Mining Incidents

31 South Coal

Little R Inc · Surface
Controlled by Raymond D Schall
Brockport, Elk County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608989

31 South has $291 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Sep 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
4
citations
4
significant & substantial
$291
proposed penalties
$291
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
17
inspections on record
176
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 176 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

31 South has $291 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$291
proposed penalties
$291
current assessed
$291
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-11-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at 31 South shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.21 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 16 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.
0.21
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.65
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
16
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-05-13.
Silica (quartz)
16.9
silica avg (%)
19.1
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-11-26.
Noise
0%
over PEL
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-05-13.
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
2004 Q1 68 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 201 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,406 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,113 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,081 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,356 2 2 459.1
2002 Q3 2,821 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,067 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1 4,145 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,360 1 1 186.6
2001 Q3 5,271 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,062 1 1 941.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

September 27, 2001 PA · Coal shopman repair cars, mechanic SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Little R Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WALKING AROUND MACHINE, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON WET STONES AND TWISTED LOWER BACK.

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The full compliance file on 31 South

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.