Carbon Bagging Plant has $2K 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
19
Years on record
1984–2011
Latest incident
Aug 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
20
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,738
proposed penalties
$1,738
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.
20 citations across 1,157 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Carbon Bagging Plant 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
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-04-24.
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 Carbon Bagging Plant shows 100% of 113 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: 2012-04-30, 14 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
113
samples
0.96
dust max (mg/m3)
113 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
LABORER/BLACKSMITH42
FORKLIFT OPERATOR18
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER18
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.
Carbon Bagging Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2010.
Injury rate, 2010
ⓘ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 3.96 and the all-US-mining average was 3.20 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 4.37 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
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
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
2012
9
2011
10
2010
11
2009
9
2008
10
2007
10
2006
10
2005
10
2004
10
2003
10
2002
10
2001
10
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Carbon Bagging Plant sits in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 325,978
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,321
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
2012 Q3
1,205
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
4,415
1
0
226.5
2012 Q1
4,591
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
4,518
1
0
221.3
2011 Q3
4,117
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
4,648
2
0
430.3
2011 Q1
5,689
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
5,002
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3
5,448
4
1
734.2
2010 Q2
5,065
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
5,287
1
0
189.1
2009 Q4
4,326
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,551
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
3,894
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
5,043
2
1
396.6
2008 Q4
4,844
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
5,152
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
5,352
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
5,176
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
4,324
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
4,669
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
5,253
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
5,465
3
1
548.9
2006 Q4
4,795
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
4,976
1
0
201.0
2006 Q2
5,494
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
5,398
1
0
185.3
2005 Q4
4,992
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
5,146
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
5,345
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
5,574
1
1
179.4
2004 Q4
4,670
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
5,058
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
5,401
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
5,462
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
5,208
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,987
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
5,434
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
5,462
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,863
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,002
1
1
199.9
2002 Q2
5,314
1
0
188.2
2002 Q1
5,190
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
4,550
1
0
219.8
2001 Q3
4,598
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,352
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
5,492
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
4,330
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
4,475
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
5,043
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,488
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
19 on file
2011 · 2 incidents
August 11, 2011PA · Coalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The miner was using a utility knife to open a cardboard box. As he was cutting the box, he cut toward his arm; the knife slipped cutting his left wrist. The laceration was given first aid at Carbon Sales, Inc. and he was transported to the emergency room where he received 5 stitches and a tetanus shot.
2009 · 2 incidents
September 17, 2009PA · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Individual picked up a screen to show UPS personnel what was in a damaged packaged received. Screen slipped from hand and fell on right foot. Individual did not realize that his foot was cut until he was home that evening and noticed that his boot was cut.
EMPLOYEE, AN OVER THE ROAD TRUCK DRIVER, WHOM WAS NEITHER EMPLOYED NOR CONTRACTED BY CARBON SALES INC, WAS STEPPING ONTO HIS TRAILER FROM THE TRACTOR AND SLIPPED FALLING APPROX 5' TO THE GROUN D BREAKING HIS RIGHT COLLARBONE. CARBON SALES EMPLOYEES CALLED FOR AN AMBULANCE AND THE INDIVIDUAL WAS TRANSPORTED TO GEISINGER HOSPITAL, WILKES-BARRE.
May 8, 2001PA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS STACKING BAGS OF COAL ON A PALLET. AFTER BENDING TO PLACE A BAG ON THE PALLET HE TRIED TOSTAND UP AND FELT A SHARP PAIN ON THE RIGHT SIDEBELOW HIS BELT.
March 26, 2001PA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS GETTING OUT OF 621 LOADER HE TWISTED TO GET OUT OF SEAT & FELT PAIN IN BACK
1996 · 1 incident
February 20, 1996PA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon Sales Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE MINER WAS OPENING A LOADING DOCK INTO A TRUCK. AS THE DOCK OPENED, THE MINER CAUGHT HIS THUMB IN THE HINGE AREA, CRUSHING HIS THUMB FROM THE KNUCKLE TO THE END.
1995 · 1 incident
June 15, 1995PA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE SLIPPED WHILE WALKING DOWN A WOODEN RAMP. HE FELL WITH ALL HIS WEIGHT ON HSI RT SHOULDER CAUSING A STRAIN/ SPRAIN, OF HIS ROTATOR CUFF AND SPRAIN/ STRAIN OF HIS A/C JOINT.
1994 · 2 incidents
May 26, 1994PA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP THE AIRLINES GOING TO THE TRAILER. HE WAS PUSHING DOWN ON THE "GLAD HAND" WHEN IT SLIPPED CAUISNG HIM TO START TO FALL OVER. WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE LOADING DOCK WHICH WAS EXTENDED ONTO THE BED OF A TRUCK. THE TRUCK PULLED OUT LETTING THE DOCK DOWN AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL STRIKING THE EDGE OF THE LOAD ING DOCK.
1992 · 2 incidents
September 16, 1992PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WHILE WALKING AROUND PROPERTY ON GUARD DUTY EMPLOYEE STUMBLED & FELL HE BROKE HIS ARM TRYING TO BREAK THE FALL
1989 · 2 incidents
September 26, 1989PA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carbon Sales Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPL TAKING SEALED BAGS OUT OF SEALING MACHINE AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN CHAIN AND SPROCKET.
March 1, 1989PA · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
THE EMPLOYEE AFTER STARTING A TRUCK CLIMBED DOWN FROM THE CAB AND WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN TO THE GROUND, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AGGRAVATING A PREVIOUS KNEE INJURY.
1987 · 1 incident
May 5, 1987PA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
THE INJURED EMP5OYEE WAS STANDING BEHIND A FORKLIFT IN USE WHEN THE OPERATOR BEGAN TO BACK UP. HE FAILED TO SEE THE PERSON BEHIND HIM AND HIT THE MAN IN THE FOOT.
1985 · 1 incident
October 23, 1985PA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS