Mining Incidents

Conrail Tipple Coal

RES Coal LLC · Facility
Clearfield, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3610036

Conrail Tipple has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2020–2023
Latest incident
Jun 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
39
citations
10
significant & substantial
$5,287
proposed penalties
$5,211
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $76 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
54
inspections on record
1,917
inspection hours
2.0
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.
39 citations across 1,917 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Conrail Tipple has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Conrail Tipple shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.16 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 169 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.
0.16
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.00
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
169
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-05-27.
Silica (quartz)
2.1
silica avg (%)
12.3
silica max (%)
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-09-30.
Noise
0%
over PEL
88
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-05-27.
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
2025 Q4 10,578 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,338 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,736 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 9,265 3 0 323.8
2024 Q4 9,194 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 9,084 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 9,621 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,993 0 0 0.0
Show 44 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 9,640 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 9,706 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 9,443 2 0 211.8
2023 Q1 9,078 1 0 110.2
2022 Q4 7,330 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,503 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 8,955 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 9,120 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 10,030 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 9,912 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 8,601 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 7,807 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,040 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,105 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,708 1 1 149.1
2020 Q1 7,529 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 7,304 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 8,173 2 0 244.7
2019 Q2 7,646 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 8,327 2 0 240.2
2018 Q4 8,743 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 8,275 1 0 120.8
2018 Q2 8,775 1 0 114.0
2018 Q1 8,588 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 8,405 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,729 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,785 5 1 569.2
2017 Q1 9,697 1 0 103.1
2016 Q4 8,534 1 0 117.2
2016 Q3 7,712 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,136 1 0 163.0
2016 Q1 4,781 1 1 209.2
2015 Q4 6,010 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 10,054 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 10,659 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 10,242 3 0 292.9
2014 Q4 9,822 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 10,082 2 1 198.4
2014 Q2 10,024 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 9,014 2 1 221.9
2013 Q4 8,360 1 1 119.6
2013 Q3 8,350 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,914 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6,180 6 4 970.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2023 · 1 incident

June 28, 2023 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
RES Coal LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was using an acetylene torch to remove an old chute liner near the scalping screen. Hot slag fell into the top of employee's right work boot, causing a burn. Employee did not seek medical attention until 7/3/2023, at which time the burn was diagnosed as being infected. Employee was hospitalized for infection on 7/5/2023. Employee did not miss work until 7/6/2023.

2021 · 1 incident

February 3, 2021 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
RES Coal LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking across the area between the silt pile and coarse reject pile and slipped and fell due to snowy conditions. Employee landed on right hip/lower back area causing a muscle strain/pain in that area. *Employee did not seek medical attention until 2/8/2021.

2020 · 2 incidents

September 14, 2020 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
RES Coal LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was helping another employee get a piece of 4 inch metal pipe off the pipe rack and onto the forks of a forklift. EE tried lifting the pipe by self onto the forks, causing a strain to EE's lower back. Employee did not seek medical attention until after the end of EE's shift at 4:00 PM.

June 22, 2020 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
RES Coal LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking through the shop on the way to the change room. EE tripped over 2 large pieces of angle iron laying on the shop floor. EE caught the toe of EE's shoe on the angle iron, causing EE to fall forward. EE put right hand down to stop the fall and struck EE's hand on the concrete floor. EE fractured the little finger. EE did not seek medical attention until 6/25/2020.

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The full compliance file on Conrail Tipple

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.