Mining Incidents

Glen Lyon Operation Coal

Controlled by Kenneth M Pollock
Glen Lyon, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3608391

Glen Lyon Operation has $42K in proposed MSHA penalties and $165 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2015–2017
Latest incident
Jan 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
119
citations
41
significant & substantial
$42,453
proposed penalties
$42,078
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $375 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
95
inspections on record
3,093
inspection hours
3.8
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.
119 citations across 3,093 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Glen Lyon Operation has $42K in proposed MSHA penalties and $165 outstanding across 5 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.
$42K
proposed penalties
$42K
current assessed
$42K
paid to date
$165
outstanding
112 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Glen Lyon Operation shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.22 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 353 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.
0.22
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.48
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
353
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-05-27.
Silica (quartz)
7.6
silica avg (%)
29.2
silica max (%)
31
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-05-29.
Noise
1%
over PEL
166
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-05-20.
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
2025 Q4 7,528 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,475 3 1 463.3
2025 Q2 7,172 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,243 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,210 2 0 277.4
2024 Q3 5,972 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 7,366 1 0 135.8
2024 Q1 5,791 2 0 345.4
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,244 3 1 480.5
2023 Q3 5,302 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,779 2 2 295.0
2023 Q1 5,574 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,126 1 0 163.2
2022 Q3 5,609 1 0 178.3
2022 Q2 4,391 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,886 2 0 339.8
2021 Q3 4,761 3 1 630.1
2021 Q2 5,181 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,274 3 1 568.8
2020 Q4 6,127 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,924 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,756 3 1 521.2
2020 Q1 7,342 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 7,349 2 0 272.1
2019 Q3 8,098 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,195 1 0 161.4
2019 Q1 6,348 1 0 157.5
2018 Q4 7,421 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 10,844 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 9,183 3 0 326.7
2018 Q1 11,530 4 1 346.9
2017 Q4 11,141 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 14,318 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 15,509 3 0 193.4
2017 Q1 19,350 2 1 103.4
2016 Q4 17,620 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 16,896 2 0 118.4
2016 Q2 18,847 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 20,075 9 6 448.3
2015 Q4 28,387 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 23,822 1 1 42.0
2015 Q2 26,740 1 1 37.4
2015 Q1 19,525 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 18,079 1 1 55.3
2014 Q3 16,653 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 9,985 1 0 100.2
2014 Q1 6,616 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 10,126 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 7,458 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,977 1 0 200.9
2013 Q1 10,391 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 14,559 3 2 206.1
2012 Q3 13,022 2 2 153.6
2012 Q2 13,626 2 0 146.8
2012 Q1 9,203 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7,178 6 2 835.9
2011 Q3 4,537 1 1 220.4
2011 Q2 4,401 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,060 2 0 653.6
2010 Q4 4,377 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,536 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,391 3 2 683.2
2010 Q1 2,026 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,947 10 6 2533.6
2009 Q3 4,004 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,723 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,645 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,813 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,988 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,374 2 0 842.5
2008 Q1 3,883 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,772 3 1 628.7
2007 Q3 7,864 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 8,015 3 1 374.3
2007 Q1 3,996 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,242 2 1 616.9
2006 Q3 2,485 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,493 1 0 286.3
2006 Q1 3,644 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,382 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,883 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,699 3 1 811.0
2005 Q1 3,947 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,314 3 1 905.3
2004 Q3 2,280 1 0 438.6
2004 Q2 2,848 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,370 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,277 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,599 1 0 384.8
2003 Q2 3,095 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,228 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,431 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,488 4 0 2688.2
2002 Q2 1,170 2 2 1709.4
2002 Q1 1,996 1 0 501.0
2001 Q4 1,145 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 551 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 667 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,256 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 557 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 635 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 526 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 992 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2017 · 1 incident

January 12, 2017 PA · Coal FIRE
Susquehanna Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

A on road truck caught fire overnight, causing another truck to set fire, as well as a building. No employees were on site at the time of the fire.

2016 · 1 incident

August 23, 2016 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Susquehanna Coal Company · Fall down stairs

Two employees engaged in a physical altercation that was unrelated to work. The incident occurred before the shift started, one employee pushed another down the office steps and landed on top of other ee. The fall broke one employees two ribs. The employee with the broken ribs was then struck in the face by the other.

2015 · 1 incident

May 19, 2015 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Susquehanna Coal Company · Struck by flying object

Hammering idler pulley on excavator (at 320 lbs) excavtor

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The full compliance file on Glen Lyon Operation

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.