Bird Refuse Pile 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
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Dec 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
10
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,500
proposed penalties
$1,500
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
9
inspections on record
379
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: 379 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bird Refuse Pile 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
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Bird Refuse Pile shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.03 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 72 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
5,146
3
0
583.0
2025 Q3
5,256
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
4,376
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
4,010
3
0
748.1
2024 Q4
1,051
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
995
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
2,902
1
0
344.6
2024 Q1
2,860
1
0
349.7
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
1,515
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
941
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
1,303
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
1,341
2
0
1491.4
2022 Q4
606
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2024 · 1 incident
December 17, 2024PA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was walking down a sloped embankment near the fuel tank and slipped due to muddy conditions and fell onto right shoulder. Employee did not miss any scheduled work or receive medical treatment until 1/31/2025, when employee had the shoulder operated on for rotator cuff damage.
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