Mining Incidents

Donaldson Bank Oper. #2 Coal

Devil's Hole Inc · Facility
Controlled by Gene B Gangloff
Donaldson, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608610

Donaldson Bank Oper. #2 has $659 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
1998
Latest incident
Nov 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6
citations
3
significant & substantial
$659
proposed penalties
$584
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $75 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23
inspections on record
243
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: 243 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Donaldson Bank Oper. #2 has $659 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$659
proposed penalties
$584
current assessed
$584
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-03-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Donaldson Bank Oper. #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.13 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 17 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.
0.13
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.28
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-03-23.
Noise
60%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-03-23.
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
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 634 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,156 3 0 1391.5
2005 Q4 1,467 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,188 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,837 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,434 1 1 697.4
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 43 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 85 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 76 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 199 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 830 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 99 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 88 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 1,051 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,055 1 1 947.9
2000 Q3 1,860 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,803 1 1 554.6
2000 Q1 1,830 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1998 · 1 incident

November 3, 1998 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Devil's Hole Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE DROVE A DOZER OVER A BANK & AND THE DOZER BOTTOMED OUT.

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