Mining Incidents

#1 Slope Coal

F K Z Coal Inc · Underground
Locust Gap, Northumberland County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608637

#1 Slope has $98K in proposed MSHA penalties and $34K outstanding across 17 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
May 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
127
citations
50
significant & substantial
$97,508
proposed penalties
$22,532
paid to date
23% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $74,976 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
156
inspections on record
2,501
inspection hours
5.1
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.
127 citations across 2,501 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#1 Slope has $98K in proposed MSHA penalties and $34K outstanding across 17 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$98K
proposed penalties
$57K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$34K
outstanding
123 assessments are final orders; 17 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-04-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at #1 Slope shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.22 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 390 samples.

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.
0.22
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.34
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
390
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-04-27.
Silica (quartz)
2.0
silica avg (%)
3.4
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-01-26.
Noise
0%
over PEL
64
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-03-22.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 2,590 1 0 386.1
2010 Q4 3,010 2 0 664.5
2010 Q3 3,003 2 0 666.0
2010 Q2 3,150 1 0 317.5
2010 Q1 3,150 9 3 2857.1
2009 Q4 3,327 3 1 901.7
2009 Q3 2,184 2 1 915.8
2009 Q2 2,520 2 0 793.7
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 1,820 1 0 549.5
2008 Q4 2,800 10 1 3571.4
2008 Q3 1,560 3 0 1923.1
2008 Q2 1,680 1 1 595.2
2008 Q1 1,350 1 0 740.7
2007 Q4 1,200 27 18 22500.0
2007 Q3 960 7 2 7291.7
2007 Q2 250 4 1 16000.0
2007 Q1 20 4 1 200000.0
2006 Q2 360 18 15 50000.0
2006 Q1 123 7 2 56910.6
2005 Q4 92 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 154 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 383 1 1 2611.0
2003 Q3 550 1 0 1818.2
2003 Q2 900 2 0 2222.2
2003 Q1 900 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 435 1 0 2298.9
2002 Q2 750 2 1 2666.7
2002 Q1 450 3 0 6666.7
2001 Q4 600 1 0 1666.7
2001 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,200 1 0 833.3
2001 Q1 450 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 475 2 0 4210.5
2000 Q3 435 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 230 4 2 17391.3
2000 Q1 270 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1999 · 1 incident

May 12, 1999 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
F K Z Coal Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE CLAIMED PINNED BETWEEN PROP AND DRAG BUCKET FOR 3 OR 4 SECONDS. HE WALKED TO WHERE DRAGOPERATOR WAS AND THREW A ROCK AT HIM, THEN RETURNED TO WORK TO FINISH OUT SHIFT. WHEN ASKED IF H E WAS ALRIGHT, HE SAID YES. TWO DAYS LATER HE TOOK OFF FROM WORK AND WENT TO SUNBURY HOSPITAL.

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