Mining Incidents

Durham/Dienno Operation Coal

Controlled by Russell R White
Branchdale, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609495

Durham/Dienno Operation has $514 in proposed MSHA penalties and $163 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 2010
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$514
proposed penalties
$351
paid to date
68% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $163 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
29
inspections on record
605
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: 605 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Durham/Dienno Operation has $514 in proposed MSHA penalties and $163 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.
$514
proposed penalties
$514
current assessed
$351
paid to date
$163
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-08-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Durham/Dienno Operation shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.13 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 26 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)
0.53
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
26
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-08-18.
Noise
0%
over PEL
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-08-18.
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
2017 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 18 1 0 55555.6
2016 Q2 25 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 117 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 924 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 266 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 104 0 0 0.0
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 1,170 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,083 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 120 1 0 8333.3
2014 Q2 77 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q3 1,450 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,380 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,560 1 1 641.0
2012 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,232 1 0 811.7
2012 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,520 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,120 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,412 1 0 708.2
2010 Q3 43 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 575 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 67 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 101 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 116 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 58 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 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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