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CHALLENGER YARD Coal

MILLCREEK PROCESSING · Facility
Seward, Indiana County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3608316

CHALLENGER YARD has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $524 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1992–2002
Latest incident
Oct 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
65
citations
25
significant & substantial
$8,504
proposed penalties
$7,980
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $524 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
88
inspections on record
1,461
inspection hours
4.5
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.
65 citations across 1,461 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CHALLENGER YARD has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $524 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$524
outstanding
65 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at CHALLENGER YARD shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 143 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.
0.10
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.57
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
143
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-23.
Silica (quartz)
7.9
silica avg (%)
12.9
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-11-25.
Noise
0%
over PEL
74
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-01-06.
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
2025 Q4 3,945 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,423 2 0 584.3
2025 Q2 3,116 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,931 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,959 3 2 757.8
2024 Q3 3,910 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,535 4 1 1131.5
2024 Q1 3,169 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,210 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,571 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,047 2 0 656.4
2023 Q1 2,890 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,264 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,751 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,025 3 0 745.3
2022 Q1 2,712 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,269 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,010 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,257 3 0 1329.2
2021 Q1 2,298 1 0 435.2
2020 Q4 2,314 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,321 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,182 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,817 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,245 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,103 1 0 322.3
2019 Q2 3,404 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,371 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,392 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,885 1 0 257.4
2018 Q2 3,165 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,981 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,257 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,163 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,652 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,139 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,213 2 1 622.5
2016 Q3 3,301 2 0 605.9
2016 Q2 2,446 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,764 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,140 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,836 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,449 1 0 224.8
2015 Q1 3,713 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,668 1 0 214.2
2014 Q3 4,293 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,440 4 1 900.9
2014 Q1 4,115 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,878 1 1 205.0
2013 Q3 4,208 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,993 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,468 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,671 1 0 214.1
2012 Q3 4,162 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,805 2 0 416.2
2012 Q1 4,603 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,312 3 0 564.8
2011 Q3 4,484 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,153 1 0 194.1
2011 Q1 4,576 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,974 2 1 402.1
2010 Q3 4,851 7 6 1443.0
2010 Q2 5,062 2 1 395.1
2010 Q1 4,584 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,140 2 2 389.1
2009 Q3 4,606 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,602 2 0 434.6
2009 Q1 4,903 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,184 1 1 192.9
2008 Q3 5,313 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,655 1 1 214.8
2008 Q1 4,593 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,784 1 1 264.3
2007 Q3 3,920 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,763 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,399 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,141 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,210 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,143 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,492 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,594 2 2 556.5
2005 Q3 4,050 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,014 1 0 249.1
2005 Q1 5,299 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,672 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,709 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,839 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,235 1 0 309.1
2003 Q4 3,579 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,231 2 2 619.0
2003 Q2 3,132 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,158 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,683 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,537 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,078 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,714 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,750 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,165 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,982 1 1 200.7
2001 Q1 3,705 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,159 1 0 240.4
2000 Q3 2,998 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,610 1 1 277.0
2000 Q1 3,419 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2002 · 1 incident

October 17, 2002 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millcreek Processing · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE TWISTED KNEE WHILE WALKING ACROSS YARD TO SAMPLE COAL.

2001 · 1 incident

July 18, 2001 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Millcreek Processing · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DISMOUNTING MACHINE SLIPPED ON STEP. AS I SLIPPED HELD ONTO MACHINE HAND RAIL. ALL WEIGHT WAS ON RIGHT ARM CAUSING INJURY.

1993 · 1 incident

February 26, 1993 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Millcreek Processing · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REFUELING HIS LOADER AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF POSITIONING THE STEEL SAFETY LOCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND THE SAFETY LOCK FELL ON HIS THUMB FRACTURING IT.

1992 · 1 incident

July 16, 1992 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Millcreek Processing · Contact with hot objects or substances

55061S INA MANHOLE CLEANING A FILTER ON A WATER PUMP AND WAS BEING BITTEN BY ANTS. EVEN THOUGH HE WAS ADVISED NOT TO HE PROCEEDED TO POUR GASOLINE AROUND THE TOP OF THE MANHOLE. INORDER TO KIL 30385 ANTS THEN HE CLIMBED BACK INTO THE MANHOLEAND TOLD A CO WORKER TO TURN ON THE PUM THE STARTING OF THE PUMP TRIGGERED AN EXPLOSION CAUSING THE INJURIES.

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