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Alden Cleaning Plant Coal

Silverbrook Anthracite Inc · Facility

Controlled by Vincent Kassa

Alden, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Temporarily Idled

MSHA Mine ID: 3605591

Alden Cleaning Plant has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities

0

Total incidents

3

Years on record

2005–2011

Latest incident

Mar 2011

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

59

citations

17

significant & substantial

$6,979

proposed penalties

$5,360

paid to date

77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,619 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

81

inspections on record

1,820

inspection hours

3.2

citations per 100 inspection hours

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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.

59 citations across 1,820 inspection hours.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Alden Cleaning Plant has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$7K

proposed penalties

$7K

current assessed

$5K

paid to date

$2K

outstanding

59 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-21.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Alden Cleaning Plant shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 103 samples.

Health sampling

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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

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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.

0.10

dust avg (mg/m3)

1.82

dust max (mg/m3)

99%

within 1.5 mg/m3

103

samples

Most recent sample: 2025-05-21.

Noise

3%

over PEL

71

samples

Most recent sample: 2025-05-21.

Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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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
2025 Q3	0	0	0
2025 Q2	160	7	2	43750.0
2025 Q1	0	0	0
2024 Q4	0	0	0
2024 Q3	0	0	0
2024 Q2	0	0	0
2024 Q1	0	0	0
2023 Q4	0	0	0

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3	0	0	0
2023 Q2	0	0	0
2023 Q1	0	0	0
2022 Q4	0	0	0
2022 Q3	1,169	0	0	0.0
2022 Q2	1,105	3	1	2714.9
2022 Q1	1,435	0	0	0.0
2021 Q4	1,518	1	0	658.8
2021 Q3	1,347	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	824	1	0	1213.6
2021 Q1	700	0	0	0.0
2020 Q4	616	0	0	0.0
2020 Q3	620	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	931	0	0	0.0
2020 Q1	1,252	0	0	0.0
2019 Q4	1,147	0	0	0.0
2019 Q3	896	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	1,077	0	0	0.0
2019 Q1	1,083	0	0	0.0
2018 Q4	1,281	1	0	780.6
2018 Q3	624	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	1,132	1	0	883.4
2018 Q1	1,424	0	0	0.0
2017 Q4	940	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	560	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	830	0	0	0.0
2017 Q1	900	1	0	1111.1
2016 Q4	805	0	0	0.0
2016 Q3	742	2	1	2695.4
2016 Q2	850	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	1,040	0	0	0.0
2015 Q4	919	2	1	2176.3
2015 Q3	520	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	160	0	0	0.0
2015 Q1	1,560	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	1,900	5	1	2631.6
2014 Q3	1,500	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	960	0	0	0.0
2014 Q1	1,810	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	2,212	1	0	452.1
2013 Q3	1,060	0	0	0.0
2013 Q2	1,907	4	0	2097.5
2013 Q1	1,920	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	2,123	2	0	942.1
2012 Q3	1,700	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	920	0	0	0.0
2012 Q1	1,680	0	0	0.0
2011 Q4	640	1	1	1562.5
2011 Q3	1,440	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	990	2	0	2020.2
2011 Q1	1,428	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	1,240	2	1	1612.9
2010 Q3	1,480	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	980	2	1	2040.8
2010 Q1	1,660	0	0	0.0
2009 Q4	1,242	3	2	2415.5
2009 Q3	1,404	0	0	0.0
2009 Q2	940	0	0	0.0
2009 Q1	960	1	0	1041.7
2008 Q4	960	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	1,160	1	0	862.1
2008 Q2	1,240	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	990	1	1	1010.1
2007 Q4	1,220	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	840	2	2	2381.0
2007 Q2	960	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	960	0	0	0.0
2006 Q4	1,080	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	760	3	0	3947.4
2006 Q2	240	0	0	0.0
2006 Q1	640	2	1	3125.0
2005 Q4	480	0	0	0.0
2005 Q3	480	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	640	1	0	1562.5
2005 Q1	480	0	0	0.0
2004 Q4	720	2	1	2777.8
2004 Q3	480	1	0	2083.3
2004 Q2	320	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	960	0	0	0.0
2003 Q4	560	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	480	0	0	0.0
2003 Q2	400	0	0	0.0
2003 Q1	320	2	0	6250.0
2002 Q4	720	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	175	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	220	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	480	1	0	2083.3
2001 Q4	224	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	168	0	0	0.0
2001 Q2	120	0	0	0.0
2001 Q1	480	0	0	0.0
2000 Q4	480	0	0	0.0
2000 Q3	160	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	80	0	0	0.0
2000 Q1	512	1	1	1953.1

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2011 · 1 incident

March 24, 2011 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Silverbrook Anthracite Inc · Fall from ladders

EE was climbing a wooden ladder and slipped when the 3rd rung from the bottom broke. EE had a brush burn. Notified investigator 3 hrs. later. EE went to the hospital the next day. EE RTW full time 3/28/11.

2005 · 2 incidents

June 1, 2005 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Silverbrook Anthracite Inc · Fall from machine

REPAIRING LEAKING HYDRAULIC HOSE ON MACHINE, SLIPPED OFF OF THE TIRE. RECEIVED BRUISES ON LOWER BACK FROM TIRE AND HIT KNEE(RIGHT) OFF OF THE MACHINE WHEN HE LANDED ON THE GROUND

April 20, 2005 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Silverbrook Anthracite Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Exiting the machine hastily, pulled muscle in his arm.

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