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B & M #2 Coal

B & M Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Robert A Chess
Near Taylortown, Greene County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3606126

B & M #2 has $910 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
42
Years on record
1983–1998
Latest incident
Jul 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$910
proposed penalties
$510
paid to date
56% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $400 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16
inspections on record
179
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: 179 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

B & M #2 has $910 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.
$910
proposed penalties
$510
current assessed
$510
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-06-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 4 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

42 on file

1998 · 2 incidents

July 30, 1998 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B & M Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

FALL HAD OCCURED IN THIS AREA 2/97 LOOSE ROOF WAS TAKEN DOWN AND AREA PINED & CRIBED SHOWED NOSIGNS OF SPOLLING OR CUTTERS.

July 22, 1998 PA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & M Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS UNLOADING BELT ROLLERS FROM 3 WHEELER. HE DROPPED ROLLER ON FOOT.

1997 · 3 incidents

November 24, 1997 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B & M Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

FALL OCCURED INBY PIT MOUTH AREA MINED ABOUT 1982 BOLTED WITH 6' RESIN BOLTS AND 4" H BEAMS WEREINSTALLED PT TIME OF DEVELOPEMENT.

February 27, 1997 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B & M Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AREA HAD BEEN RE-BOLTED TWO YEARS AGO AND CRIBBED AND POSTED WERE SET. AREA HAD BEEN MINED 1977.

January 27, 1997 PA · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B & M Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MAKING A FIREBOSS RUN IN WEST PORTAL, EMP STOPPED JEEP TO REMOVE SOME ROCK THAT HAD KNOCKED DOWN A WATER LINE. WHEN HE WENT TO GET OUT OF JEEP HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND HAD TO BE HELPED OUT OF MINE.

1996 · 3 incidents

September 23, 1996 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B & M Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

AREA DEVELOPED IN 1982. ENTRY WAS CRIBBED AND POSTED. FALL CAME IN AROUND CRIBS. THIS AREA HAS BEEN PRONE TO ROOF FALLS.

August 29, 1996 PA · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B & M Coal Company · Struck by falling object

CLEARING ROCK JAM AT HEAD DRIVE, ROCK SLID DOWN BREAKING THUMB ON LEFT HAND.

1995 · 3 incidents

April 7, 1995 PA · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B & M Coal Company · Rubbed or abraded

HE WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES WITH PROTECTED KNEE PADS ON SHOVELING BELT DRIVE AND ROTATED HIS RIGHT KNEE OUT.

1994 · 5 incidents

September 6, 1994 PA · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B & M Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS HE WAS PERFORMING HIS DUTIES AS MINE EXAMINER, THE MANTRIP HE WAS USIN GBECAME DERAILE.D HE WAS TRYING TO JACK THE MANTRIP HE WAS USING A TRUCK JACK AND BAR. HE WAS USIN GHIS FOOT TO PUSH THE BAR DOWN (BAR WAS JACK HANDLE) WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND THE BAR FLE WUP AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE.

1993 · 7 incidents

August 16, 1993 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
B & M Coal Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS OPERATING A SINGLE-BOOM-DRILL ON A RETREAT SECTION WHEN STARTING A HOLE. PRESSURE FROM DRILL STEEL CAUSED A PIECE OF ROCK TO DISLODGE, STRIKING INJURED ON LEFT HAND (RING FIGNER).

1992 · 2 incidents

June 15, 1992 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
B & M Coal Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS OPERATING A SINGLE BOOM ROOF DRILL IN AN AREA THAT WAS WEATHERED 5 BLOCKS FROM PIT MOUTH IN A REBOLT OPERATION WHEN A ROCK 3INX3INX6IN FELL FROM THE ROOF STRIKING INJURED ON LEFT H AND WHICH WAS RESTING ON HEAD OF BOLTER INJURING THUMB ON LEFT HAND

1991 · 2 incidents

1990 · 3 incidents

August 8, 1990 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B & M Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED WAS MOVING BOLTER CABLE IN INTERSECTION OF BELT ENTRY TRIPPING & FALLING AGAINST PARKED CONTINUOUS MINER ECEIVED LACERATION TO NECK & BRUISED FOREHEAD.

February 13, 1990 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B & M Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROOF FALL OCCURED WHILE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS OPERATING IN A FENDER ON A PILLAR SPLIT ROOF GAVE NO WARNING COERING UP CONTINOUS MINER INJURED WAS OPERATOR OF MINER HE WAS IN CAB WHEN A ROCK STR UCK HIS CAP LAMP BATTERY CAUSING A BRUISED RIGHTHIP.

February 13, 1990 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B & M Coal Company · Struck by falling object

ROOF FALL OCCURRED WHILE CONT.MINER OPERATING IN FENDER ON PILLAR SPLIT.ROOF GAVE NO WARNING COVERING UP CONT.MINER,INJ WAS CABLE PULLER,TURNED TO RUN,ROCK STRUCK LOWER LEG CAUSED BRUISES

1989 · 1 incident

1988 · 2 incidents

June 24, 1988 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
B & M Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM ALLEGES THAT HE HAD PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHILE OPERATING BOLTER ON 6-24-88 BUT DID NOT REPORT IT UNTIL 10:30 P.M. ON STURDAY--6-25-88. HE SAID WHILE HE WAS BOLTING HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK BUT DID NOT REPORT IT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY -- WHICH IS AN IDLE DAY FOR THE MINE.

1987 · 1 incident

April 14, 1987 PA · Coal MACHINERY
B & M Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED RECEIVE8 A FRACTURE OF THE LEFT WRIST.

1986 · 1 incident

October 9, 1986 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & M Coal Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS REM2VING SLATE OFF CUTTING HEAD OF MINER WHEN A PIECE BROKE IN HANDFALLING & STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT

1985 · 1 incident

1984 · 2 incidents

August 28, 1984 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
B & M Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AREA OF UNSTABLE ROOF MINER HAD CUT THRU 1 SHEAR WIDE BOLTER IN TO INSTALL BOLTS HAD PUT TWO ROLL OF BOLTS IN AND STARTED THE THIRD WHEN JACK DISLODGED STRICKING VICTIM IN LEFT LEG CAUSING A CLOSE FX OF FEMUR

1983 · 4 incidents

September 12, 1983 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B & M Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MANUALLY UNLOADING A BATTERY CHARGER

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