Mining Incidents

Centre County Strips: 12 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by J Clifford Forrest III
Philipsburg, Centre County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609414

Centre County Strips 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
2
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Aug 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
12
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,722
proposed penalties
$1,722
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
19
inspections on record
674
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: 674 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Centre County Strips 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
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-02-08.
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.
50.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
25.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 66.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Centre County Strips shows 100% of 64 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: 2016-05-04, 10 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
64
samples
0.68
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.
59 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 5 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR25
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE18
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER17

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.

Last sampled: 2016-02-08, 10 years ago
0%
over PEL
33
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR13
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE11
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER9
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2016 100% 7
2015 100% 6
2014 100% 11
2013 100% 10
2012 100% 10
2011 100% 10
2010 100% 10
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2016 0% 5
2015 0% 2
2014 0% 3
2013 0% 5
2012 0% 7
2011 0% 5
2010 0% 6
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Centre County Strips recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.

Injury rate, 2014
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 3.96 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 5.34 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
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 3.05 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Amfire Mining Company LLC 2006 to 2014
  2. Rosebud Mining Company 2014 to present
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)
2021 0
2020 0
2019 0
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 0
2014 21 98,148
2013 28 152,907
2012 25 148,371
2011 15 101,300
2010 12 98,436
2009 2 3,445
2008 0
2007 0
2006 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Centre County Strips sits in Centre 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.
Centre County, Pennsylvania · Population 158,041
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$72,748
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
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
Show 52 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 2 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 4,012 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 11,037 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 13,944 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 16,141 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 13,765 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 16,875 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 17,316 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 17,661 1 0 56.6
2012 Q4 16,783 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 18,468 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 18,970 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 10,867 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 9,498 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 9,833 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 9,630 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 10,266 1 1 97.4
2010 Q4 9,055 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 10,044 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 10,430 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 7,131 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,584 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 2 incidents

August 27, 2013 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Amfire Mining Company LLC · Struck by flying object

WHILE STEADYING A BEARING SO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE COULD USE A HAMMER TO KNOCK IT LOOSE, A SLIVER OF METAL FLEW OFF THE BEARING AND LODGED IN OUR EMPLOYEE'S HAND.

June 3, 2013 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amfire Mining Company LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee states reeling oil hose at the oil trailer stepped into a hole catching his toe on a rock causing him to fall, spraining his left hand. No medical attention until 6/27, X-ray of the hand revealed a fracture to the metacarpal bones in his hand.