Mining Incidents

Hillside Stripping Coal

Controlled by George Kaminski
Dupont, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606275

Hillside Stripping has $115 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
2
Years on record
1990–1996
Latest incident
Feb 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$115
proposed penalties
$115
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
21
inspections on record
216
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: 216 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hillside Stripping has $115 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.
$115
proposed penalties
$115
current assessed
$115
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-05-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Hillside Stripping shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 8 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.
0.15
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.53
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-06-05.
Silica (quartz)
14.4
silica avg (%)
14.4
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-06-11.
Noise
0%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-06-05.
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
2003 Q3 51 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 75 1 0 13333.3
2003 Q1 355 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 73 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 58 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 393 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 434 1 0 2304.1
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3 423 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 488 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 258 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 335 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 323 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 178 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1996 · 1 incident

1990 · 1 incident

May 29, 1990 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Kaminski Brothers Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BAD DRIVING PIN. PIN CHIPPED AND METAL HIT LEFT THIGH.

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