Clearfield County Strips Coal
Black Cat Coal, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Kim Horton
Osceola Mills,
Clearfield County,
PA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609651
Clearfield County Strips has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
30
citations
11
significant & substantial
$12,507
proposed penalties
$3,046
paid to date
24% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,461 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
34
inspections on record
821
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: 821 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Clearfield County Strips has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $9K outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$9K
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-01-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Clearfield County Strips shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 59 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.12
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.97
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
59
samples
Most recent sample: 2021-11-18.
Silica (quartz)
30.5
silica avg (%)
30.5
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-09-11.
Noise
0%
over PEL
19
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-06-05.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 325 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q1 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 10989.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,292 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,720 | 3 | 2 | 1102.9 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,122 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 681 | 2 | 0 | 2936.9 |
| 2017 Q4 | 3,017 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 3,069 | 3 | 0 | 977.5 |
| 2017 Q2 | 4,147 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,090 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,721 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 3,333 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,478 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 3,620 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,684 | 1 | 1 | 372.6 |
| 2015 Q3 | 2,206 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 3,938 | 1 | 0 | 253.9 |
| 2015 Q1 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 2,353 | 2 | 1 | 850.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 2,691 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 2,496 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,961 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 2,734 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 2,194 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,616 | 1 | 0 | 618.8 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1,857 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 730 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 235 | 2 | 2 | 8510.6 |
| 2012 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 351 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 978 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 2,301 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 2,572 | 3 | 1 | 1166.4 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,870 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 2,255 | 5 | 1 | 2217.3 |
| 2010 Q2 | 2,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 1,199 | 1 | 0 | 834.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 467 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 576 | 5 | 3 | 8680.6 |
| 2008 Q4 | 920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,092 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Clearfield County Strips
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.