Mining Incidents

Kaska Bank Operations Coal

Controlled by US Anthracite Corp
Kaska, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609410

Kaska Bank Operations has $560 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
6
citations
1
significant & substantial
$560
proposed penalties
$560
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
14
inspections on record
437
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: 437 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kaska Bank Operations has $560 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.
$560
proposed penalties
$560
current assessed
$560
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-02-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Kaska Bank Operations shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.09 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 13 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.
0.09
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.26
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-05-29.
Noise
0%
over PEL
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-02-06.
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
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 315 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 450 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 912 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 870 1 0 1149.4
2011 Q4 842 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 750 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2 878 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 805 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 770 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 538 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 721 2 0 2773.9
2010 Q1 716 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,208 1 1 827.8
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 1 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q2 391 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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