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: 497 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Crow's Nest 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
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-11-02.
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 Crow's Nest shows 99% of 77 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: 2005-10-20, 20 years ago
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
77
samples
1.61
dust max (mg/m3)
62 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 15 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.
Crow's Nest recorded 13.12 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
13.12
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 5.57 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 6.55 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2004 *
13.12
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2007
1
2006
2
2005
8
2004
13
2003
12
2002
3
2001
0
2000
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Crow's Nest sits in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania · Population 353,345
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$72,468
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
2007 Q1
9
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
76
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
117
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,035
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
2,015
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
3,557
1
1
281.1
2005 Q3
2,889
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
4,707
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q1
5,158
2
1
387.7
2004 Q4
6,369
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
8,501
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,268
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
8,350
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
9,086
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
6,584
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
4,761
2
0
420.1
2003 Q1
5,552
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
8,864
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
0
0
0
2002 Q2
0
0
0
2002 Q1
0
2
1
2001 Q4
0
0
0
2001 Q3
0
5
4
2001 Q2
0
0
0
2001 Q1
0
8
6
2000 Q4
0
0
0
2000 Q3
0
6
4
2000 Q2
0
0
0
2000 Q1
0
2
2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2004 · 2 incidents
November 11, 2004PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was using a 6 ft step ladder and lifting a 50 lb bag of hydrated lime. A fellow employee, driving a skidsteer, was placing a pallet of bagged lime and bumped into the ladder, causing the ee to fall to the floor, striking the right side of his face and right shoulder. The fall resulted and bruising on the right side of employee's face.
September 27, 2004PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was using a ladder to climb onto a screen discharge box and lost his footing, causing him to fall onto the floor. He dislocated a finger on his right hand.
PERSONNEL WERE REMOVING A SHAFT SLEEVE FROM A PUMP DRIVE WITH A HAMMER AND CHISEL WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF THE CHISEL BROKE OFF AND STRUCK THE INJURED IN THE NECK.
2000 · 1 incident
October 11, 2000PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techOTHER
EE WAS IN A DARK AREA OF THE PLANT, SURVEYING THE AREA FOR PLACEMENT OF A SHUT-OFF VALVE. AN EXTENSION CORD FROM A WORK LIGHT STRUCK THE SIDE OF A DUSTY PIPE, THROWING DUST INTO THE EYES OF TH E INJURED. INJURED HAD TEMPORARILY REMOVED HIS SAFETY GLASSES TO BETTER OBSERVE THE VALVE LOCATION.