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Garmantown Mine Coal

Controlled by Robert Spencer
Northern Cambria, Cambria County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607270

Garmantown Mine has $907 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1991–2000
Latest incident
Sep 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
14
citations
5
significant & substantial
$907
proposed penalties
$907
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
37
inspections on record
368
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: 368 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Garmantown Mine has $907 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.
$907
proposed penalties
$907
current assessed
$907
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-12-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Garmantown Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.36 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.
0.36
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.50
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
42
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-12-22.
Silica (quartz)
27.1
silica avg (%)
41.7
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-06-14.
Noise
12%
over PEL
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-12-22.
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
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 552 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 504 2 0 3968.3
2004 Q3 229 0 0 0.0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2 449 1 1 2227.2
2004 Q1 470 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 881 1 1 1135.1
2003 Q3 716 1 0 1396.6
2003 Q2 1,296 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,716 1 0 582.8
2002 Q4 1,743 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,594 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,419 5 0 2067.0
2002 Q1 3,714 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,571 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,024 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,270 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,569 1 1 218.9
2000 Q4 4,254 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,872 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,579 2 2 436.8
2000 Q1 4,237 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
February 5, 1991 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
L & J Energy Co., Inc. · Struck by falling object

INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FAILURE OF CONTRACTOR TO INSPECT HIGHWALL FOR DETERIORATION, RESULTED IN LOOSE ROCK DISLODGING FROM HIGHWALL STRIKING THE VICTIM FATALLY

Reportable incidents

9 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2000 · 1 incident

September 18, 2000 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L & J Energy Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STARTING PUMP TO PUMP PIT WATER TO PONDS. HE STEPPED ON BACK OF FRAME WITH BUCKET OF WATER TO PRIME PUMP.EXTRA WEIGHT ON BACK CAUSED PUMP TONGUE TO RAISE OFF GROUND. EE JUMPED FROM PUMP FRAME BUT PUMP ROLLE ONTO HIS FOOT, CAUSING INJURY TO FOOT.

1996 · 2 incidents

August 15, 1996 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
L & J Energy Co., Inc. · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS DRIVING LOADED ROCK TRUCK UPHILL TOTHE DUMP AREA. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO DOWNSHIFT, HE MISSED 1ST GEAR AND BEGAN ROLLING BACKWARD DOWN THE HILL. THE RIGHT SIDE TIRES ROLLED UP ONTO TH E BERM, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROLL ONTO ITS SIDE.

February 1, 1996 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
L & J Energy Co., Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING THE FRONT END LOADER, THE FUEL LINE WAS FROZE UP & THE MACHINE ROLLED OVER BACKWARDS DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.

1995 · 1 incident

September 29, 1995 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L & J Energy Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

WHILE SEEDING AND MULCHING GROUND ON JOB SITE THAT WAS BACKFILLED EE THREW A BALE OF HAY INTO THE MULCHER AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

1993 · 3 incidents

October 1, 1993 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
L & J Energy Co., Inc. · Struck by falling object

HIGHWALL FELL INTO PIT BELOW, DAMGED BULLDOZER AND INJURED OPERATOR.

August 15, 1993 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor OTHER
L & J Energy Co., Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS ENTERING CAB OF LOADER AS A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE DOOR SHUT ON HIS HAND.

1991 · 2 incidents

August 22, 1991 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
L & J Energy Co., Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING DOWN A 12 GALLON FUEL TANK FOR A LARGE WATER PUMP. HE FILLED THE INSIDE OF TANK WITH HOT WATER, THE TANK FELL OVER AND HOT WATER SPLASHED OUT ON LEFT LEG AND FOOT.

February 5, 1991 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
L & J Energy Co., Inc. · Struck by falling object

INCLEMENT WEATEHR CONDITIONS AND FAILURE TO CONTRACTER, TO PERIODICALLY INSPECT THE HIGHWALL FOR DETEIORATION. RESULTED IN LOOSE ROCK DISLODGING FROM THE HIGHWALL, STRIKING HTE VICTIM AND SER IOUSLY INJURING HIM.

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