Mining Incidents

Falls Creek Auger Crew - 3 Coal

Cairnbrook, PA, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609225

Falls Creek Auger Crew - 3 has $480 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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 2004
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$480
proposed penalties
$420
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
26
inspections on record
285
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: 285 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Falls Creek Auger Crew - 3 has $480 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$480
proposed penalties
$420
current assessed
$420
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-09-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Falls Creek Auger Crew - 3 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.13 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 27 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)
0.66
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
27
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-02-04.
Noise
6%
over PEL
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-02-04.
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 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 831 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 447 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 122 1 0 8196.7
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 330 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,038 0 0 0.0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q3 171 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 970 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 440 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,085 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,241 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,451 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 611 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 731 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 827 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 483 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,021 1 0 979.4
2010 Q2 317 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 91 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 541 1 0 1848.4
2009 Q3 219 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 58 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,178 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,312 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 939 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 814 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 665 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 641 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 831 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 313 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 752 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 929 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 772 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 727 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 146 2 0 13698.6

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 Falls Creek Auger Crew - 3

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