Mining Incidents

Brier Hill Coal

Mon River Energy Corp · Facility
Controlled by John P Matey
Brier Hill, Fayette County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608344

Brier Hill has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K 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 2000
84
citations
26
significant & substantial
$18,715
proposed penalties
$10,530
paid to date
56% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,185 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
71
inspections on record
1,221
inspection hours
6.9
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.
84 citations across 1,221 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Brier Hill has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
82 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-05-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Brier Hill shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.19 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 48 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.
0.19
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.85
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
48
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-05-31.
Silica (quartz)
7.1
silica avg (%)
7.1
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-08-07.
Noise
10%
over PEL
21
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-05-06.
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
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q1 517 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 548 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 806 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 730 1 0 1369.9
2012 Q1 1,431 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,271 3 0 1321.0
Show 47 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3 2,361 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,558 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,950 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,648 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,800 1 0 357.1
2010 Q2 2,372 9 4 3794.3
2010 Q1 136 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 470 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 324 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 784 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,455 9 3 6185.6
2008 Q4 5,794 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,671 8 2 1712.7
2008 Q2 4,631 9 4 1943.4
2008 Q1 2,557 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,647 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,673 2 0 299.7
2007 Q2 4,932 1 1 202.8
2007 Q1 2,533 2 2 789.6
2006 Q4 6,454 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,773 2 0 295.3
2006 Q2 7,148 3 1 419.7
2006 Q1 2,666 1 0 375.1
2005 Q4 5,037 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,654 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,949 4 0 503.2
2005 Q1 2,185 3 0 1373.0
2004 Q4 4,817 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,099 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,524 1 1 181.0
2004 Q1 1,954 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,484 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 8,407 3 1 356.8
2003 Q2 3,657 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,465 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,296 1 0 435.5
2002 Q3 2,724 9 4 3304.0
2002 Q2 5,174 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,076 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,280 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 9,590 6 3 625.7
2001 Q2 8,972 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,510 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,498 1 0 181.9
2000 Q3 5,015 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,478 5 0 1437.6
2000 Q1 2,199 0 0 0.0

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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