Mining Incidents

Area A2A Coal

Controlled by Waste Management Inc
Taylor, Lackawanna County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608718

Area A2A has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $132 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Nov 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
17
citations
8
significant & substantial
$1,237
proposed penalties
$1,105
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $132 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
20
inspections on record
395
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: 395 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Area A2A has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $132 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$132
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-09-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Area A2A shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 13 samples.

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.
0.12
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.31
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-09-13.
Noise
0%
over PEL
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-09-13.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, 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
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 4,680 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 9,555 4 2 418.6
2004 Q2 8,148 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 17,741 2 1 112.7
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 21,033 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 23,699 2 1 84.4
2003 Q2 20,529 3 3 146.1
2003 Q1 9,827 1 1 101.8
2002 Q4 15,430 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 18,925 1 0 52.8
2002 Q2 17,141 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 11,680 2 0 171.2
2001 Q4 15,231 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 17,381 2 0 115.1
2000 Q2 26,956 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

November 4, 2002 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Asphalt Paving Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE REMOVING A DOZER'S CUTTING EDGE, A WORN CUTTING EDGE BOLT SPUN CUTTING THE SECOND FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

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The full compliance file on Area A2A

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.