Buck Mountain Stripping Coal
S & J Coal Mine
· Surface
Controlled by
Kerry Harris
Minersville,
Schuylkill County,
PA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3610382
Buck Mountain Stripping has $658 in proposed MSHA penalties and $658 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$658
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $658 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
11
inspections on record
243
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: 243 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Buck Mountain Stripping has $658 in proposed MSHA penalties and $658 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.$658
proposed penalties
$658
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$658
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Buck Mountain Stripping shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.03 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 23 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.0.03
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.09
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
23
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-10.
Noise
0%
over PEL
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-10-28.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 1,400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,440 | 1 | 0 | 694.4 |
| 2025 Q1 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 945 | 1 | 1 | 1058.2 |
| 2024 Q1 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 940 | 2 | 0 | 2127.7 |
| 2023 Q2 | 300 | 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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The full compliance file on Buck Mountain Stripping
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.