Mining Incidents

ELK Resources Auger Crew 1 Coal

ELK Resources Inc · Surface
Controlled by Alisha Steuernagel
Windber, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3610185

ELK Resources Auger Crew 1 has $3K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
6
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,897
proposed penalties
$2,897
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
12
inspections on record
166
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: 166 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 Resources Auger Crew 1 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-02-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at ELK Resources Auger Crew 1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.06 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 17 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.
0.06
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.15
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-09-18.
Noise
33%
over PEL
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-12-12.
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
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 1 0
2019 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 149 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 128 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 520 1 0 1923.1
2018 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 556 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 470 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 960 1 1 1041.7
2016 Q4 950 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 630 3 0 4761.9
2016 Q2 240 0 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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The full compliance file on ELK Resources Auger Crew 1

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.