Mining Incidents

Auger 11: 2 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by Gary Gioia
Punxsutawney, Armstrong County, PA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3610339

Auger 11 has $294 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$294
proposed penalties
$294
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
7
inspections on record
132
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: 132 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Auger 11 has $294 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$294
proposed penalties
$294
current assessed
$294
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
100.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 0.0% moderate, 100.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Auger 11 shows 100% of 22 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Last sampled: 2024-11-13
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
22
samples
0.68
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
17 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 5 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • AUGER OPERATOR11
  • AUGER HELPER7
  • COAL TRUCK DRIVER3

Noise
The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2024-11-13
0%
over PEL
14
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • AUGER HELPER5
  • AUGER OPERATOR5
  • COAL TRUCK DRIVER3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
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 by year
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2024 100% 2
2023 100% 7
2021 100% 5
2020 100% 8
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2024 0% 2
2023 0% 6
2021 0% 3
2020 0% 3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. E.E. & S. AUGER MINING INC 2020 to 2024
  2. GARY GIOIA COAL COMPANY 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2024 2 3,234
2023 2 15,080
2022 0
2021 2 3,805
2020 3 5,980
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Auger 11 sits in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania · Population 65,069
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,295
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2024 Q4 360 2 0 5555.6
2023 Q4 810 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 963 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 168 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 254 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 144 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 728 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.