPED AND TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF TEARING THE ROTATOR CUFF IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

January 15, 2000 IL · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Roper Contracting Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR OF TRACTOR WAS LOADING HAY BALES ON THESTRAWBLOWER, AS THE STRAWBLOWER PASSED THE TRACTOR, THE OPERATOR LOOKED AT THE STRAWBLOWER, THE BALE CONTINUED TO RAISE WHEN IT REACHED THE TOP OF THE LIFT, THE BALE CAME OVER THE BACK OF THE LIFT STRIKING THE HOOD OF THE TRACTOR & THE OPERATOR. THE BALE PUSHED STEERING WHEEL AGAINST HISKNEES & PUSHED GLASSES & CUT NOSE & HURT NECK.

January 4, 2000 IL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Roper Contracting Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS PUSHING NO. 2 OVERBURDEN WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY BACKED OVER A ROCK THROWING HIS RIGHT ELBOW INTO STEEL GUARD ON RIGHT CONSOLE.