Mining Incidents

Hill Strip Coal

Controlled by Thomas L Hill
York Run, Fayette County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606253

Hill Strip has $765 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2000
11
citations
0
significant & substantial
$765
proposed penalties
$765
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
56
inspections on record
641
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: 641 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hill Strip has $765 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.
$765
proposed penalties
$765
current assessed
$765
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-06-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Hill Strip shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.09 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 32 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.
0.09
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.25
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
32
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-10-13.
Silica (quartz)
15.1
silica avg (%)
15.1
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-10-19.
Noise
20%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-04-06.
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
2010 Q4 380 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 300 2 0 6666.7
2008 Q1 310 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 280 1 0 3571.4
2007 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 330 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 360 1 0 2777.8
2005 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 400 1 0 2500.0
2005 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,400 1 0 416.7
2004 Q3 3,600 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 420 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 440 1 0 2272.7
2003 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 500 1 0 2000.0
2003 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 700 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 800 1 0 1250.0
2001 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,200 1 0 833.3
2001 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 104 1 0 9615.4
2000 Q1 774 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.

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The full compliance file on Hill Strip

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.