Mining Incidents

Auger #2 Coal

Controlled by Dianne M Brocious
Nicktown, Cambria County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609196

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

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Jul 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
6
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,151
proposed penalties
$1,151
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
19
inspections on record
180
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: 180 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 $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-02-06.
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 24 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)
0.39
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
24
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-11-03.
Noise
10%
over PEL
21
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-11-03.
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
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 644 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 492 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 153 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 579 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 638 0 0 0.0
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 234 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 345 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 528 1 1 1893.9
2007 Q4 133 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,605 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,022 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,171 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,249 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,136 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 628 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 776 3 2 3866.0
2005 Q3 591 1 0 1692.0
2005 Q2 1,008 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 750 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 103 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,239 1 0 807.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

July 29, 2008 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brocious Coal Augering LLC · Struck by powered moving object

He was removing an auger from the auger sled and the next auger dislodged itself and roll off hitting his ankle.

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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.