Gale Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
employee was walking on uneven ground to get a tool and tripped on uneven ground and landed on left knee
Blackwood Operation Coal
Gale Mining Company
· Surface
Controlled by
David Job Suender
Tremont,
Schuylkill County,
PA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609444
Blackwood Operation has $339 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
- 2019
- Latest incident
- Feb 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$339
proposed penalties
$339
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
20
inspections on record
348
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: 348 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 $339 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.$339
proposed penalties
$339
current assessed
$339
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-07-10.
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 0.06 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 16 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.0.06
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.23
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
16
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-07-10.
Silica (quartz)
7.8
silica avg (%)
12.0
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-12-27.
Noise
0%
over PEL
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-07-23.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 9259.3 |
| 2019 Q2 | 418 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Q1 | 504 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q2 | 254 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 803 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,087 | 1 | 0 | 920.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 997 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 403 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,569 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,870 | 1 | 0 | 534.8 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,678 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,693 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 691 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
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