Big Pine Mine: 13 MSHA citations Coal
Big Pine Mine 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
13
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,742
proposed penalties
$1,742
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
12
inspections on record
241
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 241 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 Pine Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-02-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.7.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
7.7%
reasonably likely or greater
23.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.1% low, 76.9% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Big Pine Mine shows 100% of 40 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
Health sampling
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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
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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: 2024-11-13
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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.100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
40
samples
0.35
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
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The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.20 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 20 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR22
- HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR5
- BACKHOE OPERATOR4
Silica (quartz)
Last sampled: 2024-03-0410.1
silica avg (%)
1
samples
10.1
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR1
Noise
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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: 2024-11-13
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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.0%
over PEL
16
samples
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR6
- BACKHOE OPERATOR4
- HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
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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
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 100% | 15 |
| 2023 | 100% | 5 |
| 2022 | 100% | 11 |
| 2021 | 100% | 8 |
| 2020 | 100% | 1 |
Noise by year
| Year | over PEL | samples |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0% | 5 |
| 2022 | 0% | 7 |
| 2021 | 0% | 4 |
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Fieg Brothers 2020 to 2022
- Coal Loaders Inc 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.| Year | Employees | Coal produced (tons) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 18,281 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,817 |
| 2022 | 3 | 9,604 |
| 2021 | 3 | 13,295 |
| 2020 | 3 | 336 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Big Pine Mine sits in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Somerset County, Pennsylvania · Population 73,255
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$59,378
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,219 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,374 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | 2,374 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,455 | 1 | 0 | 289.4 |
| 2023 Q4 | 3,030 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 256 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 736 | 1 | 0 | 1358.7 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,794 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,235 | 4 | 1 | 1789.7 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,262 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 625 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,714 | 3 | 0 | 1750.3 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,505 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,137 | 3 | 0 | 2638.5 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,203 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,359 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 744 | 1 | 0 | 1344.1 |
| 2020 Q3 | 167 | 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.