Mining Incidents

Moshannon Coal

Northern Son Inc · Surface
Controlled by Franklin S Schall
Brockway, Elk County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609214

Moshannon has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $240 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2012–2013
Latest incident
Jan 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
40
citations
26
significant & substantial
$5,972
proposed penalties
$5,354
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $618 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
29
inspections on record
657
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: 657 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Moshannon has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $240 outstanding across 3 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$240
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-04-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Moshannon shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.23 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 57 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.
0.23
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.49
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
57
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-06-02.
Noise
3%
over PEL
33
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-06-02.
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
2015 Q3 1,372 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,479 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 650 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,586 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,438 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,910 2 2 407.3
2014 Q1 4,427 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,872 3 1 1602.6
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q3 4,117 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,202 3 3 576.7
2013 Q1 4,279 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,658 3 1 1128.7
2012 Q3 390 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 619 1 0 1615.5
2012 Q1 2,273 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,870 2 2 410.7
2011 Q3 4,746 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,008 7 3 1746.5
2011 Q1 4,219 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,209 2 1 475.2
2010 Q3 5,518 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,308 5 4 942.0
2010 Q1 4,477 1 1 223.4
2009 Q4 1,599 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 851 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,952 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,775 2 2 529.8
2008 Q3 4,742 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,697 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,092 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 603 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,599 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,511 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,471 1 0 679.8
2006 Q4 1,370 3 3 2189.8
2006 Q3 1,039 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 546 2 2 3663.0
2006 Q1 839 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 565 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 577 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 632 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 788 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 386 3 1 7772.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 1 incident

January 3, 2013 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northern Son Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE stepped into a hole at mine site that was covered by snow. He twisted his ankle and hurt ankle and lower back.

2012 · 1 incident

January 19, 2012 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northern Son Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting tank of oxygen onto bed of pick up. Then knot 1 lump formed in groin area. Prognosis determined at surgery. It is a hernia

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The full compliance file on Moshannon

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.