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
ⓘ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.
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 Craighead Mine shows 100% of 33 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: 2023-04-13, 3 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
33
samples
0.57
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.
16 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 17 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.
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)
2023
1
2022
2
2021
7
37,640
2020
2
2,172
2019
6
35,183
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Craighead Mine sits in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.6% 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.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania · Population 73,255
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$59,378
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
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
9
3
1454.0
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 file
2021 · 1 incident
July 24, 2021PA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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.
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