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CRR Breaker Coal

CRR LLC · Facility
Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3608385

CRR Breaker has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
May 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
83
citations
19
significant & substantial
$8,632
proposed penalties
$7,077
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,555 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
61
inspections on record
1,826
inspection hours
4.5
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.
83 citations across 1,826 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CRR Breaker has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at CRR Breaker shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.27 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 114 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.
0.27
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.79
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
114
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-04-06.
Silica (quartz)
0.5
silica avg (%)
1.0
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-04-13.
Noise
11%
over PEL
84
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-10-08.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q3 925 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 901 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 980 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 992 1 0 1008.1
2024 Q3 1,001 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,290 1 0 775.2
2024 Q1 1,347 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,412 1 0 708.2
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 1,395 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,420 1 0 704.2
2023 Q1 1,306 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,297 1 0 771.0
2022 Q3 1,338 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,448 2 1 1381.2
2021 Q4 1,536 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 336 3 2 8928.6
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 440 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 0 1 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 614 1 0 1628.7
2018 Q1 1,639 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,899 1 0 526.6
2017 Q3 1,978 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,805 1 0 356.5
2017 Q1 1,959 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 904 1 0 1106.2
2016 Q3 52 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,642 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,266 1 0 441.3
2015 Q3 1,619 1 0 617.7
2015 Q2 1,595 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,239 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,227 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,052 1 1 950.6
2014 Q2 1,292 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,646 1 0 607.5
2013 Q4 1,493 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,400 1 0 714.3
2013 Q2 1,999 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,914 1 0 522.5
2012 Q4 2,161 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,420 1 0 413.2
2012 Q2 2,020 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,024 1 0 494.1
2011 Q4 2,239 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,465 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,139 1 1 467.5
2011 Q1 2,496 3 0 1201.9
2010 Q4 2,262 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,164 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,195 17 6 7744.9
2010 Q1 2,032 2 1 984.3
2009 Q4 2,712 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,976 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,360 2 1 1470.6
2009 Q1 2,226 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,596 1 0 385.2
2008 Q3 2,324 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,125 4 3 1882.4
2008 Q1 1,332 4 0 3003.0
2007 Q4 1,986 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,842 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,468 2 0 1362.4
2007 Q1 1,382 5 0 3617.9
2006 Q4 1,378 5 1 3628.4
2006 Q3 335 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 7 1
2000 Q4 0 3 1
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

May 5, 2008 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gale Mining Company · Fall from headframe, derrick or tower

supervisor lost balance and fell off tank during tank construction phase

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