Mining Incidents

LOWRY MINE Coal

ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY · Underground
Controlled by J Clifford Forrest III
Lucerne, Indiana County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3609287

LOWRY MINE has $272K in proposed MSHA penalties and $940 outstanding across 67 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
32
Years on record
2008–2025
Latest incident
Sep 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
672
citations
168
significant & substantial
$271,679
proposed penalties
$211,064
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60,615 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
624
inspections on record
17,355
inspection hours
3.9
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.
672 citations across 17,355 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LOWRY MINE has $272K in proposed MSHA penalties and $940 outstanding across 67 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.
$272K
proposed penalties
$212K
current assessed
$211K
paid to date
$940
outstanding
654 assessments are final orders; 67 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at LOWRY MINE shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.56 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 1,820 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.
0.56
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.44
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
1,820
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-05-15.
Silica (quartz)
2.1
silica avg (%)
7.3
silica max (%)
130
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-02.
Noise
3%
over PEL
166
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-03-24.
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
2025 Q4 12,127 5 0 412.3
2025 Q3 12,614 9 0 713.5
2025 Q2 12,150 10 2 823.0
2025 Q1 19,210 8 0 416.4
2024 Q4 18,330 9 3 491.0
2024 Q3 10,970 9 1 820.4
2024 Q2 11,369 6 0 527.8
2024 Q1 10,137 4 1 394.6
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 10,056 6 1 596.7
2023 Q3 16,759 5 0 298.3
2023 Q2 12,278 6 0 488.7
2023 Q1 16,640 10 0 601.0
2022 Q4 17,745 7 1 394.5
2022 Q3 10,959 6 0 547.5
2022 Q2 10,689 7 0 654.9
2022 Q1 11,679 6 0 513.7
2021 Q4 13,283 12 0 903.4
2021 Q3 11,297 10 2 885.2
2021 Q2 9,960 4 0 401.6
2021 Q1 10,028 11 3 1096.9
2020 Q4 8,628 5 0 579.5
2020 Q3 8,014 7 2 873.5
2020 Q2 5,731 5 0 872.4
2020 Q1 5,409 1 0 184.9
2019 Q4 11,014 9 1 817.1
2019 Q3 10,801 7 0 648.1
2019 Q2 1,524 1 1 656.2
2019 Q1 666 1 0 1501.5
2018 Q4 634 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,706 3 0 1758.5
2018 Q2 3,686 5 0 1356.5
2018 Q1 1,052 2 0 1901.1
2017 Q4 1,231 2 0 1624.7
2017 Q3 4,340 3 0 691.2
2017 Q2 4,591 5 0 1089.1
2017 Q1 1,508 3 0 1989.4
2016 Q4 821 2 0 2436.1
2016 Q3 1,033 2 0 1936.1
2016 Q2 8,057 4 0 496.5
2016 Q1 7,885 10 1 1268.2
2015 Q4 9,680 7 2 723.1
2015 Q3 9,250 12 2 1297.3
2015 Q2 1,993 2 0 1003.5
2015 Q1 4,336 6 2 1383.8
2014 Q4 9,595 14 5 1459.1
2014 Q3 9,598 13 3 1354.4
2014 Q2 11,416 9 3 788.4
2014 Q1 11,563 20 4 1729.7
2013 Q4 10,115 6 0 593.2
2013 Q3 10,547 15 4 1422.2
2013 Q2 13,662 19 8 1390.7
2013 Q1 17,417 17 5 976.1
2012 Q4 22,880 11 2 480.8
2012 Q3 16,087 8 4 497.3
2012 Q2 16,425 27 8 1643.8
2012 Q1 14,781 23 8 1556.1
2011 Q4 15,018 29 6 1931.0
2011 Q3 17,815 17 2 954.3
2011 Q2 14,635 9 2 615.0
2011 Q1 11,263 13 3 1154.2
2010 Q4 10,732 20 8 1863.6
2010 Q3 10,632 10 5 940.6
2010 Q2 11,036 9 2 815.5
2010 Q1 11,291 16 4 1417.1
2009 Q4 9,392 24 13 2555.4
2009 Q3 9,182 18 12 1960.4
2009 Q2 15,442 18 11 1165.7
2009 Q1 17,463 18 7 1030.8
2008 Q4 9,698 13 7 1340.5
2008 Q3 7,684 8 7 1041.1
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

32 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

September 18, 2025 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The scoop guy was pushing a skid in to the belt line. The skid caught a roll of belt pushing it sideways into the employee who was in a crosscut, bruising EE's hip.

February 12, 2025 PA · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rosebud Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was exiting a scoop and twisted knee. EE was excused from work on 3/11/2025, and will be getting meniscus repaired in right knee.

2024 · 3 incidents

December 5, 2024 PA · Coal forklift operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rosebud Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE slipped on ice getting out of EE's vehicle and hit EE's head. This resulted in a concussion. EE was excused from work 12/10/2024.

November 19, 2024 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While installing a bolt, EE pinched pinky finger between the plate and drill head. Which resulted in stitches.

October 28, 2024 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was trying to remove pin from the low-tail, when the tail moved back. EE's finger got pinched between the pin and the top surface of the tail. Which resulted in stitches.

2023 · 3 incidents

October 19, 2023 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was spotting low structure and strained shoulder, resulting in a lost time accident as of 12/28/2023.

August 21, 2023 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

Individual was trying to straighten a top slide when it slid off of the structure and the individual struck hand on the rail. This resulted in a fractured hand.

January 9, 2023 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Pinched their hand between drill head and roof, which resulted in stitches

2022 · 1 incident

October 20, 2022 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

Employee was backing up the mobile, and pulled themselves up in the seat, at the same time the mbc went over a hump, pushing their head down. Which caused their chin to hit off the guard above the levers. This resulted in stitches.

2021 · 2 incidents

April 28, 2021 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was removing a rock from the conveyor, when it dislodged and pinched EE's finger between the rock and coal chain, causing a fracture.

April 21, 2021 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Was backing up miner for the day, the employee shut the machine off. Crawled under the bridge and it teetered and pinched their hip, causing a dislocation.

2020 · 1 incident

January 24, 2020 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

While lifting low belt to remove a bottom stand, felt a strain in back, which became a lost time accident 02/20/2020.

2019 · 2 incidents

August 1, 2019 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

Employee was installing roof bolt when the employee pinched hand between the bolter chuck and head of roof bolt resulting in laceration which required stitches.

2018 · 1 incident

June 19, 2018 PA · Coal scoop car/scooptram operator, load/haul/dump (lhd) operator, teletram operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

Scoop operator was tramming around a corner when EE came in contact with a low hanging corner.

2016 · 1 incident

January 15, 2016 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

Found a roof fall in the 1st west mains section at 2:55 PM in the #2 entry 8 X cuts outby section. Fall measured approx. 19' wide - 80' to 100' long 10' high. Area was bolted with 4' bolts.

2014 · 1 incident

September 25, 2014 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler STRIKING OR BUMPING
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

Crawling into the MBC and hit knee off the side of it. Got medical attention 10-2-14.

2013 · 3 incidents

October 7, 2013 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Bolting the roof twisted to get a bolt.

June 3, 2013 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The individual got pinched between low belt structure and scoop.

January 21, 2013 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

Found a roof fall during a pre shift in the 1st East butt. It was in the last open crosscut from #3 entry into both left & right cross cuts. It measures approx. 80' long 19' wide 5' to 6' high

2012 · 3 incidents

May 1, 2012 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was installing bolt when glove got caught on roof bolt head & he started to rotate bolt at the same time.

March 8, 2012 PA · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck by falling object

A piece of loose rock fell from between roof bolts & hit the man on the hand cutting his palm on his left hand.

2011 · 2 incidents

December 7, 2011 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

Found a roof fall during air course run it was in 1st SW Mains #7 intake roof it measured approx 50' long & 18' wide 8'-10' high.

March 17, 2011 PA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rosebud Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was going through double doors in belt line slipped and fell on his left knee.

2010 · 3 incidents

October 29, 2010 PA · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Rosebud Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall occurred in the intersection of 2nd NW mains at spad #1012 measured approx 40'long - 19'wide - 10'high area was bolted with 6" fully grouted belts and 10' cable bolts.

August 11, 2010 PA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rosebud Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee slipped on ice while walking between office and shower house at Lowry Mine. This is a reoccurence of this injury. It was not reportable before. Employee woke up 8/11/10 in pain with a swelled knee, continued to work rest of week, then went on light duty 8/11/10. Then went off work 8/19/10.

January 27, 2010 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rosebud Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Crawling on bottom with knee pads and sprained knee.

2009 · 1 incident

April 28, 2009 PA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

The individual cut his right wrist on a roof plate while attempting to remove a bent roof bolt.

2008 · 3 incidents

November 21, 2008 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The individual caught his right hand between the tounge of the duster and the belt chain that was connected to the duster

August 25, 2008 PA · Coal master electrician HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was installing a canopy on a s&s scoop. The canopy slid around pinching his finger.

August 4, 2008 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was splitting a wedge with a pick hammer when he struck himself with the pick end.

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The full compliance file on LOWRY MINE

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.