Mining Incidents

Marett Mine Coal

Controlled by Joseph Aloe
Parker, Butler County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3601091

Marett Mine has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2009–2011
Latest incident
Mar 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
47
citations
23
significant & substantial
$23,743
proposed penalties
$21,645
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,098 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
58
inspections on record
906
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: 906 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Marett Mine has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-08-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Marett Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.28 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 88 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.
0.28
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.08
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
88
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-09-06.
Silica (quartz)
13.9
silica avg (%)
36.7
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-06-01.
Noise
4%
over PEL
56
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-11-22.
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
2012 Q3 1,436 1 0 696.4
2012 Q2 0 1 0
2012 Q1 4,879 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 8,940 2 1 223.7
2011 Q3 13,448 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 14,999 4 2 266.7
2011 Q1 14,789 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 12,176 6 2 492.8
Show 38 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3 9,934 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,603 8 5 1052.2
2010 Q1 6,453 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 16,726 1 1 59.8
2009 Q3 1,982 1 0 504.5
2009 Q2 3,693 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,682 4 2 460.7
2008 Q4 13,199 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 13,296 7 5 526.5
2008 Q2 6,941 1 1 144.1
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 5,161 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,808 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,125 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,318 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,423 1 1 226.1
2006 Q3 5,491 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,887 3 1 509.6
2006 Q1 5,251 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,167 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,350 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,437 1 0 291.0
2005 Q1 4,561 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,779 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,656 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,900 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,328 1 0 300.5
2002 Q3 198 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,916 2 0 1043.8
2002 Q1 1,828 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,120 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,032 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,234 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,163 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,163 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,237 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,250 3 2 2400.0
2000 Q1 1,374 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 1 incident

March 31, 2011 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quality Aggregates Inc · Fall from machine

The employee was exiting an excavator, climbing down the tracks to the step. He slipped from the step and fell to the ground landing on his lunch box. There was, according to other employees, some mud on the step. The employee was angry in leaving his equipment, due to the fact that he was to quit operating one piece and start operating another.

2009 · 1 incident

February 2, 2009 PA · Coal pumper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quality Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

The employee was working on the outside of a hopper that became jammed with material. He was using a pry bar to clear material from the hopper (were it discharges onto a belt). The employee had the bar resting on his shoulder using his legs for power. Later in the day a pain developed and continued to get worse. He went to the local E.R. & was diagnosed with tendonitis/strain.

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The full compliance file on Marett 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.