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Spring Creek Coal LLC operator

Controlled by Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC

MSHA operator ID: P22880

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Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 41
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 2000–2019

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

152

citations

significant & substantial

$124,188

proposed penalties

$100,255

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 2 fatalities · 3 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 11 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 9 non-fatal
MACHINERY 5 non-fatal
OTHER 4 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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5 (1f)

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3 (1f)

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Mines on record

Spring Creek Mine MT

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

June 23, 2014 MT · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Spring Creek Coal LLC · Struck against a moving object

An empty haul truck traveled in a forward direction through a dump berm and came to rest at the bottom of the angle of repose dump fatally injuring the operator.

November 28, 2006 MT · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Spring Creek Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The Haul Truck operator that had called in a problem with his park brake was found shortly thereafter pinned under his left rear tires. He had sustained fatal crushing injuries.