Mining Incidents

Elk County Mine Coal

Jurassic Energy Inc · Surface
Kersey, Elk County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608984

Elk County Mine has $616 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2006
Latest incident
Oct 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
6
citations
3
significant & substantial
$616
proposed penalties
$616
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
26
inspections on record
568
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: 568 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Elk County Mine has $616 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$616
proposed penalties
$616
current assessed
$616
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-09-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Elk County Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.07 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 24 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.
0.07
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.14
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
24
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-09-06.
Silica (quartz)
4.0
silica avg (%)
4.0
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-10-31.
Noise
8%
over PEL
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-09-06.
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
2016 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 770 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 770 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 770 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 770 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 770 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 770 1 0 1298.7
2015 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
Show 39 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4 406 2 2 4926.1
2014 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 410 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 250 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 915 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 840 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,080 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,160 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 900 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 260 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 860 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 950 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 895 2 1 2234.6
2010 Q1 800 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 880 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 730 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 840 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 700 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 650 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 950 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 775 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 850 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,027 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 210 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 710 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 780 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,120 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 700 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 230 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2006 · 1 incident

October 26, 2006 PA · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jurassic Energy Inc · Fall from machine

While checking fan belts for tightness, operator needed to stand (squat) on rear loader tire. After belts were checked and operator went to stand up, his feet slipped out, he was unable to grab anything to catch himself and fell to the ground, landing on right leg first resulting in knee injury.

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