Mining Incidents

Leechburg Site, Foster No 65 Coal

Apollo, Armstrong County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608466

Leechburg Site, Foster No 65 has $370 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
3
Years on record
1994–1999
Latest incident
Dec 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$370
proposed penalties
$370
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
29
inspections on record
180
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: 180 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Leechburg Site, Foster No 65 has $370 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.
$370
proposed penalties
$370
current assessed
$370
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-03-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Leechburg Site, Foster No 65 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.08 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 11 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.
0.08
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.20
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
11
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-10-22.
Noise
0%
over PEL
7
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-10-22.
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 Q4 822 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,697 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,729 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,925 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,198 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,771 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,820 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,120 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 4,469 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,062 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,185 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,505 1 0 285.3
2000 Q4 4,400 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,775 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,216 4 1 948.8
2000 Q1 3,820 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1999 · 1 incident

December 9, 1999 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leechburg Properties Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THREE MINERS LOWERING TAILGATE OF DUMP TRUCK BODY (USED AS A STORAGE BIN) LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND AND PALM CAUGHT IN LATCH MECHANISM.

1994 · 2 incidents

June 30, 1994 PA · Coal water truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Leechburg Properties Inc · Fall from machine

THE AREA AROUND THE WATER TRUCK WAS MUDDY DUE TO HEAVY RAINS AND THE FILLING OF THE TRUCK. AFTER THE TRUCK WAS FULL, THE DRIVER WAS LIMBING INTO THE CAB WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE STEP. HE CAME DOWN AND HIT HIS CHEST ON THE FUEL TANK.

May 17, 1994 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Leechburg Properties Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER UNLOADING HIS FLY ASH VEHICLE NO 1 WAS PARKED TO CLEAN OUT HIS TRAILER THE DRIVER WAS IN THE TRAILER (STANDING ON THE GROUND BECAUSE OF IT BEING A BOTTOM DUMP TRAILER) VEHICLE NO 2 WAS B ACKING UP COMING AT VEH NO 1 AT A 45DEG ANGLE NOT SEEING VEH NO 1 UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE VEH NO 1 WAS MOVED APPROX 1FT STRIKING DRIVER ON THE LEG

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