Federal Hill Mine Coal
Beechwood Coal, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Faith Ritchie; Jody L Ritchie
Frostburg,
Allegany County,
MD
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800752
Federal Hill Mine has $6K 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
43
citations
23
significant & substantial
$5,827
proposed penalties
$5,827
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
60
inspections on record
1,158
inspection hours
3.7
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.43 citations across 1,158 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Federal Hill Mine has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
43 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-11-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Federal Hill Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.24 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 125 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.0.24
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.79
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
125
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-11-06.
Silica (quartz)
10.9
silica avg (%)
18.8
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-11-30.
Noise
2%
over PEL
64
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-11-06.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,252 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,252 | 1 | 1 | 798.7 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,293 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,853 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,804 | 2 | 2 | 1108.6 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,571 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 3,132 | 1 | 1 | 319.3 |
| 2016 Q3 | 3,062 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 3,248 | 1 | 1 | 307.9 |
| 2016 Q1 | 3,017 | 1 | 1 | 331.5 |
| 2015 Q4 | 3,906 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 2,903 | 1 | 1 | 344.5 |
| 2015 Q2 | 3,231 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 2,582 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 3,674 | 2 | 0 | 544.4 |
| 2014 Q3 | 3,820 | 2 | 0 | 523.6 |
| 2014 Q2 | 3,777 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 3,151 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 3,223 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 4,842 | 1 | 0 | 206.5 |
| 2013 Q2 | 3,862 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 4,393 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 3,377 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 2,430 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,329 | 2 | 2 | 858.7 |
| 2012 Q1 | 3,392 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 3,233 | 4 | 4 | 1237.2 |
| 2011 Q2 | 3,842 | 6 | 2 | 1561.7 |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 2,436 | 1 | 1 | 410.5 |
| 2010 Q3 | 2,864 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 3,084 | 3 | 1 | 972.8 |
| 2010 Q1 | 2,563 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 3,004 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 2,806 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 2,614 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 2,261 | 2 | 1 | 884.6 |
| 2008 Q4 | 2,409 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 2,375 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 947 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 2,227 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 2,092 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 2,363 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,600 | 7 | 3 | 4375.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 2,181 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,574 | 1 | 0 | 635.3 |
| 2004 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q4 | 995 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 911 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 1,087 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 899 | 3 | 1 | 3337.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 996 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 953 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 1,076 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 841 | 2 | 1 | 2378.1 |
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 Federal Hill Mine
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.