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Hillside Breaker Coal

Hegins Mining Company · Facility
Controlled by Richard J Withelder
Zerbe, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3601854

Hillside Breaker has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1985–1999
Latest incident
Feb 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
39
citations
13
significant & substantial
$3,621
proposed penalties
$3,621
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
83
inspections on record
1,333
inspection hours
2.9
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.
39 citations across 1,333 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hillside Breaker has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-11-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at Hillside Breaker shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 81 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.
0.12
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.42
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
81
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-12-22.
Noise
15%
over PEL
53
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-01-05.
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
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 77 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 164 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 35 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
Show 50 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 362 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 925 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,084 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 964 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,556 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,082 4 2 3696.9
2010 Q3 841 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,214 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,426 2 0 1402.5
2009 Q4 1,429 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,393 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,237 2 1 1616.8
2009 Q1 1,583 1 0 631.7
2008 Q4 1,422 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,110 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,169 1 0 855.4
2008 Q1 1,363 1 0 733.7
2007 Q4 1,585 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,617 1 0 618.4
2007 Q2 1,599 1 1 625.4
2007 Q1 1,666 2 1 1200.5
2006 Q4 1,443 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,625 1 0 615.4
2006 Q2 1,664 2 2 1201.9
2006 Q1 1,799 4 0 2223.5
2005 Q4 1,835 1 0 545.0
2005 Q3 1,161 2 1 1722.7
2005 Q2 1,284 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,830 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,578 3 0 1901.1
2004 Q3 1,271 7 5 5507.5
2004 Q2 1,373 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,736 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,531 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,056 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 827 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,181 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,013 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 593 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 591 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 843 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 934 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 664 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 645 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,603 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,217 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 698 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 794 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,280 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1999 · 1 incident

February 5, 1999 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hegins Mining Company · Fall down stairs

SUDDEN BREAKING AWAY OF STEP ALLOWED EE TO FALL ABOUT 20" AND LANDING ON UPPER LEFT ARM RESULTING AS A STRAIN TO THE UPPER LEFT ARM.

1985 · 1 incident

November 22, 1985 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Hegins Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FEEDING COAL FR2M MINE RUN HOPPER EMPLOYEE LEFT THUMB GOT PINCHED BETWEEN TWO LUMPS OF COAL LACERATING LEFT THUMB

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