Mining Incidents

Big Mountain Anthracite #1 Pit Coal

Controlled by Chris E Kerstetter
Trevorton, Northumberland County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3610127

Big Mountain Anthracite #1 Pit has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
11
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,529
proposed penalties
$1,529
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
24
inspections on record
596
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: 596 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 Mountain Anthracite #1 Pit has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Big Mountain Anthracite #1 Pit shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.04 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 19 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.
0.04
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.19
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
19
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-12-17.
Noise
0%
over PEL
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-12-17.
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 455 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 455 1 0 2197.8
2025 Q2 455 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 455 1 0 2197.8
2024 Q4 455 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 455 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 455 1 0 2197.8
2024 Q1 455 0 0 0.0
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 455 1 0 2197.8
2023 Q3 455 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 455 1 0 2197.8
2023 Q1 455 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 455 1 0 2197.8
2022 Q3 455 2 0 4395.6
2022 Q2 455 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 455 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 455 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 455 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 455 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 455 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 455 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 455 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 455 1 0 2197.8
2020 Q1 455 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 455 1 0 2197.8
2019 Q3 455 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 455 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 455 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 455 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 455 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 455 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 455 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 390 0 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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The full compliance file on Big Mountain Anthracite #1 Pit

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.