Mining Incidents

Mather Coal

Mather, Pa., Greene County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608815

Mather has $208 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
1
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Aug 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
4
citations
3
significant & substantial
$208
proposed penalties
$208
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
26
inspections on record
317
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: 317 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mather has $208 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.
$208
proposed penalties
$208
current assessed
$208
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-06-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mather shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.50 mg/m3 (89% compliant) across 9 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)
1.80
dust max (mg/m3)
89%
within 1.5 mg/m3
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-06-21.
Silica (quartz)
11.0
silica avg (%)
11.0
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-06-14.
Noise
50%
over PEL
10
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-06-21.
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
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 0 3 2
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 208 0 0 0.0
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 91 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 200 1 1 5000.0
2002 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,750 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2004 · 1 incident

August 10, 2004 PA · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mather Recovery Systems LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The rock truck was apparently low on air pressure causing the drive train to "lock". The injured party checked the condition and was on the ground when the attended truck's front, left wheel turned into employee.

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The full compliance file on Mather

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.