Mining Incidents

Game Commission Bank: 19 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by Scott B Kimmel
Lykens, Dauphin County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609056

Game Commission Bank has $1K 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
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Apr 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
19
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,385
proposed penalties
$1,272
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $114 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
32
inspections on record
496
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: 496 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Game Commission Bank has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $332 in penalties contested before the Commission, $219 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-12-10.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
38.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.6% low, 94.4% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
PENN20020199 Settlement Barbour 2003 $145 → $129
PENN 2003-185 Settlement Lesnick 2003 $132 → $60
PENN20030057 Settlement Barbour 2003 $55 → $30
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Game Commission Bank shows 100% of 34 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: 2008-07-30, 18 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
34
samples
1.38
dust max (mg/m3)
32 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 2 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER17
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR8
  • BACKHOE OPERATOR6

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2007-06-19, 19 years ago
4.0
silica avg (%)
2
samples
7.0
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER2

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: 2007-12-12, 18 years ago
0%
over PEL
18
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER8
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR4
  • BACKHOE OPERATOR3
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
2008 100% 1
2007 100% 10
2006 100% 3
2005 100% 11
2004 100% 3
2003 100% 4
2002 100% 2
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2007 1.0 1
2005 7.0 1
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2007 0% 7
2005 0% 6
2004 0% 2
2003 0% 1
2002 0% 2
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Meadowbrook Coal Co. Inc. 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2008 0
2007 4
2006 5
2005 3 45,831
2004 2
2003 1
2002 2 3,267
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Game Commission Bank sits in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania · Population 287,484
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$74,159
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
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1,800 1 0 555.6
2007 Q3 1,980 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,754 1 0 363.1
2007 Q1 3,090 2 0 647.2
2006 Q4 2,794 0 0 0.0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q3 3,821 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,622 3 1 1849.6
2006 Q1 2,799 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,401 1 0 294.0
2005 Q3 1,589 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,621 3 1 1850.7
2005 Q1 1,433 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,308 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,318 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 438 3 2 6849.3
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 498 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 592 2 1 3378.4
2003 Q1 187 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 882 1 0 1133.8
2002 Q3 702 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 629 2 1 3179.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

April 10, 2002 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meadowbrook Coal Co. Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING UP THE VIBRATOR PART OF SCREENING PLANT TO UNJOIN A TREE STUMP. HE LOST HIS FOOTING & BUMPED HIS KNEE RESULTING IN A BAD BRUISE.