Coal Loaders, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects
Employee accessing the cab of the skid loader, miss stepped and bumped shin on the bucket.
MELLON # 5 MINE Coal
Coal Loaders, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Edward J Ratay Jr
Ligonier,
Westmoreland County,
PA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3610257
MELLON # 5 MINE has $1K 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
- 2025
- Latest incident
- Nov 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
7
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,161
proposed penalties
$1,161
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
17
inspections on record
489
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: 489 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
MELLON # 5 MINE has $1K 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.$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at MELLON # 5 MINE shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.06 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.0.06
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.33
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
88
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-08-27.
Silica (quartz)
1.9
silica avg (%)
1.9
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-08-09.
Noise
0%
over PEL
45
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-10-09.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 2,255 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,547 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,456 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2,468 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 4,393 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 4,248 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 5,363 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 4,977 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 4,090 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,886 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 3,608 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 5,327 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 5,278 | 1 | 0 | 189.5 |
| 2022 Q3 | 5,317 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 4,919 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 4,746 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 4,675 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 4,395 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 4,421 | 1 | 0 | 226.2 |
| 2021 Q1 | 3,597 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,833 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 2,082 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 4,176 | 1 | 1 | 239.5 |
| 2020 Q1 | 6,410 | 2 | 1 | 312.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 7,463 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 5,371 | 1 | 0 | 186.2 |
| 2019 Q2 | 4,021 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 2,645 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 704 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2025 · 1 incident
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