Mining Incidents

Kellar #2 Coal

Kellar Augering · Surface
Controlled by John R Kellar
Hastings, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609306

Kellar #2 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $118 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Feb 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
14
citations
6
significant & substantial
$5,562
proposed penalties
$5,035
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $527 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
41
inspections on record
574
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: 574 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kellar #2 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $118 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$118
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-08-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Kellar #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 76 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.
0.12
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.33
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
76
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-03-21.
Silica (quartz)
0.9
silica avg (%)
0.9
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-03-26.
Noise
9%
over PEL
35
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-03-21.
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
2024 Q2 104 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 86 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 170 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 212 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 138 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 227 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 378 0 0 0.0
Show 55 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q3 185 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 660 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 378 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 188 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 903 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 468 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 170 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 88 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 144 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 1,055 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 210 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 373 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 207 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 434 1 0 2304.1
2014 Q1 412 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 992 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 774 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 723 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 621 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 919 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 531 2 0 3766.5
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 378 1 0 2645.5
2011 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 471 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 339 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 230 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 670 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 264 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 369 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 258 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 378 2 1 5291.0
2009 Q1 756 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,203 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,119 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,098 2 1 1821.5
2008 Q1 735 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,061 4 4 3770.0
2007 Q3 1,278 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,635 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 876 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 932 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 555 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 321 1 0 3115.3
2005 Q4 1,070 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,693 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

February 15, 2005 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Kellar Augering · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Got finger pinched between two augers on 2-15-05 did not report to me until 3-4-05.

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The full compliance file on Kellar #2

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.