Mining Incidents

Hillside Breaker Coal

Kaminski Brothers Inc · Facility
Controlled by George Kaminski
Dupont, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606274

MSHA sampling at Hillside Breaker shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.16 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 11 samples, plus the mine's fatality, citation, and penalty record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987–1993
Latest incident
Apr 1993
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
22
inspections on record
236
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: 236 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Hillside Breaker shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.16 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 11 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.
0.16
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.56
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-05-29.
Noise
0%
over PEL
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-11-04.
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
2003 Q3 1,215 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,247 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,265 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,233 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,149 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,237 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,213 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,211 0 0 0.0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3 1,201 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,222 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,209 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,189 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,228 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,356 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1993 · 1 incident

April 9, 1993 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kaminski Brothers Inc · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF COAL FELL FROM HOPPER AND HIT EMPLOYEE'S LOWER LEFT BACK.

1987 · 1 incident

December 2, 1987 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kaminski Brothers Inc · Fall from ladders

COMING DOWN LAD8ER FOOT SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELL AND LANDED ON TAIL BONE

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The full compliance file on Hillside Breaker

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.