Colver Refuse Site has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1983–2021
Latest incident
Dec 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
36
citations
13
significant & substantial
$5,499
proposed penalties
$5,348
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
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.
36 citations across 1,923 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Colver Refuse Site has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-09.
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.
MSHA sampling at Colver Refuse Site shows 100% of 289 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: 2026-05-06
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
289
samples
1.98
dust max (mg/m3)
1
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
234 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 55 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.
Colver Refuse Site recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 2.63 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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2026
7
2025
10
2024
8
2023
9
2022
9
2021
9
2020
6
2019
5
2018
5
2017
7
2016
7
2015
7
2014
8
2013
8
2012
9
2011
10
2010
12
264,138
2009
12
249,237
2008
13
2007
14
2006
12
2005
13
2004
12
2003
11
2002
11
2001
11
2000
11
156,374
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Colver Refuse Site sits in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Cambria County, Pennsylvania · Population 132,355
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$56,292
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
2026 Q2
4,035
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
5,475
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
5,295
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
5,315
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
5,093
1
0
196.3
2025 Q1
5,786
1
0
172.8
2024 Q4
4,864
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
4,608
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
5,765
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
5,680
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
5,869
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
5,455
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
6,149
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
5,578
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
5,817
1
0
171.9
2022 Q3
5,697
1
0
175.5
2022 Q2
5,658
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
5,925
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
5,561
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
5,909
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
5,483
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
5,587
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
4,988
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
826
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
3,123
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
4,337
1
0
230.6
2019 Q4
3,507
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
3,504
1
0
285.4
2019 Q2
3,543
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
4,588
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
3,427
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
2,701
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
3,034
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
3,073
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
3,204
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
3,507
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
3,368
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
3,296
1
1
303.4
2016 Q4
2,514
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,182
1
0
314.3
2016 Q2
3,908
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
4,237
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
4,349
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
3,768
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
4,104
1
1
243.7
2015 Q1
4,638
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
4,738
2
0
422.1
2014 Q3
4,586
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
4,907
1
0
203.8
2014 Q1
5,561
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
4,901
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
4,520
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
5,644
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
6,182
1
1
161.8
2012 Q4
5,786
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
5,411
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
5,872
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
6,480
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
5,435
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
6,682
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
6,857
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
6,804
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
6,863
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
7,123
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
7,285
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
8,029
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
7,365
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
7,276
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
7,643
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
7,708
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
7,491
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
7,352
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
8,206
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
9,072
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
8,000
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
9,038
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
8,984
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
9,006
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
7,953
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
7,761
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
7,040
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
6,525
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
8,359
10
2
1196.3
2005 Q3
8,851
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
7,888
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
7,283
1
0
137.3
2004 Q4
7,215
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
7,454
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,230
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
7,022
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,435
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
6,325
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
7,344
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
6,492
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
6,159
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
7,779
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
4,679
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,013
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
7,589
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
6,403
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
7,070
1
1
141.4
2001 Q1
6,818
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
6,768
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
7,825
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
6,665
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,280
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
18 on file
2021 · 1 incident
December 8, 2021PA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was cleaning the screen at the end of the day. EE had just entered the feeder box through the access door to clean the material stuck on the sides of the feeder box. As EE entered, EE knocked EE's hard hat off EE's head and at the same time a piece of rock stuck to the side of the feeder box fell and struck EE on top of the head. This caused a laceration on top of EE's head.
2018 · 1 incident
June 25, 2018PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Maple Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Victim was driving a pin with a punch and hammer. When pin finally moved, finger went into pin hole and the bar pinched little finger on left hand causing a laceration that required 5 stitches.
2014 · 2 incidents
July 29, 2014PA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was conducting clean-up inside and around the clean coal chute of a screen machine and using a hoe to dislodge fine coal material build-up on the chute. Unexpectedly, a homogenous section of the wet, fine material dislodged, pinning the employee knee against the side of the hopper. A large piece of material struck employee's right knee.
April 23, 2014PA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was changing bucket teeth on a loader. Employee used a hammer to remove old teeth. Afterwards he noticed a small laceration on his left forearm. Two days later his forearm was sore so he went to the hospital to get x-rayed. A small shard of metal was lodged in his forearm but the doctor couldn't find it and put one stitch in his forearm.
2006 · 1 incident
September 18, 2006PA · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was cleaning off grizzly bars on the screen plant. He was on the platform leading into the loader cab. He was behind the platform railing pulling plastic from the grizzly bars when he slipped and fell between the loader and the screen plant. His left foot contacted the loader step fracturing his left ankle.
2004 · 3 incidents
December 15, 2004PA · Coalcoal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shovelerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was cleaning the tracks on a Komatsu excavator. Employee's hand slipped off shovel and shovel handle hit employee on left side of head. Employee went to hospital and got checked out and was released and returned to work next day.
Employee jumped off coal belt stacker steps and landed awkward on left foot and immediately felt pain near toes. Got x-rayed and nothing broke - just bruised.
April 14, 2004PA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS LIFTING 4"PVC PIPE WHEN HE FELT A PROBLEM IN HIS LOWER BACK. EE FINISHED SHIFT & REPORTED TO WORK AT 7 AM ON 11/05/03 & WORKED UNTIL 12PM THEN TOLD SUPERVISOR HIS BACK WAS HURTING. EE WENT FOR CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT & RETURNED TO WORK.
January 29, 2003PA · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
THIS WAS A REOCCURRENCE OF AN ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED 12-6-02. EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER AND CLEANING HOPPER ON 1-29-03 AND AFTER WORK HAD A CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT. EARLY MORNING ON 1 -30-03 HAD BACK SPASMS AND DID NOT REPORT TO WORK UNTIL 2-4-03.
2002 · 1 incident
December 6, 2002PA · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS OPERATING FRONT END LOADER SCREENING COALAND CLEANING CLOGGED HOPPERS ON 12-6-02. IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR WAS NOTIFIED ON 12-11-02 THAT EE HURT HIS BACK ON 12-6-02 AND WAS HAVING CHIROPRA CTIC TREATMENTS AND NEEDED TO FILE AN ACCIDENT REPORT. EE COULD NOT PINPOINT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
1999 · 1 incident
December 10, 1999PA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
EE WAS HOLDING A 2 PIECES OF METAL TOGETHER SO THE WELDER COULD WELD THEM. HE DID NOT TURN HIS HEAD IN TIME WHEN THE WELDING STARTING AND FLASH BURN BIG EYES.
1991 · 1 incident
December 18, 1991PA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WALKING ON SNOW COVERED GROUND CHECKING WATER WEIRS. FELL WITH FULL WEIGHT ONTO A HORIZONTAL TREE STRIKING ABDOMINAL AREA. LOCATION OF ACCIDENT 10' OFF TOWNSHIP ROAD IN A SMALL WOODLOT.
1985 · 3 incidents
August 9, 1985PA · Coalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BOOM AND TWISTED BACK ONL EFT SIDE ABOVE HIP
1983 · 1 incident
October 31, 1983PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Zev Energy Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP WAS LOWERING PUMP HOUSING TO FLOOR WITH CHAIN COME ALONG WHEN PUMP HOUSING REACHED THE FLOOR THE WEIGHT SHIFTED EMP WAS HOLDING ONTO HOUSING AND LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN HOUSING AND SU SUPT PUMP TANK SMASHING SECOND INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND