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E O J Strip Mine Coal

E O J Inc · Surface

Controlled by Elizabeth Zaprazny

Blythe Township, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Active

MSHA Mine ID: 3607240

E O J Strip Mine has $8K 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

2005

Latest incident

Oct 2005

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

73

citations

12

significant & substantial

$8,369

proposed penalties

$8,223

paid to date

98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $146 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

96

inspections on record

2,374

inspection hours

3.1

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

73 citations across 2,374 inspection hours.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

E O J Strip Mine has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$8K

proposed penalties

$8K

current assessed

$8K

paid to date

$0

outstanding

71 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-22.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at E O J Strip Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.11 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 185 samples.

Health sampling

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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

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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.

0.11

dust avg (mg/m3)

0.86

dust max (mg/m3)

100%

within 1.5 mg/m3

185

samples

Most recent sample: 2026-06-25.

Silica (quartz)

4.3

silica avg (%)

9.6

silica max (%)

7

samples

Most recent sample: 2025-02-27.

Noise

0%

over PEL

111

samples

Most recent sample: 2026-04-07.

Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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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 Q4	1,603	2	0	1247.7
2025 Q3	1,945	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	2,173	1	0	460.2
2025 Q1	1,241	1	0	805.8
2024 Q4	1,569	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	1,866	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	1,580	2	0	1265.8
2024 Q1	1,220	0	0	0.0

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4	1,103	1	0	906.6
2023 Q3	1,267	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	1,369	1	0	730.5
2023 Q1	1,714	0	0	0.0
2022 Q4	1,550	2	0	1290.3
2022 Q3	1,480	2	0	1351.4
2022 Q2	1,661	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	1,498	0	0	0.0
2021 Q4	1,587	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	1,502	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	1,799	0	0	0.0
2021 Q1	1,553	0	0	0.0
2020 Q4	1,653	2	0	1209.9
2020 Q3	1,467	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	1,820	1	0	549.5
2020 Q1	1,482	0	0	0.0
2019 Q4	1,614	1	0	619.6
2019 Q3	2,068	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	1,718	1	0	582.1
2019 Q1	1,453	0	0	0.0
2018 Q4	1,723	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	1,566	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	1,951	1	1	512.6
2018 Q1	1,638	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	1,482	0	0	0.0
2017 Q2	2,048	1	0	488.3
2017 Q1	2,120	0	0	0.0
2016 Q4	1,679	1	0	595.6
2016 Q3	1,889	0	0	0.0
2016 Q2	1,550	3	2	1935.5
2016 Q1	1,428	3	1	2100.8
2015 Q4	2,039	3	1	1471.3
2015 Q3	2,399	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	1,376	1	1	726.7
2015 Q1	1,376	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	2,221	1	0	450.2
2014 Q3	1,967	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	1,766	0	0	0.0
2014 Q1	1,836	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	1,126	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	1,391	0	0	0.0
2013 Q2	1,219	3	0	2461.0
2013 Q1	1,217	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	1,645	1	0	607.9
2012 Q3	1,948	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	1,948	2	0	1026.7
2012 Q1	2,265	0	0	0.0
2011 Q4	1,475	2	0	1355.9
2011 Q3	1,756	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	1,792	9	1	5022.3
2011 Q1	1,466	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	2,285	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	1,920	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	2,299	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	1,457	0	0	0.0
2009 Q4	2,304	3	1	1302.1
2009 Q3	1,993	0	0	0.0
2009 Q2	2,170	0	0	0.0
2009 Q1	1,652	0	0	0.0
2008 Q4	1,521	1	0	657.5
2008 Q3	1,350	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	1,796	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	1,491	0	0	0.0
2007 Q4	1,538	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	1,660	0	0	0.0
2007 Q2	1,788	2	0	1118.6
2007 Q1	2,914	2	0	686.3
2006 Q4	1,688	1	0	592.4
2006 Q3	1,514	0	0	0.0
2006 Q2	1,710	2	1	1169.6
2006 Q1	1,791	0	0	0.0
2005 Q4	1,858	2	1	1076.4
2005 Q3	2,120	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	2,029	2	2	985.7
2005 Q1	2,325	2	0	860.2
2004 Q4	2,353	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	2,613	3	0	1148.1
2004 Q2	2,333	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	1,610	0	0	0.0
2003 Q4	2,070	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	2,534	2	0	789.3
2003 Q2	2,502	0	0	0.0
2003 Q1	2,028	1	0	493.1
2002 Q4	2,483	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	1,765	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	2,037	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	3,132	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	2,537	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	3,777	1	0	264.8
2001 Q2	2,474	0	0	0.0
2001 Q1	2,666	0	0	0.0
2000 Q4	2,394	0	0	0.0
2000 Q3	2,320	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	2,323	0	0	0.0
2000 Q1	2,330	1	0	429.2

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

October 7, 2005 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS

E O J Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TWO OLT TRUCK DRIVERS CLOSED TAILGATE. ONE DRIVER GOT FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TAILGATE & THE TRUCK BODY. ONE FINGER WAS SMASHED AND THE TIP OF ANOTHER ONE CUT OFF.

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