Mining Incidents

Auger #2 Coal

Controlled by Jason Miller
Shelocta, Indiana County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609190

Auger #2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2004–2009
Latest incident
Feb 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
23
citations
15
significant & substantial
$4,457
proposed penalties
$3,391
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,066 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
31
inspections on record
347
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: 347 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 #2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-01-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Auger #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 22 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)
0.60
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
22
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-10-02.
Noise
9%
over PEL
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-10-21.
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
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 36 1 1 27777.8
2014 Q4 176 1 1 5681.8
2014 Q3 114 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 305 0 0 0.0
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q3 335 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 645 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 385 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 242 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 3 3
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 4 1
2011 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 442 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,717 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 155 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,337 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 263 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 450 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 792 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,200 3 2 1363.6
2008 Q1 211 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 677 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 673 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 435 1 0 2298.9
2006 Q4 1,204 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 748 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 731 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,106 2 1 1808.3
2005 Q4 918 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 634 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 1 1
2005 Q1 876 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 844 2 2 2369.7
2004 Q3 498 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 844 2 1 2369.7
2004 Q1 853 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2009 · 1 incident

February 9, 2009 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J C Drilling & Ditching · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was lifting a conveyor up to move it over. Then his knee gave out.

2008 · 1 incident

July 25, 2008 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
J C Drilling & Ditching · Struck by flying object

EE was walking past the conveyor and a lump of coal rolled off the side and bounced off the tire and hit him in the mouth.

2005 · 1 incident

2004 · 1 incident

September 22, 2004 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R L Miller Augering · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Other employee was using hammer to strike at bearing on transmission shaft when he missed and struck employee in the face.

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The full compliance file on Auger #2

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.