Mining Incidents

Indiana County Strips Coal

Forcey Coal Inc. · Surface
Purchase Line, Indiana County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609891

Indiana County Strips has $500 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
3
Years on record
2013–2014
Latest incident
Jan 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$500
proposed penalties
$500
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
11
inspections on record
202
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: 202 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 Strips has $500 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.
$500
proposed penalties
$500
current assessed
$500
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-05-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Indiana County Strips shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.07 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 33 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.
0.07
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.33
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
33
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-11-18.
Silica (quartz)
29.0
silica avg (%)
29.0
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-03-20.
Noise
0%
over PEL
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-03-17.
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
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,247 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,366 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,436 1 0 155.4
2014 Q1 5,725 0 0 0.0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q4 5,167 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,675 1 0 213.9
2013 Q2 2,725 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,027 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 530 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 552 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,828 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,854 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,330 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,794 3 0 1073.7
2011 Q2 58 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2014 · 1 incident

January 24, 2014 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Forcey Coal Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee, while mounting front end loader, lost balance, swung on ladder to the ground landing on his feet. His feet slipped out and he fell to the ground hitting his left shoulder.

2013 · 2 incidents

October 30, 2013 PA · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Forcey Coal Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee while dismounting rock truck fell against railing hurting ribs on left side.

March 21, 2013 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Forcey Coal Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was repairing equipment and removing transmission valve resulting in a strained muscle in left knee.

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The full compliance file on Indiana County Strips

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.