Mining Incidents

Keystone Cleaning Plant Coal

Controlled by Robert E Murray
Elderton, Armstrong County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608540

Keystone Cleaning Plant has $17K 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
16
Years on record
1996–2012
Latest incident
Aug 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
85
citations
28
significant & substantial
$16,539
proposed penalties
$16,539
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
61
inspections on record
1,512
inspection hours
5.6
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.
85 citations across 1,512 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Keystone Cleaning Plant has $17K 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
85 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-03-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Keystone Cleaning Plant shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.50 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 221 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.
0.50
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.97
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
221
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-05-26.
Silica (quartz)
1.2
silica avg (%)
9.7
silica max (%)
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-03-17.
Noise
1%
over PEL
67
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-03-01.
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
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 918 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,650 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,217 0 0 0.0
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q3 5,635 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,658 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,073 3 2 591.4
2014 Q4 3,908 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,263 1 0 234.6
2014 Q2 4,376 1 0 228.5
2014 Q1 3,806 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,338 1 1 187.3
2013 Q3 5,725 3 0 524.0
2013 Q2 6,113 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6,450 2 0 310.1
2012 Q4 6,039 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,268 3 1 569.5
2012 Q2 6,530 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 6,686 3 1 448.7
2011 Q4 6,663 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,356 1 0 186.7
2011 Q2 5,732 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,721 3 2 524.4
2010 Q4 5,403 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,028 8 0 1591.1
2010 Q2 5,096 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,508 7 4 1270.9
2009 Q4 5,220 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,142 8 5 1555.8
2009 Q2 5,612 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5,758 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,406 7 2 1294.9
2008 Q3 4,975 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,508 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,745 7 1 1218.5
2007 Q4 5,671 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,303 6 2 1131.4
2007 Q2 5,874 2 0 340.5
2007 Q1 6,251 2 1 319.9
2006 Q4 5,786 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,457 1 0 183.3
2006 Q2 6,020 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,336 6 4 947.0
2005 Q4 5,870 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,602 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,046 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,365 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,589 1 1 178.9
2004 Q3 5,631 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,322 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,242 3 0 925.4
2003 Q4 2,985 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,963 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,228 1 0 309.8
2003 Q1 3,385 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,626 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,044 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,350 1 0 298.5
2002 Q1 3,658 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,422 1 0 292.2
2001 Q3 3,420 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,709 2 1 539.2
2001 Q1 3,711 1 0 269.5
2000 Q4 3,555 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,128 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,498 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,010 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2012 · 1 incident

August 14, 2012 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Keystone Coal Mining Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping replace UHMW chute liner. Injured e/e was holding liner in place inside chute while other e/e was outside chute drilling holes for mounting hardware. As he drilled through the liner, the drill bit entered into employee's left wrist resulting in left wrist trapezium avulsion fracture and puncture wound.

2011 · 1 incident

April 13, 2011 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Keystone Coal Mining Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was in shop fabrication splash guards for deslime feed bock to sieve from used belting. He was kneeling on the floor trimming the edge of fit, with a utility knife. The knife slipped and cut his right knee. He was treated on site then transported to the hospital where he received 6 sutures. He returned to work on his next scheduled shift.

2010 · 1 incident

April 5, 2010 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Keystone Coal Mining Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was co-worker were replacing hold down strips on a vibrating screen. A support tube was between the two, separating their view. Employee reached under the tube to reposition the hold-down strip and the co-worker struck his ring finger with a sledge hammer.

2000 · 2 incidents

September 5, 2000 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Keystone Coal Mining Corporation · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WASHING DOWN THE SCREENHOUSE WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A TRAP DOOR OPENING WHICH WAS LEFT UNCOVERED. HE FELL IN TO HIS WAIST. HE SUFFERED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO HIS LEFT LOWER LEG FROM THE OPEN GRATING AND REQUIRED 9 STITCHES. HE ALSO RECEIVED A SCRAPE AND BRUISE ON HIS RIGHT SIDE WHICH REQUIRED NO MEDICAL ATTENTION.

April 20, 2000 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Keystone Coal Mining Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAS COMPLAINED OF NUMBNESS, ACHING, TINGLEY FEELING IN BOTH HANDS AND ALSO A LOSS OF STRENGTH IN BOTH HANDS. THIS ILLNESS HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. THIS IS A RES ULT OF REPETITIVE MOTION DURING NORMAL WORK ACTIVITY. THIS IS AN OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS.

1999 · 1 incident

September 3, 1999 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Coal Mining Corporation · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE LIFTED A CHAIN BLOCK OUT OF A METAL BASKET AND CARRIED APPROX. 10 FEET AND SAT IT ON THE FLOOR IN THE PLANT'S SCREEN BUILDING. IN DOINGSO, HE FELT A PAIN AND BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LEFT SIDE GROIN AREA. EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING TIME FROM WORK AS OF 09/08/99.

1998 · 3 incidents

October 20, 1998 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Keystone Coal Mining Corporation · Unclassified, insufficient data

ON 10/20/98 EE REPORTED THAT HE HAS HEARING LOSSIN BOTH EARS. APPROX 6 MOS AGO THE EE HAD HIS HEARING TESTED. AT THIS TIME THE RESULTS ARE UNKNOWN TO THE EMPLOYER. THE EMPLOYER REPORTS THAT HE HAS NOTICED DIFFICULTY IN HEARING SEVERAL YRS AGO. SECTION C NO 5 A,B &C OF THIS 7000-1 REPORT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED BECAUSE IT IS NOT KNOWN WHERE HIS REPORTED HEARING LOSS BEGAN

September 17, 1998 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING A ROLLER, THE GREASE HOSE DISLODGED FROM GREASE FITTING CAUSWING HOSE TO CATCH IN ROLLER PULLING EMPLOYEE'S HAND INTO ROLLER.

August 31, 1998 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN TRYING TO UNJAM THE CONVEYOR, EE GOT HIS HFINGER PINCHED BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR BELT & THE HEADROLLER RESULTING IN THE BONE AT THE TIP OF THERING FINGER HAVING TO BE TRIMMED BACK

1997 · 1 incident

January 13, 1997 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING A FULL 55 GALLON DRUM & FELT PAIN IN LEFT HIP AREA.

1996 · 6 incidents

October 7, 1996 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A 4" RUBBER HOSE ONTO A KING NIPPLE WHEN HOSE SLIPPED THROUGH HIS HAND AND THE WIRE INSIDE THA HOSE PUNCTURED HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN HIS INDEX FINGER AND THUMB.

August 16, 1996 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS SHOVELING SPILLAGE ALONG THE BELT LINE. NOW HE HAS PAIN IN BOTH OF HIS KNEES AND LOWER BACK.

July 3, 1996 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Fall down stairs

EE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS WHEN HE FELT HIS RIGHTANKLE TURN OVER. HE REPORTED PAIN AND SORENESS IN HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

June 1, 1996 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON AN INCLINED SCREEN DECKWHEN HE TURNED AND LOST HIS FOOTING, CAUSING HIMTO SLIP AND FALL AND HIT HIS HEAD ONTO THE DISCHARGE CHUTE COVER, CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS FO REHEAD ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE.

May 20, 1996 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMP WAS WALKING TO MOGENSEN TO TURN ON A BREAKEROTHER MEN WERE HOISTING UP A MOGENSEN MOTOR BASEFOR ANOTHER MOGNESEN AND HAD LEFT THE TRAP DOOROPEN IN THE FLOOR CATWALK. INJURED FELL THROUGHT HE OPEN SPACE INT EHR FLOOR AND INJURED HIS RIGHT KNEE CAP. APPROX 1" LACERATION ON RIGHT KNEE.

February 7, 1996 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Keystone Coal Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING DOWN A CATWALK (15 DEGREE SLOPE) TO GET A SCAL READING WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

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