Clinton Surface Mine Coal
Pioneer Aggregates Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Mark Popple; David Popple
Vandling,
Lackawanna County,
PA
·
Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3608273
Clinton Surface Mine has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
41
citations
12
significant & substantial
$4,084
proposed penalties
$3,792
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $292 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
82
inspections on record
2,263
inspection hours
1.8
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.41 citations across 2,263 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Clinton Surface Mine has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-08-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Clinton Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.22 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 249 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.0.22
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.51
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
249
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-03-12.
Silica (quartz)
9.8
silica avg (%)
37.2
silica max (%)
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2021-08-10.
Noise
2%
over PEL
125
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-03-12.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q1 | 272 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 795 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 808 | 1 | 0 | 1237.6 |
| 2021 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q2 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 976 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 3,342 | 1 | 0 | 299.2 |
| 2019 Q2 | 3,703 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,599 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,770 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 3,183 | 1 | 0 | 314.2 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,569 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 721 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 4,715 | 1 | 1 | 212.1 |
| 2017 Q3 | 3,783 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 4,625 | 2 | 2 | 432.4 |
| 2017 Q1 | 949 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2,117 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,129 | 1 | 0 | 469.7 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,077 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 980 | 1 | 0 | 1020.4 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,246 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,374 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 2,567 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 828 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 3,280 | 1 | 0 | 304.9 |
| 2014 Q3 | 3,371 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 2,514 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,001 | 1 | 1 | 999.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 3,861 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 4,636 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 3,105 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1,924 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 3,933 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 3,692 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 3,219 | 1 | 0 | 310.7 |
| 2012 Q1 | 953 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 3,824 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 3,494 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,742 | 1 | 0 | 574.1 |
| 2011 Q1 | 603 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 951 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 3,365 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 2,506 | 2 | 1 | 798.1 |
| 2010 Q1 | 403 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 1,716 | 1 | 1 | 582.8 |
| 2009 Q3 | 4,137 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 4,248 | 1 | 0 | 235.4 |
| 2009 Q1 | 1,256 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 3,243 | 3 | 0 | 925.1 |
| 2008 Q3 | 5,879 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 4,429 | 2 | 1 | 451.6 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,433 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 3,962 | 1 | 0 | 252.4 |
| 2007 Q3 | 4,761 | 1 | 1 | 210.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 5,342 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 3,367 | 2 | 1 | 594.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 4,876 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 5,590 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 5,079 | 1 | 1 | 196.9 |
| 2006 Q1 | 4,376 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 5,557 | 1 | 0 | 180.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 5,273 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 4,827 | 1 | 0 | 207.2 |
| 2005 Q1 | 4,022 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 7,236 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 8,253 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 7,419 | 3 | 1 | 404.4 |
| 2004 Q1 | 3,884 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 7,513 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 8,588 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 7,076 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 2,551 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 5,786 | 1 | 0 | 172.8 |
| 2002 Q3 | 6,286 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 5,031 | 5 | 1 | 993.8 |
| 2002 Q1 | 1,362 | 1 | 0 | 734.2 |
| 2001 Q4 | 5,498 | 1 | 0 | 181.9 |
| 2001 Q3 | 5,317 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 5,706 | 2 | 0 | 350.5 |
| 2001 Q1 | 4,475 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 2,682 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 3,279 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 3,327 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 2,070 | 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 Clinton Surface Mine
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.