Mining Incidents

Donaldson Silt Coal

YZ-05 Inc. · Facility
Controlled by Kyle R Rhoads
Donaldson, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609402

Donaldson Silt has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
38
citations
4
significant & substantial
$9,016
proposed penalties
$1,236
paid to date
14% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,780 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
31
inspections on record
541
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: 541 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 Silt has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-03-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Donaldson Silt shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.13 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 15 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)
0.60
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-06-05.
Noise
0%
over PEL
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-09-19.
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
2015 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 100 2 1 20000.0
2014 Q4 120 1 0 8333.3
2014 Q3 120 6 2 50000.0
2014 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 80 1 0 12500.0
2012 Q4 80 1 0 12500.0
2012 Q3 100 2 0 20000.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 1,000 2 0 2000.0
2011 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 697 1 0 1434.7
2010 Q2 272 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 324 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 209 2 1 9569.4
2009 Q1 930 4 0 4301.1
2008 Q4 890 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 605 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 160 1 0 6250.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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