Mining Incidents

Clearfield Tipple Coal

Controlled by J Clifford Forrest III
Clearfield, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609140

Clearfield Tipple has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2006
Latest incident
Jun 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
22
citations
9
significant & substantial
$3,037
proposed penalties
$3,037
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
55
inspections on record
750
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: 750 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 Tipple 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
22 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-07-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Clearfield Tipple shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.05 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 73 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.
0.05
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.25
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
73
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-05-12.
Noise
0%
over PEL
53
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-04-05.
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
2016 Q3 533 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,736 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,495 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,709 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,677 0 0 0.0
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q4 2,520 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,770 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,313 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,050 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,003 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,115 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,066 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,512 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,319 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,865 1 0 258.7
2011 Q2 3,690 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,013 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,308 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,770 1 0 265.3
2010 Q2 3,869 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,929 2 1 509.0
2009 Q4 3,368 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,000 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,640 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,753 1 1 266.5
2008 Q4 3,587 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,585 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,185 4 1 1255.9
2008 Q1 3,310 2 0 604.2
2007 Q4 2,926 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,291 5 4 1519.3
2007 Q2 3,514 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,424 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,147 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,253 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,297 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,286 1 1 304.3
2005 Q4 3,078 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,782 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,518 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,269 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,827 1 0 353.7
2004 Q3 3,339 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,315 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,093 1 1 323.3
2003 Q4 3,139 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,163 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,726 3 0 1738.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2006 · 1 incident

June 28, 2006 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Driver was attempting to dump a load of coal at the Clearfield Tipple and the truck fell over onto the driver's side.

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