Bigler Prep Plant has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 11 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2011–2013
Latest incident
Apr 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
114
citations
59
significant & substantial
$24,912
proposed penalties
$20,959
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,954 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
76
inspections on record
1,725
inspection hours
6.6
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.
114 citations across 1,725 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bigler Prep Plant has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 11 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
110 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-03-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Bigler Prep Plant shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.33 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 125 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.
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
0
0
2024 Q2
0
0
0
2024 Q1
0
1
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
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
0
0
0
2022 Q2
0
0
0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
0
0
0
2021 Q3
0
0
0
2021 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
2020 Q2
0
0
0
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q4
0
0
0
2019 Q3
0
0
0
2019 Q2
0
0
0
2019 Q1
0
1
0
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q3
0
0
0
2018 Q2
558
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
512
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
641
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
0
0
0
2017 Q2
0
0
0
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
0
0
0
2016 Q3
0
0
0
2016 Q2
0
0
0
2015 Q4
0
0
0
2015 Q3
0
0
0
2015 Q2
0
0
0
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
0
0
0
2014 Q3
539
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
7,304
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
8,380
3
1
358.0
2013 Q4
7,842
7
5
892.6
2013 Q3
9,620
8
8
831.6
2013 Q2
10,588
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
12,483
2
1
160.2
2012 Q4
9,570
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
10,969
5
2
455.8
2012 Q2
11,978
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
12,161
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
10,804
6
3
555.3
2011 Q3
12,271
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
12,575
7
3
556.7
2011 Q1
13,892
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
11,684
6
4
513.5
2010 Q3
11,932
3
1
251.4
2010 Q2
10,175
10
5
982.8
2010 Q1
4,965
10
6
2014.1
2009 Q4
4,670
7
3
1498.9
2009 Q3
2,802
12
7
4282.7
2009 Q2
1,619
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
3,117
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
2,950
8
2
2711.9
2008 Q3
310
2
2
6451.6
2008 Q1
80
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2007 Q3
220
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
0
0
0
2007 Q1
149
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
95
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
331
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
520
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1,028
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
857
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
1,616
1
1
618.8
2005 Q2
1,200
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
1,432
1
0
698.3
2004 Q4
1,290
2
2
1550.4
2004 Q3
1,882
6
2
3188.1
2004 Q2
183
2
0
10929.0
2004 Q1
173
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
210
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
195
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
0
0
0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
454
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
780
1
0
1282.1
2002 Q2
1,456
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,265
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
502
3
1
5976.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2013 · 1 incident
April 4, 2013PA · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
A 9" x 7" x 77"long cribbing block was standing on end, ee went to remove block when it tipped over pulling him down with it. His thumb got smashed between the block and concrete floor also with his body weight.
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