Blackwood Operation Coal
Blackwood Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Nolan A Perin
Tremont,
Schuylkill County,
PA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608756
Blackwood Operation has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
18
citations
11
significant & substantial
$1,322
proposed penalties
$1,288
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $34 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
25
inspections on record
276
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: 276 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Blackwood Operation has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-05-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Blackwood Operation shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.11 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 9 samples.
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.0.11
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.25
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-03-16.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2005-03-16.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Q3 | 545 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 353 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 785 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 544 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 776 | 9 | 6 | 11597.9 |
| 2004 Q1 | 602 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q3 | 1,266 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 266 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q2 | 2,638 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 3,795 | 1 | 1 | 263.5 |
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 Blackwood Operation
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.