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Coral Energy: 13 MSHA citations Coal

Coral Energy Services LLC · Facility
Homer City, Indiana County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609744

Coral Energy has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $91 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
13
citations
8
significant & substantial
$3,822
proposed penalties
$3,439
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $383 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
9
inspections on record
263
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: 263 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Coral Energy has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $91 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$91
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $585 in penalties contested before the Commission, $293 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-07-26.
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.
61.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
61.5%
reasonably likely or greater
61.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
50%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$585 proposed, $293 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2009-10-28.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
PENN 2010-74 Settlement Harner 2011 $585 → $293
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Coral Energy shows 100% of 38 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: 2013-07-24, 13 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
38
samples
0.15
dust max (mg/m3)
38 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER18
  • WEIGHMAN8
  • FINE COAL PLANT OPERATOR7

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.

Last sampled: 2013-03-04, 13 years ago
0%
over PEL
23
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER12
  • FINE COAL PLANT OPERATOR4
  • WEIGHMAN4
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2013 100% 7
2012 100% 10
2011 100% 8
2010 100% 8
2009 100% 5
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2013 0% 3
2012 0% 5
2011 0% 5
2010 0% 5
2009 0% 5
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Coral Energy Services LLC 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2013 4
2012 7
2011 7
2010 6
2009 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Coral Energy sits in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Indiana County, Pennsylvania · Population 83,213
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,739
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
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 967 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,993 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,625 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,443 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,500 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,715 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,711 0 0 0.0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q4 4,367 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,939 1 0 253.9
2011 Q2 3,795 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,590 2 0 557.1
2010 Q4 3,493 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,628 2 1 551.3
2010 Q2 3,432 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,882 2 2 515.2
2009 Q4 4,969 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,337 1 0 299.7
2009 Q2 3,337 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.