Mining Incidents

Beaver Brook Mine: 4 MSHA citations Coal

Joe Petrole Coal Sales LLC · Facility
Controlled by Lawrence A Petrole
McAdoo, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3601714

Beaver Brook Mine has $400 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
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Aug 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$400
proposed penalties
$400
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
14
inspections on record
224
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: 224 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Beaver Brook Mine has $400 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.
$400
proposed penalties
$400
current assessed
$400
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-05-25.
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
0.0%
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, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Beaver Brook Mine shows 100% of 5 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: 2010-05-25, 16 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
5
samples
0.07
dust max (mg/m3)
5 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER2
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR1
  • CRANE OPER/DRAGLINE OPERATOR1

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: 2010-06-15, 16 years ago
29%
over PEL
7
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER3
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR2
  • CRANE OPER/DRAGLINE OPERATOR1
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
2010 100% 1
2009 100% 1
2007 100% 3
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2010 50% 2
2009 50% 2
2007 0% 3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Beaver Brook Coal Company 1950 to 2006
  2. Joe Petrole Coal Sales 2006 to 2009
  3. Joe Petrole Coal Sales 2009 to 2010
  4. Joe Petrole Coal Sales LLC 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2012 0
2011 0
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Beaver Brook Mine sits in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 325,978
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,321
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
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 110 0 0 0.0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q4 220 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 480 1 0 2083.3
2010 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 384 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 150 1 0 6666.7
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 987 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 1,260 2 0 1587.3
2007 Q2 315 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,239 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

August 1, 2008 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Joe Petrole Coal Sales · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Miner was walking in mine area when he tripped and fell on ground. He broke his left hip.