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MINE 78 PREPARATION PLANT Coal

Controlled by J Clifford Forrest III
Windber, PA, Somerset County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3609525

MINE 78 PREPARATION PLANT has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $402 outstanding across 12 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2008–2020
Latest incident
Feb 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
205
citations
51
significant & substantial
$43,253
proposed penalties
$37,841
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,412 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
74
inspections on record
2,935
inspection hours
7.0
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.
205 citations across 2,935 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MINE 78 PREPARATION PLANT has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $402 outstanding across 12 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.
$43K
proposed penalties
$38K
current assessed
$38K
paid to date
$402
outstanding
205 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at MINE 78 PREPARATION PLANT shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.29 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 351 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.
0.29
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.23
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
351
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-09.
Silica (quartz)
0.9
silica avg (%)
2.9
silica max (%)
35
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-04-23.
Noise
4%
over PEL
113
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-04-14.
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
2025 Q4 6,410 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 8,345 3 0 359.5
2025 Q2 8,651 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,976 5 0 716.7
2024 Q4 7,023 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,370 4 0 542.7
2024 Q2 7,064 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 7,164 11 0 1535.5
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,836 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,130 7 0 981.8
2023 Q2 7,967 1 0 125.5
2023 Q1 7,859 14 2 1781.4
2022 Q4 7,628 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,883 6 1 871.7
2022 Q2 7,394 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 7,506 8 0 1065.8
2021 Q4 7,893 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 9,028 6 0 664.6
2021 Q2 9,350 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 10,149 2 0 197.1
2020 Q4 9,909 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 9,909 2 0 201.8
2020 Q2 10,058 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 13,095 14 4 1069.1
2019 Q4 11,558 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 12,447 10 2 803.4
2019 Q2 12,610 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 13,326 6 1 450.2
2018 Q4 13,005 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 13,712 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 12,334 1 0 81.1
2018 Q1 13,324 3 0 225.2
2017 Q4 9,725 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 11,371 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 11,799 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 10,119 10 3 988.2
2016 Q4 11,013 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 7,910 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 8,092 2 1 247.2
2016 Q1 7,893 1 0 126.7
2015 Q4 8,726 1 0 114.6
2015 Q3 9,511 2 2 210.3
2015 Q2 7,984 11 2 1377.8
2015 Q1 7,272 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 9,332 9 6 964.4
2014 Q3 10,296 8 3 777.0
2014 Q2 9,773 2 0 204.6
2014 Q1 9,692 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 9,657 3 2 310.7
2013 Q3 12,820 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,458 3 2 672.9
2013 Q1 14,175 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 10,456 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 12,513 3 1 239.8
2012 Q2 12,902 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,074 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 12,122 3 0 247.5
2011 Q3 12,629 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 12,819 4 1 312.0
2011 Q1 13,082 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 12,242 3 0 245.1
2010 Q3 13,049 4 1 306.5
2010 Q2 13,516 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 13,294 9 8 677.0
2009 Q4 12,054 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 9,188 5 3 544.2
2009 Q2 4,573 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,110 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 15,705 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 17,376 3 3 172.7
2008 Q2 15,664 3 0 191.5
2008 Q1 9,502 3 1 315.7
2007 Q4 3,500 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,913 7 1 1788.9
2007 Q2 2,650 1 1 377.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2020 · 1 incident

February 3, 2020 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cleaning a chute on the stacker belt when coal broke loose and the rock bar struck face. This resulted in concussion-like symptoms and a lost time accident.

2017 · 1 incident

May 8, 2017 PA · Coal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rosebud Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While working on a pump, rotating pulley to remove impeller. Victim got thumb got between pulley and drive belts. Laceration required 11 stitches.

2013 · 1 incident

December 12, 2013 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rosebud Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While lifting a pipe with a chain block a strap broke, which caused EE a strain in his shoulder. EE never reported it till 1/29/14. He went to the doctor on 1/31/14 and reported back to work as lite duty. We had no lite duty work so EE was sent home on 2/3/14 pending further evaluation. Contacted us on 2/20/14 - he will have surgery & will be off longer.

2009 · 1 incident

September 23, 2009 PA · Coal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rosebud Mining Company · Fall from machine

This was a no lost time accident-there was done for a few months. The was decided to do surgery to repair torn ligament's. The first day missed due to accident was 4/16/10 for surgery

2008 · 3 incidents

September 9, 2008 PA · Coal pumper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rosebud Mining Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee entered dangered off area, under construction on the 3rd floor of the plant. He was looking up and fell in a hole cut for mag seperator being installed.

February 21, 2008 PA · Coal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rosebud Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

As individual was cutting a hole in a piece of conveyor belt, the utility knife he was using slipped and cut his right knee which required three stitches.

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