water pump 6" hose became pressurized when pump was turned on and moved striking miner in the legs and knocking EE down. Miner hurt EE's left wrist/lower arm bracing self from EE's fall to the ground.
Craighead Mine Coal
Heritage Coal & Natural Resources LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
KTRV LLC
Indian Lake, PA,
Somerset County,
PA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3610272
Craighead Mine has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 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
- 2021
- Latest incident
- Jul 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
24
citations
7
significant & substantial
$14,697
proposed penalties
$14,696
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
11
inspections on record
227
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: 227 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Craighead Mine has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 0 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.$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$1
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-05-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Craighead Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.06 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 33 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.0.06
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.57
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
33
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-04-13.
Silica (quartz)
4.3
silica avg (%)
5.6
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2021-06-28.
Noise
7%
over PEL
14
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-01-05.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q2 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 25000.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 159 | 2 | 0 | 12578.6 |
| 2022 Q4 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 232 | 3 | 0 | 12931.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 525 | 3 | 1 | 5714.3 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Q4 | 2,506 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 4,522 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 6,190 | 10 | 3 | 1615.5 |
| 2021 Q1 | 3,242 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q2 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 874 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 194 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 914 | 2 | 2 | 2188.2 |
| 2019 Q2 | 2,581 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 3,439 | 2 | 1 | 581.6 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2021 · 1 incident
July 24, 2021
PA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heritage Coal & Natural Resources LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface
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