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: 642 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cleaning Plant has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $885 in penalties contested before the Commission, $800 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-07-27.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
10%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$885 proposed, $800 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2008-12-31.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Cleaning Plant shows 88% of 16 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: 2011-06-09, 15 years ago
88%
within 1.5 mg/m3
16
samples
1.75
dust max (mg/m3)
12 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 4 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.
Cleaning Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ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 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 8.49 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.
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
2011
1
2010
1
2009
1
2008
1
2007
1
2006
1
2005
1
2004
0
2003
0
2002
0
2001
1
2000
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Cleaning Plant sits in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania · Population 65,069
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,295
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
2011 Q4
800
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
880
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
900
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
820
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
790
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
880
1
0
1136.4
2010 Q2
860
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
900
1
0
1111.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4
800
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
830
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
885
1
0
1129.9
2009 Q1
780
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
820
2
1
2439.0
2008 Q3
760
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
768
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
680
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
0
5
0
2007 Q3
688
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
688
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
704
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
632
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
680
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
632
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
656
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
624
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
790
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
833
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
770
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
0
0
0
2004 Q3
932
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
0
0
0
2003 Q3
0
0
0
2003 Q2
0
1
0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q3
0
0
0
2002 Q2
0
1
0
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
0
1
0
2001 Q3
0
0
0
2001 Q2
650
1
0
1538.5
2001 Q1
30
1
1
33333.3
2000 Q4
0
0
0
2000 Q3
2,500
7
4
2800.0
2000 Q2
9,323
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
10,261
6
5
584.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2001 · 2 incidents
May 7, 2001PA · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
PULLING SLUDGE CURTAIN INTO PLACE, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
February 23, 2001PA · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
STEEL WIRE FOUND ITS WAY INSIDE OF SPARE BOOTS, EE CHANGED BOOTS MIDWAY THROUGH SHIFT DUE TO WET FEET, EE STARTED TO WALK AND WIRE IMPOVED ITSELF INTO EE'S RIGHT HEEL. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 4-26-01.
1998 · 2 incidents
July 18, 1998PA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE GETTING DOWN FROM THE HI LIFT, INJURED FELL FROM DECK TO GROUND 5-7'. AFTER INVESTIGATING THE ACCIDEN, WE ARE BOIT SUR EIF INJURED SLIPPED ON TOP STEP OR PASSED OUT AND FELL. I BELIEVE H E SLIPPED DUE TO THE FACT THE INJURED REMEMBERS FALLING TO THE GROUND TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF ON THE WAY DOWN.
February 3, 1998PA · Coalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE MAN WAS REMOVING THE 3 INCH DISCHARGE LINE FROM A SLURRY PUMP THAT WAS PLUGGED. WHEN HE REMOVED THE DISCHARGE LINE,HOT SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS FLEW OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE WRISTS AND FACE.