Mining Incidents

Mckay Strip Coal

Controlled by Robert H McKay
Hamilton, Jefferson County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607729

Mckay Strip has $132 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
4
Years on record
1989–1998
Latest incident
Jun 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
2
citations
2
significant & substantial
$132
proposed penalties
$132
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
13
inspections on record
137
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: 137 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mckay Strip has $132 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.
$132
proposed penalties
$132
current assessed
$132
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-03-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mckay Strip shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.20 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 16 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.
0.20
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.87
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
16
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-01-16.
Silica (quartz)
44.0
silica avg (%)
52.9
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-01-25.
Noise
0%
over PEL
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-03-26.
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 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 191 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,780 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,457 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,353 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,671 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,144 2 2 482.6
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4 4,028 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,936 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,023 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,316 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1998 · 1 incident

June 12, 1998 PA · Coal driller, highwall helper, highwall drill helper MACHINERY
Mc Kay Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING AS A DRILLER HELPER ON A ROTARY DRILL WHEN BRINGING THE "KELLY" STEEL OUT OF THE HOLE TO ADD ANOTHER STEEL. THE CLAMPS ON THE SANDLINE HOLDING THE EXTENSION CAUGHT ON THE KELLY LIFTING THE EXTENSION OUT OF THE RING HOLDING IT, CAUSING IT TO SWING AND GLANCE OFF OF EMPLOYEE'S HAND (RIGHT) CAUSING SEVERAL FRACTURES AND LACERATIONS.

1996 · 1 incident

1990 · 1 incident

February 9, 1990 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Kay Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKED UP WATER HOSE TO DRAIN

1989 · 1 incident

April 12, 1989 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mc Kay Coal Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOST BALANCE FELL BETWEEN TRACK AND PUSH ARM.

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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.