R S & W Drift Coal

R S & W Coal Co Inc · Underground

Controlled by John Robert Rothermel

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 3601818

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Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

194

citations

significant & substantial

$22,368

proposed penalties

$13,432

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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	4,180	1	239.2
2025 Q3	4,051	2	493.7
2025 Q2	4,051	2	493.7
2025 Q1	4,051	2	493.7
2024 Q4	4,364	2	458.3
2024 Q3	4,735	2	422.4
2024 Q2	4,542	2	440.3
2024 Q1	3,519	1	284.2

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

4 on file

September 1, 2023 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

R S & W Coal Co Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Miner, lifting mine props and strained their back.

February 5, 2015 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS

R S & W Coal Co Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Re-timbering second escape way, prop got away while passing timber, striking man behind left knee.

May 19, 2011 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE

R S & W Coal Co Inc · Struck against a moving object

Raining and Floor of Buggy was slippery. Employee fell and struck head injuring his head and neck

May 7, 2001 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

R S & W Coal Co Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED ON WET ROCK AND FELL.