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BELL #1 MINE Coal

RES COAL LLC · Surface
Luthersburg, Clearfield County, PA  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 3608750

BELL #1 MINE has $76K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2000–2012
Latest incident
Jul 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
104
citations
57
significant & substantial
$75,708
proposed penalties
$45,561
paid to date
60% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $30,147 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
97
inspections on record
2,436
inspection hours
4.3
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.
104 citations across 2,436 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BELL #1 MINE has $76K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 10 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.
$76K
proposed penalties
$47K
current assessed
$46K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
102 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at BELL #1 MINE shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 189 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)
0.78
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
189
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-07-29.
Silica (quartz)
16.9
silica avg (%)
27.5
silica max (%)
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-07-06.
Noise
2%
over PEL
93
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-07-29.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 2 0
2024 Q2 118 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 366 1 0 2732.2
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,633 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 684 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,752 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 972 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,170 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,329 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,377 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,894 1 0 256.8
2021 Q4 3,733 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,166 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,142 2 0 482.9
2021 Q1 803 3 1 3736.0
2020 Q4 176 1 0 5681.8
2020 Q3 6,474 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,558 4 3 529.2
2020 Q1 6,346 1 0 157.6
2019 Q4 5,755 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,445 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,962 1 0 252.4
2019 Q1 5,881 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,063 4 2 659.7
2018 Q3 6,073 3 0 494.0
2018 Q2 7,156 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,074 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,636 1 1 150.7
2017 Q3 6,816 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,846 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,421 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,561 2 0 780.9
2016 Q3 1,159 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 2,372 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 9,692 1 1 103.2
2015 Q2 10,251 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 7,632 1 0 131.0
2014 Q4 5,449 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,430 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,937 1 0 202.6
2014 Q1 3,319 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,546 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,898 2 0 408.3
2013 Q2 8,507 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6,175 4 3 647.8
2012 Q4 6,587 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,771 1 1 128.7
2012 Q2 8,124 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 7,177 9 5 1254.0
2011 Q4 7,832 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 12,822 3 0 234.0
2011 Q2 7,658 5 2 652.9
2011 Q1 6,914 3 1 433.9
2010 Q4 7,128 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 7,312 8 6 1094.1
2010 Q2 5,767 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 6,923 7 6 1011.1
2009 Q4 6,215 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,064 2 2 652.7
2009 Q2 4,077 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,610 6 5 696.9
2008 Q4 6,876 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,804 3 3 384.4
2008 Q2 7,290 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,390 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,435 3 3 676.4
2007 Q3 4,790 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,231 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,293 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,903 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,322 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,879 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,488 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,065 1 1 246.0
2005 Q3 4,640 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,509 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,598 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,875 4 3 1032.3
2004 Q3 3,088 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,142 1 1 318.3
2004 Q1 2,550 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,677 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,147 1 0 465.8
2003 Q2 1,750 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,634 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,658 5 3 1366.9
2002 Q3 4,112 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,175 2 1 1702.1
2002 Q1 1,743 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,360 1 1 297.6
2001 Q3 1,367 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,214 1 1 311.1
2001 Q1 3,135 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,730 1 1 366.3
2000 Q3 2,409 2 0 830.2
2000 Q2 2,476 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,223 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2012 · 1 incident

July 6, 2012 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Bell Resources Inc. · Contact with heat

Heat Exhaust from the extremely high temperatures outside.

2005 · 2 incidents

July 27, 2005 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Bell Resources Inc. · Struck by flying object

(2 REPORTABLE INJURIES RESULTED FROM THIS OCCURRENCE - 1 MINE EMPLOYEE & 1 CONTRACTOR. SEE 220052240053 FOR THE INJURY REPORT FOR THE MINE EMPLOYEE, UNDER MINE ID 3608750.) THE GRINDING WHEEL BROKE ON THE HAND-HELD GRINDER AND CUT THE MECHANIC'S HAND (STITCHES REQUIRED).

July 27, 2005 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Bell Resources Inc. · Struck by flying object

THE GRINDING WHEEL BROKE ON THE HAND-HELD GRINDER, FLEW OFF AND HIT THE OPERATOR IN THE LEG. (2 REPORTABLE INJURIES RESULTED FROM THIS OCCURRENCE - 1 MINE EMPLOYEE & 1 CONTRACTOR. SEE 220052240052 FOR THE INJ. REPORT FOR THE CONTRACTOR, UNDER CONTR. ID RGN.)

2000 · 1 incident

August 22, 2000 PA · Coal FIRE
Bell Resources Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

COAL WAS PILED UP ON STOCK AREA FOR 3-4 MONTHS; STARTED SMOLDERING ON 8/22/00. STIRRED PILE UP WITH LOADER AND MIXED IT WITH WATER.

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