Eckley Operation has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2023–2025
Latest incident
Mar 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
15
citations
0
significant & substantial
$8,965
proposed penalties
$8,361
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $604 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
22
inspections on record
661
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: 661 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Eckley Operation has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 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
$8K
paid to date
$604
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Eckley Operation shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.21 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 79 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.
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
Employee was performing routine maintenance on the dragline using hand tools to remove dirt shoot from in front of the drum of the dragline. While lifting the dirt chute up, the employee's finger got pinched between the chute and frame of the upper platform.
Employee was wiping off the torch due to sputtering. Employee turned off the nozzle on the torch before wiping. Metal build up inside the torch released and the torch sparked burning through glove onto employee's hand
October 7, 2024PA · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While the contractor, smucker builders, crew was using a brut post grabber to set the 16th pole of the day for a pole building construction, the 8"x8"x32' pole slipped in the brut pole grabber. It then fell forward knocking down the last pole set, which landed on the brace of the next pole back. the 2x4 wood brace broke and stuck EE in the back of the head as EE moved away.
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