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Sherman Breaker Coal

Sherman Mountain Coal Company Inc. · Facility

Controlled by Ricky K Bender; Rick E Bender

Zerbe-Tremont, Schuylkill County, PA · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 3607276

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2001
Latest incident: Jul 2001

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

119

citations

significant & substantial

$16,085

proposed penalties

$15,875

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
2025 Q4	2,880	3	1	1041.7
2025 Q3	2,400	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	2,880	1	0	347.2
2025 Q1	2,880	2	0	694.4
2024 Q4	2,880	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	2,880	12	7	4166.7
2024 Q2	2,400	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	2,880	5	0	1736.1

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

July 5, 2001 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS

Sherman Mountain Coal Company Inc. · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

ON 4 JULY 2001 EMPLOYEE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL. I WAS ADVISED BY HIS WIFE THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK DUE TO SHORTNESS OF BREATH CAUSED BY BLOOD CLOTS IN HIS LUNGS (BLACK LUNG).