Mining Incidents

Keely Mine Coal

L M M Inc · Surface
Controlled by Alvin E Naugle Jr
Broad Top City, Bedford County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606036

Keely Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $733 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984–2002
Latest incident
Aug 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
18
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,055
proposed penalties
$322
paid to date
30% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $733 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
20
inspections on record
163
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: 163 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Keely Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $733 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$322
paid to date
$733
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-06-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Keely Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.25 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 12 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.
0.25
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.03
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
12
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-07-10.
Silica (quartz)
9.8
silica avg (%)
12.3
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-12-21.
Noise
17%
over PEL
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-12-17.
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
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 2,799 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,488 3 0 546.6
2002 Q1 3,152 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,211 6 2 1868.6
2001 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 720 3 1 4166.7
2000 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 528 6 2 11363.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2002 · 1 incident

August 13, 2002 PA · Coal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L M M Inc · Fall from machine

CLIMBING ON LADDER TO REFULE TRUCK AND THE LADDER BROK & HE FELL TO THE GROUND ON HIS SIDE.

2001 · 1 incident

December 28, 2001 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L M M Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED OF 455 DOZER AND PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

February 21, 1990 PA · Coal FIRE
Dash Coal Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

BURNING TRASH BEHIND MINE OFFICE. SPARKS IGNITED DRY GRASS COVERING COMPLUTED MINE AREA. FIRE NOT EXTINGUISED WITHIN 30 MINUTES.

1988 · 1 incident

1984 · 1 incident

December 19, 1984 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dash Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 777 ROCK TRUCK EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING COAL FROM THE PIT AND WAS LOWERING THE WINDOW WHEN THE CLIP ON THE TOP OF WINDOW BROKE AND FORCED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE WINDOW SEA L AND THE WINDOW

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