Mining Incidents

Hawk Run Mine Coal

Rusnak Coal Company · Surface
Barkeyville, Venango County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606871

Hawk Run Mine has $374 in proposed MSHA penalties and $374 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1985–1991
Latest incident
Dec 1991
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
6
citations
2
significant & substantial
$374
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $374 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
478
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: 478 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hawk Run Mine has $374 in proposed MSHA penalties and $374 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.
$374
proposed penalties
$374
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$374
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-12-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Hawk Run Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.06 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 24 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.
0.06
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.27
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
24
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-12-12.
Noise
0%
over PEL
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-12-12.
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
2008 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 650 2 1 3076.9
2006 Q3 850 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1 700 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 840 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 810 2 1 2469.1
2005 Q1 840 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 900 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 810 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 950 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 950 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 880 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 920 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 940 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 900 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 960 1 0 1041.7
2002 Q3 940 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 660 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 820 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 980 1 0 1020.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1991 · 1 incident

December 31, 1991 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rusnak Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE DOING REPAIR WORK ON THE DOZER HE OPERATED THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

January 8, 1990 PA · Coal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rusnak Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPLACING A CABLE ON THE DRAGLINE THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE FACE.THE CABLE WAS BEING INSTALLED INTO A CLEVIS WHEN IT SPRUNG BACK AND SLAPPED THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LOWER FACE.

1987 · 1 incident

December 22, 1987 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rusnak Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HELPING T2 REPAIR THE DOZER HE OPERATED HE WAS HIT IN THE KNEE BY A SLEDGE HAMMER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A DRIVING PIN WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING IT IN. THE SECOND EMPLOYEE MISSED ON A SWI3G AND HIT THE FIRST EMPLOYEE.

1985 · 1 incident

December 27, 1985 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Rusnak Coal Company · Contact with cold

EMP WAS OILING 5ND GREASING EQUIPMENT DURING THE MORNING AND BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER SUSTAINED FROSTBITE ON HIS FINGERS. THE EXACT TIME OF THE INJURY IN UNKNOWN AND WHETHER OR NOT THE EMP LOYEE WAS WEARI3G GLOVES IS UNKNOWN

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The full compliance file on Hawk Run Mine

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.