EE WAS LOADING HAY BALES INTO A PICKUP TRUCK. HE STEPPED AND STUMBLED INTO A HOLE WITH HIS RIGHT LEG AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
Schmunk Job Coal
MSHA sampling at Schmunk Job shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.08 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 3 samples, plus the mine's fatality, citation, and penalty record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 20
- Years on record
- 1983–1998
- Latest incident
- Sep 1998
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.MSHA sampling at Schmunk Job shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.08 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 3 samples.
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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 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.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Q4 | 504 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 504 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 512 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 503 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 534 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 632 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 1,253 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 975 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
20 on file1998 · 4 incidents
EE HAD FIXED A FLAT TIRE ON A TRAILER. AS HE WAS RELEASING THE JACK, IT SLIPPED AND SLAMMED HIS HAND AGAINST THE JACK. IT INJURED HIS LEFT HAND AND MASHED HIS KNUCKLES.
EE WAS LIFTING CEMENT PIECES OF SLAB IN BACK OF THE CASE. HE SLIPPED ON THE WET, SLIPPERY GROUND, JARRING HIS BACK.
EE WAS DRIVING THE COAL TRUCK BETWEEN THE PIT AND THE STOCKPILE. HE HIT AN OVERSIZED ROCK IN THE HAUL ROAD AND IT BOUNCED HIM OUT OF THE SEAT. WHEN HE LANDED, HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
1997 · 1 incident
EE WAS RUNNING THE FARM TRACTOR (BRUSHHOG) AT THE STRIP. WHILE HE WAS ON THE FARM TRACTOR, A CHUNK OF DIRT FLEW FROM THE TIRE INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
1996 · 1 incident
EE WAS WALKING FROM THE CAB OF THE DRILL TRUCK TO THE REAR IN THE DARK. EE TRIPPED OVER A ROCK. AS HE STARTED TO FALL, HE TWISTED HIS BACK. WHEN HE GOT TO THE BACK OF THE DRILL, HE HAD EXTREME BACK PAIN.
1995 · 1 incident
EE WAS REMOVING THE BELLY PAN FROM A BULL DOZER. HE WAS USING A PRYING BAR TO REMOVE THE DIRT AND ROCKS. THE PRYING BAR SLIPPED AND RELEASED THE DIRT AND ROCKS. A ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS MOUT H, JARRING HIS TEETH.
1993 · 2 incidents
HE WAS MOVING ROCKS OUT OF A DIVERSION DITCH AND DEPOSITING THEM ON THE OUTSIDE SLOPE OF THE DITCH. HE WAS CARRYING A ROCK. AS HE STARTED DOWN THE OUTSLOPE OF THE DIVERSION DITCH, HE LOST HIS FOOTING THEREBY TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS PUMPING WATER FROM THE PIT TO THE TREATMENT POND. HE WAS TRYING TO START THE WATER PUMP WHILE STANDING ON A BANK. HIS FEET SLIPPED AS HE PULLED ON THE STARTER ROPE ON THE PUMP THEREBY P ULLING A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
1992 · 2 incidents
INJURED WAS TURNED IN HIS SEAT WHEN THE BULLDOZER CROSSED OVER A WINDOW.THE DROP WAS APPROX 4 1/2FT.HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN THE BULLDOZER WAS JOLTED BY THE DROP.
STEPPING OUT OF TRUCK L HAND SLIPPED FELLT O GROUND TWISTED LOWER BACK
1991 · 1 incident
I NAME WAS UNLOADING CRIBBING BLOCKS FROM THE BACK OF THE DRILLING RIG HIS FOOT SLIPPED & THE CRIBBING BLOCKS SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP THEREUPON TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK
1989 · 2 incidents
I,NAME WAS DRAGGING A WATER PUMP HOSE OVER A DITCH. THE HOSE SNAGGED ON A ROCK. AS HE PULLED ON THE HOSE TO FREE IT, HIS FOOT SLIPPED IN THE MUD. HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK. HE INFORMED US OF T HIS INJURY ON 10-13-89. THIS IS A REOCURRENCE OFA BACK INJURY ON 5/19/89.
I NAME WAS WALKING TOTHE BACK OF THE DRILLING RIG HE TRIPPED OVER A COUPLE OF ROCKS & FELL HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK
1986 · 3 incidents
HE WAS USING A 7HAIN SAW TO CUT DOWN SOME SMALL SAPPLINGS AT THE JOB.HE SLIPPED AND THE BLADE OF THE SAW TOUCHED THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND REQUIRING STITCHES.
I.NAME CHANGING3OIL IN DOZER WHEN OIL SPLASHED INTO LEFT EYE.HE GRABBED DIRTY RAG TO WIPE EYE AND GOT METAL CUTTINGS IN LEFT EYE.
I NAME HAD JUST3MOVED THE DRILL TRUCK FORWARD HE WAS STEPPING OUT OF THE TRUCK TO RETURN TO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK TO CONTINUE DRILLING THE INJURY OCCURRED WHEN HE PUT HIS LEFT FOOT ON THE GR GROUND HIS FOOT3SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL
1985 · 1 incident
AT APPROX. 800 AM ON MONDAY AUGUST 12 I NAME WAS WORKING ON A CAT D-10 BULLDOZER. HE WAS TURNING A GEAR ON THE FINAL DRIVE AND ACCIDENTLY CAUGHT AND SMASHED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER I TOOK HIM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT UNIONTOWN HOSP TO BE EXAMINED THE DR SAID NOT TO WORK FOR ONE WEEK.
1983 · 2 incidents
REPLACING BEARINGS IN FINAL DRIVE ON BULLDOZER.USING HAMMER HITTING PUNCH PLACING A RACE FOR A BEARING.STRUCK PUNCH WITH HAMMER AND PUNCH SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE.HAMMER SLIPPED OFF AND STRUCK LEF T HAND.
GARY RODHEAVER WAS WORKING WITH ROSS SAVAGE ON THE TILT ARM OF THE BLADE OF A D9 DOZER THEY WERE PLACING THE ARM GARY WAS HOLDING THE ARM IN PLACE FOR ROSS WHEN THE ARM SLIPPED OUT OF POSITION AND SMASHED THE RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND
The full compliance file on Schmunk Job
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.