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Waroquier #1 Coal

Waroquier Coal, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Joseph L Waroquier

Clearfield, Clearfield County, PA · Temporarily Idled

MSHA Mine ID: 3606586

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2010–2011
Latest incident: Jul 2011

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

329

citations

192

significant & substantial

$160,701

proposed penalties

$101,395

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
2023 Q4	741	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	1,552	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	1,981	3	1	1514.4
2023 Q1	1,516	0	0	0.0
2022 Q4	1,989	0	0	0.0
2022 Q3	1,945	7	1	3599.0
2022 Q2	1,150	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	1,331	1	0	751.3

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 1 incident

July 25, 2011 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER

Waroquier Coal, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The equipment operator was sitting in his own personal pick-up when he had a heart attack and died. A co-worker gave him CPR for over 30 minutes until EMS arrived.

2010 · 1 incident

May 28, 2010 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Waroquier Coal, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE noticed the water pump was not pumping water. EE checked the pump to find out it had lost it's prime. The EE placed his hand on the discharge hose when the hose came off and hot water and steam covered the EE burning his chest and thighs.