Mining Incidents

Big Mine Run Coal

Controlled by John W Rich Jr
Big Mine Run, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609253

Big Mine Run has $324 in proposed MSHA penalties and $200 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
3
citations
1
significant & substantial
$324
proposed penalties
$124
paid to date
38% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $200 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
23
inspections on record
215
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: 215 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Big Mine Run has $324 in proposed MSHA penalties and $200 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.
$324
proposed penalties
$324
current assessed
$124
paid to date
$200
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-12-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Big Mine Run shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.20 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 5 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.
0.20
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.51
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-09-20.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-09-20.
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
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 468 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q2 475 1 1 2105.3
2006 Q1 420 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 15 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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