Bottom Split Slope Coal
Little Buck Coal Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Ronald Bender; Kris Bender
Pine Grove,
Schuylkill County,
PA
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3609491
Bottom Split Slope has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $22K outstanding across 12 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 2007
59
citations
17
significant & substantial
$34,118
proposed penalties
$8,096
paid to date
24% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $26,022 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
45
inspections on record
1,644
inspection hours
3.6
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.59 citations across 1,644 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bottom Split Slope has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $22K outstanding across 12 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.$34K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$22K
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-08-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Bottom Split Slope shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.18 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 197 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.0.18
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.42
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
197
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-01-19.
Silica (quartz)
2.2
silica avg (%)
2.2
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2008-05-14.
Noise
0%
over PEL
31
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-12-13.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q3 | 2,100 | 5 | 4 | 2381.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 1,860 | 2 | 0 | 1075.3 |
| 2009 Q4 | 125 | 5 | 3 | 40000.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 2,376 | 2 | 0 | 841.8 |
| 2009 Q2 | 3,180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 2,260 | 1 | 0 | 442.5 |
| 2008 Q4 | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | 694.4 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Q3 | 3,660 | 2 | 0 | 546.4 |
| 2008 Q2 | 2,120 | 4 | 0 | 1886.8 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,960 | 24 | 8 | 12244.9 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,680 | 3 | 0 | 1785.7 |
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 Bottom Split Slope
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.