Mining Incidents

Corbet South Mine: 4 MSHA citations Coal

RES Coal LLC · Surface
DuBois, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3610253

Corbet South Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2022
Latest incident
Aug 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
4
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,618
proposed penalties
$1,618
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
17
inspections on record
362
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: 362 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Corbet South Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-10-16.
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.
75.0%
significant & substantial
50.0%
high negligence or reckless
75.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 25.0% moderate, 50.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Corbet South Mine shows 98% of 59 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: 2024-06-05
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
59
samples
1.61
dust max (mg/m3)
0
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.
20 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 39 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR30
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR14
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE11

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2020-04-21, 6 years ago
2.2
silica avg (%)
2
samples
3.7
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR1
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE1

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: 2024-06-05
0%
over PEL
15
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR9
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE3
  • ROTARY BUCKET EXCAVATOR OPERATOR2
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
2024 100% 2
2023 100% 13
2022 100% 10
2021 100% 6
2020 100% 6
2019 100% 9
2018 92% 13
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2020 3.7 1
2019 0.7 1
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2024 0% 2
2023 0% 3
2022 0% 3
2019 0% 2
2018 0% 5
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. RES Coal LLC 2018 to present
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 0
2025 0
2024 1 6,083
2023 4 35,539
2022 3 36,660
2021 1 7,265
2020 2 8,918
2019 2 16,574
2018 4 482
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Corbet South Mine sits in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania · Population 78,902
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,181
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 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
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
Show 24 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 133 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,235 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,929 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,236 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,406 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,587 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,289 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,304 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,293 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 875 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 854 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 194 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 161 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 148 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 335 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 325 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 845 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 838 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 465 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,389 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,147 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,781 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 973 1 1 1027.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2022 · 1 incident

August 31, 2022 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
RES Coal LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was installing a new CB radio in a dozer. Employee had left hand on seat of dozer and was cutting a wire tie with a utility knife in right hand. Knife cut through the wire tie and then struck the employee on the back of left hand causing a laceration. The laceration required stitches to close the wound.