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Fuel Fabricators Preparation Plant: 4 MSHA citations Coal

Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Facility
Controlled by C Alan Walker
Bigler, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607111

Fuel Fabricators Preparation Plant has $245 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
21
Years on record
1983–1995
Latest incident
Oct 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
4
citations
2
significant & substantial
$245
proposed penalties
$245
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Fuel Fabricator'S Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
108
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: 108 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fuel Fabricators Preparation Plant has $245 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.
$245
proposed penalties
$245
current assessed
$245
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-07-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
50.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 50.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Fuel Fabricators Preparation Plant shows 83% of 46 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Last sampled: 2001-11-03, 24 years ago
83%
within 1.5 mg/m3
46
samples
2.20
dust max (mg/m3)
9 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 37 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • LABORER/BLACKSMITH43
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER2
  • CLEANING PLANT OPERATOR1

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2001-03-05, 25 years ago
0.5
silica avg (%)
4
samples
0.7
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • LABORER/BLACKSMITH4
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2000-06-10, 26 years ago
25%
over PEL
4
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • LABORER/BLACKSMITH2
  • CLEANING PLANT OPERATOR1
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER1
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ 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 by year
ⓘ 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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2001 89% 19
2000 78% 27
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2001 0.7 1
2000 0.4 3
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Fuel Fabricators Preparation Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.

Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 6.94 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 7.64 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Fuel Fabricator'S Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 14
2000 18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Fuel Fabricators Preparation Plant sits in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania · Population 78,902
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,181
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2001 Q4 6,852 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 9,138 1 0 109.4
2001 Q2 8,460 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 10,215 1 1 97.9
2000 Q4 8,365 1 0 119.5
2000 Q3 9,698 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,333 1 1 120.0
2000 Q1 12,293 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

1995 · 3 incidents

October 18, 1995 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING A 9" X 8" X 8' RAILROAD TIED ON A CHEVY PICKUP TRUCK. THE TIE SLIPPED, PINCHING HIS RT HAND INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE TIE AND THE TRUCK BED. XRAY SHOWED NOTHING BROKEN - 3 STITCHES.

June 16, 1995 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE PUMPING OUT A SETTLEMENT POND HE SLIPPED & FELL LANDING ON HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RT HAND HE JAMMED THE FINGER INTO THE KNUCKLE CAUSING SWELLING SORENESS & DISCOLORATION

May 5, 1995 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHLE RUNNING A 980B CAT LOADER ON FOUR DIFFERENT 10 HOUR SHIFS, HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT.

1993 · 1 incident

April 5, 1993 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE PUTTING A SHEET OF 4'X8' MILDSTEEL INTO THE STEEL RACK, HE SLID HIS ARM OVER A SHEET OF STAINLESS STEEL, CUTTING HIS LEFT FOREARM.

1992 · 1 incident

March 24, 1992 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS CLIMBING ON LOADER. TWISTED BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

July 9, 1990 PA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED SAMPLING WATER AT WEIR SR WATER STATION #1, SLIPPED ON LOOSE ROCK, STRAINED INGUINAL REGION CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL JULY 20. WAS OPERATED ON FOR HERNIA ON 7/23/90.

1989 · 2 incidents

July 18, 1989 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MECHANIC REPAIRING REFUSE FILTER WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING BROKEN BONE LEFT HAND LITTLE FINGER.

May 31, 1989 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE GARDENING SLIPPED FELL ON REAR END BRUISED TAIL BONE AREA

1988 · 1 incident

1987 · 1 incident

December 15, 1987 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAINTENANCE MAN3MOVING FUEL TANK -TWISTED BACK.

1986 · 2 incidents

April 13, 1986 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJ CLEARING ST6CK ASH HOPPER OBSTRUCTION WAS REMOVED AND INJ TIPS OF LEFT HAND FINGERS RING & INDEX WERE SEVERED.

March 20, 1986 PA · Coal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Fall from machine

INJURED WAS CLI4BING ONTO LOADER HOLDING WALKIE TALKIE IN ONE HAND WHEN OPENING LOADER CAB DOOR LOST BALANCE & FELL TO GROUND

1985 · 3 incidents

December 19, 1985 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PU7TING PIN IN BUCKET CUPLING AND PINCHED TIPS OF FINGERS BETWEEN BUCKET CUPLING AND BUCKET ARM

February 15, 1985 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Fall from machine

WHEN WORKING ON3TRUCK STEPPED OFF ON ICE AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE

February 8, 1985 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Contact with cold

BACK TIGHTENED 6P AFTER EXPOSURE TO COLD AIR

1984 · 2 incidents

February 14, 1984 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIM WAS CARRYING A 100-POUND SACK OF CALCIUM CHLORIDE UP A FLIGHT OF STEPS WHEN HE STRAINED HISABDOMINAL MUSCLES. HE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION, BUT HAS SINCE BEEN DIAGNOSED AS SUFFERING A HERNIA REQUIRING SURGERY AND THIS AS BECOME A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT.

February 12, 1984 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Fall from machine

VICTIM WAS CLIMBING UP ONTO RAILROAD CAR TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY BALAST REMAINING INSIDE. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL, STRIKING HIS ARM ON THE RAIL BELOW. VICTIM SUFFERED A FRACTURE TO THE LE FT FOREARM.

1983 · 4 incidents

December 28, 1983 PA · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE VICTIM REPORTED PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN HIS RIGHT HAND AFTER USING A STEEL BAR TO CHIP ICE FROM WALKING AREAS AROUND THE PLANT. THE EXACT NATURE OF HIS PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED AS OF TH E REPORT.

September 1, 1983 PA · Coal fireman - locomotive, railroad clam operator, timekeeper, yard engine operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

STRAINED ABDOM MUSCLES LIFTING SECTION OF BELT CONVEYOR.DIDNT RESULT IN LOST TIME WHEN IT OCCURRED BUT DAMAGE DONE HAS NOW REQ SURGERY -REPORTABLE ACCIDENT.

April 28, 1983 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Fall from machine

VICTIM WAS STEPPING FROM BACKHOE ONTO GROUND SLIPPED ON MUDDY SPOT AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE

January 4, 1983 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fuel Fabricator'S Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INJURED WAS LIFTING THE LID ON A CONTAINER OF CAUSTIC LIQUID TO CHECL THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID. A DROP OF THE LIQUID FROM THE LID WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE CAUSING A CHEMCIAL BURN TO THE SURFACE.