Mining Incidents

Kiski #1 Coal

Controlled by J Clifford Forrest III
Bruin, Armstrong County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608327

Kiski #1 has $83 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1994–1996
Latest incident
Apr 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
1
citations
1
significant & substantial
$83
proposed penalties
$75
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
12
inspections on record
51
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: 51 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kiski #1 has $83 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$83
proposed penalties
$75
current assessed
$75
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-05-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Kiski #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 4 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.
0.10
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.20
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-05-12.
Noise
0%
over PEL
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-04-26.
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
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q3 2,340 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,029 1 1 492.9
2000 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,156 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,836 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1996 · 1 incident

April 22, 1996 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

THE MAN WAS UNLOADING CORE BOXES FROM BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK. HE CUT HIS LEFT HAND ON A NAIL PROTRUDING FROM A CORE BOX.

1994 · 1 incident

June 22, 1994 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE MAN WAS PUTTING TOOLS AWAY AFTER FIXING HIS EQUIPMENT. THE MAN LIFTED A TOOL BOX, ABOUT CHEST HIGH, TO PUT THEM (TOOLS) BACK INTO THE TRUCK.

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The full compliance file on Kiski #1

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.