Mining Incidents

Buck Mountain Vein Slope Coal

Primrose, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3608698

Buck Mountain Vein Slope has $110 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2001
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$110
proposed penalties
$110
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
17
inspections on record
179
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: 179 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 Vein Slope has $110 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$110
proposed penalties
$110
current assessed
$110
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-01-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Buck Mountain Vein Slope shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.22 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 7 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.
0.22
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.38
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-03-03.
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
2001 Q4 165 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 270 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 292 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 300 2 0 6666.7
2000 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 195 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 80 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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