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Auburn Preparation Plant Coal

Stoudt's Ferry Preparation Company Inc · Facility

Controlled by Michael Scott

Auburn, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Active

MSHA Mine ID: 3607892

Auburn Preparation Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities

0

Total incidents

3

Years on record

1998–2010

Latest incident

Mar 2010

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

77

citations

12

significant & substantial

$8,437

proposed penalties

$7,478

paid to date

89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $959 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

86

inspections on record

2,508

inspection hours

3.1

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.

77 citations across 2,508 inspection hours.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Auburn Preparation Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 10 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.

$8K

proposed penalties

$8K

current assessed

$7K

paid to date

$604

outstanding

74 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-14.

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

MSHA sampling at Auburn Preparation Plant shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.18 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 205 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.

0.18

dust avg (mg/m3)

3.13

dust max (mg/m3)

99%

within 1.5 mg/m3

205

samples

Most recent sample: 2026-06-19.

Silica (quartz)

5.7

silica avg (%)

9.7

silica max (%)

5

samples

Most recent sample: 2025-10-22.

Noise

0%

over PEL

116

samples

Most recent sample: 2025-10-21.

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 Q4	4,137	1	0	241.7
2025 Q3	4,338	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	3,744	1	0	267.1
2025 Q1	4,287	2	2	466.5
2024 Q4	3,582	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	4,343	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	3,700	2	0	540.5
2024 Q1	4,307	0	0	0.0

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4	3,619	1	0	276.3
2023 Q3	4,734	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	3,213	2	0	622.5
2023 Q1	2,855	0	0	0.0
2022 Q4	2,241	2	0	892.5
2022 Q3	3,099	0	0	0.0
2022 Q2	2,425	3	1	1237.1
2022 Q1	4,768	2	0	419.5
2021 Q4	2,437	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	2,535	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	2,912	1	0	343.4
2021 Q1	2,730	0	0	0.0
2020 Q4	3,193	1	0	313.2
2020 Q3	1,912	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	2,222	0	0	0.0
2020 Q1	1,837	0	0	0.0
2019 Q4	2,432	1	0	411.2
2019 Q3	2,103	1	0	475.5
2019 Q2	2,525	0	0	0.0
2019 Q1	2,323	1	0	430.5
2018 Q4	2,555	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	2,161	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	1,874	1	0	533.6
2018 Q1	2,679	0	0	0.0
2017 Q4	3,134	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	2,296	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	2,600	1	0	384.6
2017 Q1	1,826	0	0	0.0
2016 Q4	2,206	0	0	0.0
2016 Q3	1,954	0	0	0.0
2016 Q2	2,323	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	1,858	0	0	0.0
2015 Q4	2,331	1	0	429.0
2015 Q3	1,873	1	0	533.9
2015 Q2	1,737	0	0	0.0
2015 Q1	1,301	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	1,752	0	0	0.0
2014 Q3	1,821	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	1,478	1	1	676.6
2014 Q1	1,968	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	1,537	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	1,772	0	0	0.0
2013 Q2	1,519	1	0	658.3
2013 Q1	1,777	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	1,536	3	2	1953.1
2012 Q3	1,777	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	1,504	1	0	664.9
2012 Q1	1,784	0	0	0.0
2011 Q4	1,488	5	2	3360.2
2011 Q3	1,692	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	1,610	0	0	0.0
2011 Q1	1,775	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	1,922	1	0	520.3
2010 Q3	2,386	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	2,341	2	0	854.3
2010 Q1	1,311	0	0	0.0
2009 Q4	2,429	2	0	823.4
2009 Q3	2,288	0	0	0.0
2009 Q2	2,123	2	0	942.1
2009 Q1	1,325	0	0	0.0
2008 Q4	2,680	3	0	1119.4
2008 Q3	2,398	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	3,853	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	1,874	5	0	2668.1
2007 Q4	2,812	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	2,118	0	0	0.0
2007 Q2	2,205	2	1	907.0
2007 Q1	1,329	2	0	1504.9
2006 Q4	2,290	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	1,811	1	0	552.2
2006 Q2	2,200	0	0	0.0
2006 Q1	1,549	4	0	2582.3
2005 Q4	2,112	0	0	0.0
2005 Q3	2,158	2	0	926.8
2005 Q2	2,926	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	1,571	2	2	1273.1
2004 Q4	2,388	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	2,349	1	0	425.7
2004 Q2	2,102	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	1,966	0	0	0.0
2003 Q4	2,311	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	2,300	1	0	434.8
2003 Q2	1,572	0	0	0.0
2003 Q1	1,631	3	1	1839.4
2002 Q4	1,223	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	1,571	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	1,560	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	1,575	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	1,413	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	1,729	0	0	0.0
2001 Q2	1,480	2	0	1351.4
2001 Q1	2,069	0	0	0.0
2000 Q4	2,126	4	0	1881.5
2000 Q3	2,327	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	1,772	0	0	0.0
2000 Q1	2,277	0	0	0.0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2010 · 1 incident

March 5, 2010 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Stoudt's Ferry Preparation Company Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Walking across a piece of grading and fell about 10 feet. Cut right arm on the grading.

2002 · 1 incident

March 6, 2002 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Stoudt's Ferry Preparation Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HAMMERING A STEEL PIN INTO THE TRACK OF AN EXCAVATOR WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, A SMALL PIECE OF THE PIN BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK EE IN THE RIGHT LOWER LEG CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND.

1998 · 1 incident

January 26, 1998 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Stoudt's Ferry Preparation Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CLEANING AREA BENEATH TABLE #6. SHE RAISED. BUMPED HER HEAD AND CUT OPEN HER SCALP. ON STITCH REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

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