Mining Incidents

Mathews Surface Mine Coal

Coresco LLC · Surface
Taylortown, Greene County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608765

Mathews Surface Mine has $5K 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
2003
Latest incident
Sep 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
18
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,677
proposed penalties
$4,677
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
28
inspections on record
375
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: 375 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mathews Surface Mine has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-03-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mathews Surface Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.22 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 13 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.
0.22
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.96
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-06-26.
Noise
25%
over PEL
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-07-27.
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 1,633 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,584 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,593 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,436 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,686 2 0 260.2
2003 Q4 7,046 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 8,390 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,710 2 1 350.3
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1 6,433 1 1 155.4
2002 Q4 4,253 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,541 2 0 787.1
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,939 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,793 1 0 263.6
2001 Q2 4,102 5 4 1218.9
2001 Q1 4,461 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,585 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,672 5 4 1871.3
2000 Q2 2,929 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,671 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

September 16, 2003 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Coresco Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF TRACK FRAME.

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