Mining Incidents

Kellar #1 Coal

Kellar Augering Inc · Surface
Controlled by John R Kellar
Boswell, PA, Somerset County, PA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3609175

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2006–2012
Latest incident
Jul 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
18
citations
7
significant & substantial
$2,484
proposed penalties
$1,601
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 0 0 0
2024 Q3 86 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 76 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 127 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 434 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 252 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 214 1 0 4672.9
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

2012 · 1 incident

2006 · 1 incident

August 25, 2006 PA · Coal auger operator, auger crew supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kellar Augering Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Running a set of come-a-longs, handle slipped and came up and hit EE in the mouth. Chip in front two teeth.