Mining Incidents

Armstrong Co Strips Coal

Controlled by John M Stilley
Butler, Butler County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606905

Armstrong Co Strips has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $115 outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1987–2012
Latest incident
Jun 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
100
citations
33
significant & substantial
$21,613
proposed penalties
$20,374
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,239 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
83
inspections on record
1,633
inspection hours
6.1
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.
100 citations across 1,633 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Armstrong Co Strips has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $115 outstanding across 10 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$115
outstanding
100 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-12-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Armstrong Co Strips shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.17 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 268 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.
0.17
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.15
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
268
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-12-04.
Silica (quartz)
28.9
silica avg (%)
47.3
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-03-04.
Noise
3%
over PEL
114
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-12-10.
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
2014 Q2 225 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,507 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 11,220 2 2 178.3
2012 Q3 12,650 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 13,435 3 2 223.3
2012 Q1 11,578 6 1 518.2
2011 Q4 12,473 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 10,263 1 1 97.4
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2 11,266 1 0 88.8
2011 Q1 11,121 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 11,480 4 1 348.4
2010 Q3 12,332 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,424 2 0 311.3
2010 Q1 4,596 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 8,931 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 12,985 1 0 77.0
2009 Q2 10,216 4 2 391.5
2009 Q1 11,479 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 12,689 1 1 78.8
2008 Q3 12,503 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 14,464 10 5 691.4
2008 Q1 17,090 10 8 585.1
2007 Q4 19,830 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 17,947 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 17,311 3 0 173.3
2007 Q1 17,850 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 19,814 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 13,020 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 15,551 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 13,051 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 14,526 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 14,392 3 1 208.4
2005 Q2 18,488 6 2 324.5
2005 Q1 20,311 3 0 147.7
2004 Q4 25,401 1 1 39.4
2004 Q3 24,576 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,688 18 1 2691.4
2004 Q1 5,500 1 0 181.8
2003 Q4 4,624 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 9,193 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8,405 1 1 119.0
2003 Q1 7,045 1 0 141.9
2002 Q4 13,869 3 1 216.3
2002 Q3 16,813 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 18,186 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 19,378 2 1 103.2
2001 Q4 23,568 1 0 42.4
2001 Q3 18,495 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 24,296 5 1 205.8
2001 Q1 21,145 3 0 141.9
2000 Q4 22,373 3 1 134.1
2000 Q3 21,281 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 20,755 1 0 48.2
2000 Q1 17,862 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2012 · 1 incident

June 20, 2012 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amerikohl Mining Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Burned on chest and arms from steam from a 4" water pump

2002 · 1 incident

March 4, 2002 PA · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Amerikohl Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

BLASTER WAS BREAKING UP FROZEN STEMMING WITH A PICK. HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

2001 · 1 incident

January 2, 2001 PA · Coal drill operator MACHINERY
Amerikohl Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS CLIMBING INTO THE FRONT DRILL CAB AS OPERATOR WAS LOWERING THE LEVEL JACKS. EE WAS STEPPING ON THE FRONT TIRE INSTEAD OF THE STEP PROVIDED BY THE MANUFACTURE. AS THE WEIGHT WAS PUT ON T HE TRUCK SUSPENSION THE SPACE BETWEEN THE STEP AND THE TIRE GREW SMALLER FINALLY PINCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE TIRE AND THE STEP.

1987 · 1 incident

January 24, 1987 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Amerikohl Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKING UP SLED1E HAMMER WHEN TURNING TO LIFT. MECHANIC FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

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The full compliance file on Armstrong Co Strips

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.