Mining Incidents

Bloom 2 Coal

R J Coal Company · Surface
Controlled by Joseph Peace
Grampian, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608890

Bloom 2 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
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
24
citations
15
significant & substantial
$2,457
proposed penalties
$2,457
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
31
inspections on record
426
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: 426 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bloom 2 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
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-12-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Bloom 2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.27 mg/m3 (93% compliant) across 14 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.
0.27
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.00
dust max (mg/m3)
93%
within 1.5 mg/m3
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-12-21.
Silica (quartz)
28.4
silica avg (%)
28.4
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-03-15.
Noise
11%
over PEL
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-12-22.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q4 302 1 0 3311.3
2009 Q3 598 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 412 1 1 2427.2
2009 Q1 1,518 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,534 7 2 4563.2
2008 Q3 504 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 434 1 1 2304.1
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1 176 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 40 4 4 100000.0
2007 Q3 118 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 312 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 276 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 304 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 356 3 3 8427.0
2006 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 504 1 1 1984.1
2005 Q4 392 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 430 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 488 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 301 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 944 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 480 1 0 2083.3
2004 Q2 2,150 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,512 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,016 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,128 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,080 2 1 961.5
2003 Q1 1,344 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 792 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 868 1 1 1152.1
2002 Q2 390 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 280 2 1 7142.9

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 Bloom 2

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.