Mining Incidents

Franklin Breaker Coal

Controlled by Blaschak Holding Corp
Ravine, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3601833

Franklin Breaker has $2K 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
5
Years on record
1997–2011
Latest incident
Jan 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
24
citations
10
significant & substantial
$2,393
proposed penalties
$2,393
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
53
inspections on record
1,089
inspection hours
2.2
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.
24 citations across 1,089 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Franklin Breaker has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-01-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Franklin Breaker shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 42 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.
0.14
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.27
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
42
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-12-28.
Noise
3%
over PEL
32
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-01-05.
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
2012 Q2 662 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,161 1 1 861.3
2011 Q4 1,233 1 0 811.0
2011 Q3 1,529 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,538 3 0 1950.6
2011 Q1 1,392 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,721 1 0 581.1
2010 Q3 1,895 0 0 0.0
Show 42 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 1,746 1 0 572.7
2010 Q1 1,449 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,279 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,518 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,531 3 2 1959.5
2009 Q1 1,698 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,450 3 1 2069.0
2008 Q3 1,494 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,505 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,456 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,607 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,584 2 1 1262.6
2007 Q2 1,482 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,557 1 1 642.3
2006 Q4 1,506 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,453 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,001 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,143 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,825 1 0 547.9
2005 Q3 1,855 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,811 1 0 552.2
2005 Q1 2,367 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,443 2 2 818.7
2004 Q3 2,742 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,456 1 1 407.2
2004 Q1 2,330 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,899 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,615 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,066 1 0 938.1
2003 Q1 1,821 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,010 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,886 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,650 1 1 606.1
2002 Q1 1,678 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,696 1 0 589.6
2001 Q3 1,567 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,519 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,840 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,206 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,454 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,210 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,927 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2011 · 1 incident

January 25, 2011 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blaschak Anthracite Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE raised the engine compartment door located on the side of a rubber-tired loader to work on the engine and before he could secure it in place a wind gust blew the door over onto his arm.

2005 · 1 incident

August 17, 2005 PA · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blaschak Anthracite Corporation · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was using an electric welder to stick weld stainless steel sheets to a coal feed hopper when he slipped on a sheet of stainless steel, twisted trying to catch himself and fell backwards.

2000 · 1 incident

May 23, 2000 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blaschak Anthracite Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WRENCH SLIPPED AND LEFT HAND HIT OBJECT AND BRUISED. INITIALLY IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A FRACTURE OF THE FINGER. TEST AND X RAYS WERE DONE. SEVERELY BRUISED.

1999 · 1 incident

June 23, 1999 PA · Coal electrician, lineman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Blaschak Anthracite Corporation · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE ALLEGES BREATHING PROBLEMS ARE DUE TO PNEUMOCONIOSIS BLACK LUNG.

1997 · 1 incident

September 15, 1997 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blaschak Anthracite Corporation · Struck against stationary object

THE EE WAS WATCHING SHAKER IN BREAKER & REACHED DOWN TO TIGHTEN A BOLT & SLICKED RIGHT INDEX FINGER AGAINST STAINLESS STEEL.

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The full compliance file on Franklin Breaker

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.