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.
70 citations across 2,347 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2013-12-02.
On record since 2013.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
West Spring Energy has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at West Spring Energy shows 99% of 377 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2026-04-07
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
377
samples
2.75
dust max (mg/m3)
4
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
196 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 181 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
West Spring Energy recorded 6.88 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000 and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year. Employment reports reach back to 1983, but those earlier years come from MSHA's archived file format and are not used in rates.
6.88
total case rate
6.88
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.98 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 2.65 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
6.88
6.88
0.000
2024 *
5.02
5.02
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
7.02
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
6.33
6.33
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2026
5
2025
16
88,535
2024
20
114,570
2023
16
94,019
2022
14
142,906
2021
14
120,518
2020
15
115,477
2019
16
149,649
2018
16
137,544
2017
17
175,819
2016
18
39,652
2015
20
91,488
2014
19
26,264
2013
39
67,464
2012
33
13,497
2011
3
1997
3
7,954
1996
4
8,196
1995
4
12,380
1994
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
West Spring Energy sits in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania · Population 90,925
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$57,948
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2026 Q2
2,712
1
0
368.7
2026 Q1
2,011
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
2,712
2
0
737.5
2025 Q3
4,903
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
10,360
1
1
96.5
2025 Q1
11,078
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
9,404
3
0
319.0
2024 Q3
10,775
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
10,420
3
0
287.9
2024 Q1
9,259
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
8,577
3
1
349.8
2023 Q3
8,560
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
8,138
3
0
368.6
2023 Q1
7,123
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
7,058
1
1
141.7
2022 Q3
6,348
3
0
472.6
2022 Q2
7,848
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
7,235
3
0
414.7
2021 Q4
6,471
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
7,520
1
0
133.0
2021 Q2
7,538
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
6,646
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
7,272
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
7,309
1
0
136.8
2020 Q2
7,808
1
0
128.1
2020 Q1
8,576
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
8,350
1
0
119.8
2019 Q3
9,197
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
8,178
1
0
122.3
2019 Q1
7,789
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
7,050
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
8,077
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
8,240
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
8,232
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
7,729
1
0
129.4
2017 Q3
2,273
1
1
439.9
2017 Q2
7,932
1
0
126.1
2017 Q1
8,562
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
8,558
1
1
116.8
2016 Q3
8,555
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
6,955
2
1
287.6
2016 Q1
6,987
1
0
143.1
2015 Q4
8,448
3
1
355.1
2015 Q3
19,825
1
0
50.4
2015 Q2
10,414
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
9,555
1
0
104.7
2014 Q4
13,097
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
11,138
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
3,303
1
0
302.8
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
5,781
3
2
518.9
2013 Q3
16,497
1
0
60.6
2013 Q2
18,859
7
1
371.2
2013 Q1
18,432
1
0
54.3
2012 Q4
14,541
3
0
206.3
2012 Q3
16,728
2
2
119.6
2012 Q2
18,366
4
2
217.8
2012 Q1
7,159
3
0
419.1
2011 Q4
1,230
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
251
1
0
3984.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2025 · 1 incident
June 17, 2025PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Drill rig was tracking w/tower down when drill steels fell out of top of carousel. Employee was trying to put steels back in carousel using a truck crane and come -a long when a drill steel shifted pinching EE's hand and fingers between 2 drill steels.
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2024 · 1 incident
October 10, 2024PA · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
working on the DEMAG and dropped a socket. EE reached in between the machine to pick it up and slipped, falling about 2 feet onto the ground. Landing on EE's feet EE felt pain in both knees, more so the left.
2018 · 1 incident
March 21, 2018PA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON