Mining Incidents

Huber Bank Operation Coal

Hanover Township, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608676

Huber Bank Operation has $949 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
5
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Jan 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
14
citations
2
significant & substantial
$949
proposed penalties
$949
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
35
inspections on record
472
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: 472 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Huber Bank Operation has $949 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.
$949
proposed penalties
$949
current assessed
$949
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-02-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Huber Bank Operation shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.27 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 25 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.
0.27
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.09
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-08-19.
Noise
11%
over PEL
27
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-08-21.
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
2005 Q3 64 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 204 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 48 1 0 20833.3
2004 Q4 544 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,215 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,069 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,742 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,661 2 1 300.3
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2 4,102 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,423 1 0 412.7
2002 Q4 2,237 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,646 1 0 215.2
2002 Q2 5,408 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,554 1 0 219.6
2001 Q4 4,995 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,512 1 0 221.6
2001 Q2 3,974 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 13,779 5 1 362.9
2000 Q4 14,672 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 16,422 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 14,963 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 13,461 1 0 74.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2001 · 2 incidents

January 24, 2001 PA · Coal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
U. S. Operating Services Company · Fall from ladders

THIS INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED BY THE EE UNTIL 2/6/01. EE WAS COMING DOWN A FIXED LADDER WHEN HIS HANDS SLIPPED OFF LADDER & FELL BACKWARDS 2 FTFROM GROUND AND LANDED ON RIGHT HIP. EE DID NOT REPORT INCIDENT UNTIL 2/6/01 WHEN EE STARTED TO HAVE BACK PAIN. AT THIS TIME INVESTIGATIONS IS BEING CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE WORK RELATED

January 9, 2001 PA · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
U. S. Operating Services Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN EMPLOYED WITH PG&E OPERATING SERVICES COMPANY FOR FIVE YEARS AS A EQUIPMENT OPERATOR AND HAS BEEN AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR FOR 18 YEARS. EMPLOYEE UNDERWENT CARPAL TUNNEL SURGER Y TO HIS RIGHT HAND ON 1-09-01. AN INVESTIGATIONHAS BEEN STARTED. THIS HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED WORK RELATED AT THIS TIME.

2000 · 3 incidents

July 17, 2000 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U. S. Operating Services Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A DRAGLINE BUCKET WAS LAID ON ITS SIDE TO BE WELDED ON; EMPLOYEE MOVED THE BUCKET CHAINS AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AS HE BENT OVER TO ENTER THE BUCKET WORK AREA.

May 5, 2000 PA · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U. S. Operating Services Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A NUT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLT WITH ANIMPACT WRENCH. THE NUT DISLODGED FROM A FIXED BAR, THE BOLT AND NUT TURNED PINCHING THE EMPLOYEE 'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER OFF BETWEEN THE NAIL BED AND THE FIRST KNUCKLE.

January 23, 2000 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
U. S. Operating Services Company · Fall down stairs

EE OPENED THE DOOR TO THE OFFICE TRAILER AND STEPPED ONTO THE PLATFORM. HE STARTED TO CLOSE DOOR AND SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL DOWN THE STAIRS, FEET FIRST. THE EE HIT HIS HEAD, RIGHT ELBOW AND R IGHT RIBS ON THE BACK ON THE WOODEN STAIRS.

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The full compliance file on Huber Bank Operation

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.