Mining Incidents

Irishtown Strips Coal

TDK Coal Sales Inc · Surface
Controlled by Robert E Murray
Brockway, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608867

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001–2005
Latest incident
Jun 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
48
citations
24
significant & substantial
$8,553
proposed penalties
$7,303
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date — a $1,250 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
41
inspections on record
498
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 498 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1 437 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 450 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 937 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,191 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,406 2 2 1422.5
2006 Q3 1,877 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 942 1 0 1061.6
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 1,158 2 1 1727.1
2005 Q3 4,962 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,250 4 4 1230.8
2005 Q1 953 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,987 1 0 503.3
2004 Q3 2,075 4 4 1927.7
2004 Q2 2,745 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,337 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 383 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,360 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,185 1 0 457.7
2003 Q1 3,571 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,023 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,887 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,600 1 0 384.6
2002 Q1 5,717 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,587 3 1 455.4
2001 Q3 6,362 13 5 2043.4
2001 Q2 10,748 8 4 744.3
2001 Q1 7,454 8 3 1073.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2005 · 1 incident

June 24, 2005 PA · Coal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
TDK Coal Sales Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was replacing a roller on a dozer when it slipped and pinned his thumb under the roller causing a laceration

2001 · 2 incidents

November 29, 2001 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
TDK Coal Sales Inc · Fall onto or against objects

STANDING ON R. REAR TIRE TRYING TO REPAIR STEER-ING PIN WITH POCKET KNIFE. SLIPPED OFF TIRE WHILE HOLDING KNIFE AND FELL ONTO KNIFE BLADE, STABBING HIMSELF IN THE LEG. 3 STITCHES REQUIRED

February 23, 2001 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
TDK Coal Sales Inc · Struck by falling object

WORKING ON 475 DOZER TAKING PIN OUT OF BEAM. BEAM DROPPED AND PINNED AND SMASHED FINGER.