Mining Incidents

Glen Burn - Harmony Mine: 3 MSHA citations Coal

Mallard Contracting · Facility
Controlled by Edward Helfrich
Mt. Carmel, Northumberland County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3610091

Glen Burn - Harmony Mine has $574 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
3
citations
1
significant & substantial
$574
proposed penalties
$574
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
18
inspections on record
310
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: 310 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Glen Burn - Harmony Mine has $574 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$574
proposed penalties
$574
current assessed
$574
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $285 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-03-11.
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
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 33% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$285 proposed, $0 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2014-07-02.
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
PENN 2014-0892 Withdrawal Gill 2014 $285 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Glen Burn - Harmony Mine shows 100% of 7 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: 2020-12-02, 5 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
7
samples
0.15
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
7 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER5
  • MINE FOREMAN/MINE MANAGER1
  • WEIGHMAN1

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: 2020-12-02, 5 years ago
0%
over PEL
8
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER5
  • CLERK/TIMEKEEPER1
  • MINE FOREMAN/MINE MANAGER1
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
2020 100% 1
2019 100% 1
2018 100% 2
2016 100% 3
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2020 0% 3
2019 0% 1
2018 0% 2
2016 0% 2
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Mallard Contracting 2013 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 4
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 4
2016 7
2015 4
2014 5
2013 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Glen Burn - Harmony Mine sits in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania · Population 90,925
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$57,948
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
2021 Q4 704 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,081 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,231 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,349 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,176 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,154 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,204 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,271 1 0 786.8
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q4 1,663 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,434 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,525 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,587 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 855 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,148 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,210 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,391 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,227 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,422 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,141 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,540 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,111 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,651 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,555 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 948 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 781 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,339 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,674 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 994 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,650 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,979 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 676 0 0 0.0

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.