Buck Mountain Vein Coal
Little Buck Coal Company #2
· Underground
Controlled by
Ronald Bender; Kris Bender
Lincoln,
Schuylkill County,
PA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609860
Buck Mountain Vein has $61K in proposed MSHA penalties and $59K outstanding across 8 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 2012
47
citations
21
significant & substantial
$60,665
proposed penalties
$1,822
paid to date
3% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $58,843 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
58
inspections on record
2,102
inspection hours
2.2
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.47 citations across 2,102 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Buck Mountain Vein has $61K in proposed MSHA penalties and $59K outstanding across 8 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.$61K
proposed penalties
$61K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$59K
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-02-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Buck Mountain Vein shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 279 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.0.14
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.20
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
279
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-03-07.
Silica (quartz)
3.4
silica avg (%)
4.1
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-06-03.
Noise
0%
over PEL
30
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-10-30.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Q3 | 3,120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 3,120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 3,120 | 2 | 0 | 641.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 3,120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 3,120 | 2 | 0 | 641.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 3,120 | 2 | 1 | 641.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 3,120 | 1 | 0 | 320.5 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2,470 | 2 | 1 | 809.7 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Q3 | 2,560 | 2 | 0 | 781.2 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,360 | 2 | 0 | 1470.6 |
| 2016 Q1 | 2,950 | 1 | 0 | 339.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,598 | 1 | 0 | 384.9 |
| 2015 Q3 | 914 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,700 | 12 | 12 | 7058.8 |
| 2015 Q1 | 2,510 | 1 | 1 | 398.4 |
| 2014 Q4 | 3,970 | 5 | 5 | 1259.4 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,420 | 1 | 0 | 704.2 |
| 2014 Q2 | 1,870 | 1 | 0 | 534.8 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,375 | 2 | 0 | 1454.5 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1,890 | 1 | 0 | 529.1 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,470 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,770 | 3 | 0 | 1694.9 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,409 | 2 | 1 | 1419.4 |
| 2012 Q2 | 760 | 3 | 0 | 3947.4 |
| 2012 Q1 | 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 Vein
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.