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: 683 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Burring Division has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-03-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Burring Division shows 98% of 57 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2009-03-12, 17 years ago
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
57
samples
1.52
dust max (mg/m3)
50 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 7 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Burring Division recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.71 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 5.89 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
8.72
8.72
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2010
12
2009
11
2008
12
2007
19
26,978
2006
19
40,990
2005
14
28,698
2004
8
2002
3
2001
4
2,640
2000
9
17,238
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Burring Division sits in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania · Population 90,925
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$57,948
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2010 Q2
3,097
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
2,783
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
2,970
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
2,430
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
2,301
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
2,621
1
0
381.5
2008 Q4
3,419
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
2,718
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2
2,453
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
2,241
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
2,911
3
0
1030.6
2007 Q3
7,465
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
9,689
2
0
206.4
2007 Q1
9,797
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
8,854
4
1
451.8
2006 Q3
10,465
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
8,415
5
1
594.2
2006 Q1
8,658
2
0
231.0
2005 Q4
5,054
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,272
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
5,771
9
4
1559.5
2005 Q1
5,833
2
0
342.9
2004 Q4
3,109
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
591
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
650
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,042
1
0
959.7
2001 Q3
1,761
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,882
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,677
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
3,958
1
1
252.7
2000 Q3
4,193
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
3,165
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,712
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
20 on file
2005 · 1 incident
December 1, 2005PA · Coalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE LOWERED BOOM ON THE 4600 DRAGLINE,IT WAS 4 FT. OFF OF THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE AND ANPOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE TIGHTENING BOLTS ON LIGHT FIXTURES-THEY WERE IN THE CROUCHED POSITION AND AFT ER COMPLETING THE JOB THE EMPLOYEE THOUGHT HE WAS CLEAR OF THE OUTSIDE ANGLE OF THE BOOM ANS STOOD UP AND BUMPED HIS HEAD.
January 9, 1998PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE TRYING TO PULL A HUB FROM AN AXLE ON TRACTOR-TRAILER USING A WHEEL PULLER - WHILE PULLING THE HUB THE WHEEL PULLER JUMPED OFF THE HUB & HIT EE ON LEFT SIDE OF FOREHEAD.
January 31, 1997PA · Coalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerDUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
GPF-WE WERE NOTIFIED ON THE ABOVE DATE BY LETTER THAT THIS FORMER EMPLOYEE'SWIDOW WAS GRANTED BLACK LUNG BENEFITS. THE MINER PASSED AWAY ON 04-30-93. WE RECEIVED THE FINAL NOTICE OF BENEFITS R ECEIVED AS OF 04-21-97. TO THIS DATE WE HAVE NOTRECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION OF APPEAL.
CARRYING DRILL BIT, SLIPPED ON ICE & TWISTED LOWER BACK. ACCIDENT OCCURED ON 2/27/95; HOWEVER, EMPLOYEE CONTINLUED TO WORK & DID NOT REPORT IT TO THE OFFICE UNTIL 3/13/95.
1994 · 1 incident
December 14, 1994PA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WORKING IN CLEANING PLANT. PICKING ROCK FROM TABLE AND PUSHING THEM DOWN CHUTE. SUPPOSEDLY CAUSED HERNIA. SURGERY IS SCHEDULED FOR 1-17-95. UNTIL SURGERY EMPLOYEE CONTINUES TO WORK.
1993 · 1 incident
April 13, 1993PA · Coalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHEN BACKING UP TO EDGE OF BANK TO DUMP LOAD FROM HAULPACK DRIVER PARKED THE TRUCK ON THE EDGE OF BANK. THE BANK KICKED OUT AND THE TRUCK FELL BACK WARDS AND TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM O F BANK.
June 5, 1991PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS