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Indiana County: 18 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by J Clifford Forrest III
Indiana, Indiana County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608620

Indiana County has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2014–2015
Latest incident
Apr 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
18
citations
8
significant & substantial
$3,064
proposed penalties
$2,402
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $662 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Rosebud Mining Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
71
inspections on record
866
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: 866 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Indiana County has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $541 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-06-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
44.4%
significant & substantial
5.6%
high negligence or reckless
44.4%
reasonably likely or greater
22.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 55.6% low, 38.9% moderate, 5.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
55%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $541 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-11-01.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
PENN 2011-58 Settlement Lewis 2011 $1K → $541
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Indiana County shows 100% of 90 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Last sampled: 2015-11-16, 10 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
90
samples
0.59
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘ The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
85 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 5 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR34
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER25
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE20

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2011-04-13, 15 years ago
22.1
silica avg (%)
5
samples
26.7
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR5
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2015-11-09, 10 years ago
0%
over PEL
48
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR16
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER16
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE10
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ 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 by year
ⓘ 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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2015 100% 10
2014 100% 12
2013 100% 7
2012 100% 10
2011 100% 10
2010 100% 11
2006 100% 4
2005 100% 6
2004 100% 3
2003 100% 4
2002 100% 4
2001 100% 4
2000 100% 5
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2011 20.0 1
2005 22.6 2
2004 25.9 1
2000 19.6 1
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2015 0% 2
2014 0% 5
2013 0% 2
2012 0% 5
2011 0% 5
2010 0% 8
2006 0% 4
2005 0% 3
2003 0% 2
2002 0% 4
2001 0% 2
2000 0% 6
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Indiana County recorded 8.86 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.

Injury rate, 2014
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
8.86
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.96 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 5.34 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2014 * 8.86 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. S & M Mining, Inc 1997 to 2003
  2. AMFIRE Mining Company LLC 2003 to 2014
  3. Rosebud Mining Company 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 4 11,925
2014 11 64,685
2013 12 57,223
2012 16 114,462
2011 14 104,883
2010 10
2009 0
2008 0
2007 1
2006 3 33,046
2005 2 21,241
2004 5 33,998
2003 2 18,561
2002 2 30,427
2001 4 40,966
2000 4 26,950
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Indiana County sits in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.4% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Indiana County, Pennsylvania · Population 83,213
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,739
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q4 298 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,687 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,966 1 0 337.2
2015 Q1 2,245 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,790 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,068 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,774 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,933 2 1 405.4
2013 Q4 2,339 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 7,489 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 9,331 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,815 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 8,494 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 9,450 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 8,965 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 8,311 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7,645 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 8,847 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,640 1 0 130.9
2011 Q1 6,262 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 7,777 1 0 128.6
2010 Q3 5,873 1 1 170.3
2010 Q2 1,283 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 222 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 437 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,561 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 635 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 718 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,516 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,979 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,055 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,879 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,674 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,421 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,216 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,292 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 648 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,371 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,170 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,289 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,489 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,382 3 2 2170.8
2001 Q3 1,508 5 3 3315.6
2001 Q2 1,550 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,502 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,626 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 523 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,008 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,075 1 0 930.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2015 · 1 incident

April 9, 2015 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rosebud Mining Company · Fall from machine

As the employee was entering the cab of the D-10 dozer, he slipped and fell off the machine.

2014 · 1 incident

March 10, 2014 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
AMFIRE Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee injured his right bicep on Monday morning at the start of the shift (5 AM) when he was lifting a 4-inch pump flexible discharge line and attempting to take a tight bend out of the line. He felt a pain in his right elbow. He had an MRI that diagnosed a right distal bicep rupture. EE had surgery to repair the rupture and has been working his regular job.