Cambria Cogen Facility has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2006–2019
Latest incident
Feb 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
25
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,629
proposed penalties
$3,629
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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.
25 citations across 1,120 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cambria Cogen Facility has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-02-11.
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 Cambria Cogen Facility shows 96% of 74 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: 2019-02-25, 7 years ago
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
74
samples
3.20
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
56 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 18 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.
Cambria Cogen Facility recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.
Injury rate, 2015
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 3.79 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
2015 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
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
Year
Employees
2019
4
2018
5
2017
5
2016
5
2015
5
2014
5
2013
5
2012
5
2011
5
2010
5
2009
5
2008
4
2007
4
2006
4
2005
4
2004
44
2003
42
2002
42
2001
47
2000
49
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Cambria Cogen Facility sits in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Cambria County, Pennsylvania · Population 132,355
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$56,292
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
2019 Q3
650
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
3,250
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
3,250
1
1
307.7
2018 Q4
3,250
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
3,250
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
3,250
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
3,250
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
3,250
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3
3,250
3
0
923.1
2017 Q2
3,250
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
3,250
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
3,120
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,120
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
5,760
1
0
173.6
2016 Q1
5,760
1
0
173.6
2015 Q4
5,760
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
5,760
1
0
173.6
2015 Q2
5,760
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
5,760
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
3,168
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
3,248
2
1
615.8
2014 Q2
3,192
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
3,385
1
0
295.4
2013 Q4
3,168
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
3,248
1
0
307.9
2013 Q2
3,192
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
3,385
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
3,168
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
3,248
3
2
923.6
2012 Q2
3,192
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
3,385
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
3,168
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
3,248
1
0
307.9
2011 Q2
3,192
1
0
313.3
2011 Q1
3,385
1
0
295.4
2010 Q4
3,168
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
3,248
2
1
615.8
2010 Q2
3,192
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
3,385
2
1
590.8
2009 Q4
3,168
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,700
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
3,192
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
3,385
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
3,200
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
3,200
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,192
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
3,176
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
3,200
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
3,200
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
3,192
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
3,184
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
3,200
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
3,200
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
3,176
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
3,184
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
3,200
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
3,216
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
3,192
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
3,152
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,200
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
3,232
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
3,192
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
3,176
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
5,408
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
5,440
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
5,376
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
5,312
1
0
188.3
2002 Q4
5,424
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,440
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
5,392
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
5,200
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
5,408
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,408
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,360
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
5,344
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
5,392
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
5,392
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
5,360
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,384
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2019 · 1 incident
February 10, 2019PA · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
Mechanic was installing access door on the BMR when trolley beam moved striking mechanic on the right side of head.
February 21, 2018PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techIGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Employee was using brake cleaner to clean a fly wheel housing to install a bearing. Employee began to heat the clean part with a torch and the cleaner fumes in the housing caused an explosion. Employee was taken to the Emergency Room and treated for First Degree Burns on arms, neck and face.
2014 · 3 incidents
July 24, 2014PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A mechanic was working on a waste coal fuel reclaimer chain and flights. the work involved using a 12lb sledge hammer to pound in flight pins. The repetitive motion of the day contributed to an elbow injury. The mechanic reported elbow pain to the plant EHS Manager.
July 11, 2014PA · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The fuel handling Tabor Screen reject chute contains a door for access and cleaning. While removing the chute door, the door slid down toward the floor. The operator grabbed the door with his left hand and felt a pain in his shoulder area. Medical treatment was provided which included a prescription and scheduled physical therapy.
March 27, 2014PA · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was assigned to calibrate the B Ramsey belt scale load cell. The load cell includes a pivot arm which fluctuates up and down. As the arm is displaced, a signal is transmitted to a meter where the weight of the waste coal is determined. The arm is manually lifted to relieve any tension. EE improperly lifted the pivot arm while using only his right arm and improper body position.
2012 · 1 incident
August 30, 2012PA · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE was cleaning ash underneath the belt.EE attempted to use a fox tail brush,the belt idler caught his glove pulling his hand into a pinch point.EE pulled his hand out,had received severe compression trauma.EE called control room 911 called,EE's crew responded and first aid given to stop the bleeding.At 5:24 a.m.the ambulance arrived,EE was transported to E.R.See Attached
2010 · 1 incident
July 30, 2010PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A mechanic was a member of a team of mechanics installing a drive chain on a waste coal crushing machine. The chain was suspended using a choker cable and chain fall. As the mechanic adjusted the chain fall, the load/weight of the drive chain shifted resulting in the choker cable pinching and trapping the mechanic's left 4th finger in the chain fall hook.
2009 · 1 incident
July 22, 2009PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was working on a BMR(crusher) liner bolt replacement. Crew was placing the top lid on the BMR. 2 cranes/hoists are used to move the lid. The first positions the lid approx 3' short of its final placemen. The lid was placed on top of the BMR while the second chain hoist was rigged. While resting on the machine, the lid teetered and fell approx 18" on a mechanics foot.
2006 · 1 incident
December 14, 2006PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
By using a hoist, the EE was placing 500lb rods into a coal crusher machine. He placed his left hand on the trolley beam between the trolley and the beam stop. The trolley pinched & lacerated his left little finger.