Mining Incidents

Mount Penn Preparation Plant Coal

Controlled by Michael Scott
Exeter Township, Berks County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3606954

Mount Penn Preparation Plant has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1998–2006
Latest incident
Oct 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
94
citations
19
significant & substantial
$18,927
proposed penalties
$7,555
paid to date
40% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,372 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
88
inspections on record
2,460
inspection hours
3.8
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.
94 citations across 2,460 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mount Penn Preparation Plant has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 7 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
92 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mount Penn Preparation Plant shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.09 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 123 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.
0.09
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.87
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
123
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-26.
Noise
0%
over PEL
86
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-03-27.
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
2025 Q4 2,064 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,023 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,979 4 0 2021.2
2025 Q1 1,934 15 7 7755.9
2024 Q4 1,578 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,741 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 551 1 0 1814.9
2024 Q1 846 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 967 1 0 1034.1
2023 Q3 939 4 2 4259.9
2023 Q2 1,615 1 0 619.2
2023 Q1 1,555 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,158 1 0 863.6
2022 Q3 1,572 1 0 636.1
2022 Q2 1,352 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,060 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 947 1 0 1056.0
2021 Q3 1,689 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,602 3 1 1872.7
2021 Q1 1,702 1 0 587.5
2020 Q4 1,350 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 960 1 0 1041.7
2020 Q2 1,098 1 0 910.7
2020 Q1 480 1 0 2083.3
2019 Q4 1,267 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,678 1 0 595.9
2019 Q2 1,962 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,559 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,971 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,719 1 0 581.7
2018 Q2 2,059 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 796 1 0 1256.3
2017 Q4 1,111 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,485 1 0 673.4
2017 Q2 1,500 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,672 1 0 598.1
2016 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 942 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 877 1 1 1140.3
2016 Q1 534 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,175 1 0 851.1
2015 Q3 1,289 1 0 775.8
2015 Q2 1,145 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 836 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,302 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,758 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,670 1 0 598.8
2014 Q1 1,720 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,444 1 0 692.5
2013 Q3 1,871 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,674 2 0 1194.7
2013 Q1 1,465 5 2 3413.0
2012 Q4 1,547 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,834 2 0 1090.5
2012 Q2 1,582 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,502 2 0 1331.6
2011 Q4 939 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,278 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,174 2 0 1703.6
2011 Q1 1,239 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,194 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,120 2 0 1785.7
2010 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 960 1 0 1041.7
2009 Q2 1,127 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 960 2 0 2083.3
2008 Q4 1,129 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,112 1 0 899.3
2008 Q2 1,877 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,264 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,982 1 0 504.5
2007 Q3 1,632 1 0 612.7
2007 Q2 1,894 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,070 2 0 1869.2
2006 Q4 1,820 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,427 1 0 412.0
2006 Q2 2,245 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,445 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,380 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,040 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,380 2 0 840.3
2005 Q1 1,575 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,802 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,650 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,040 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,044 1 0 489.2
2003 Q4 2,380 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,380 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,978 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,724 10 3 3671.1
2002 Q3 3,292 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,799 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,425 2 1 583.9
2001 Q4 3,127 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,666 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,861 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,417 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,983 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,078 4 1 1299.5
2000 Q2 2,979 1 0 335.7
2000 Q1 2,847 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2006 · 1 incident

1998 · 1 incident

June 8, 1998 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stoudt's Ferry Preparation Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE CONVEYOR BELT PROVIDING MATERIAL INTO THE PLANT WASCLOGGED WITH DEBRIS EE STOPED LOW TO LOOK BENEATH THE CONVEYOR BELT, WHEN RISING HIS RIGHT FOREARM CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE STEEL HOUSI NG CAUSING PAIN TO HIS MUSCLE. HE COMPLETE HIS SHIFT 6-9-98 CAME TO WORK AND TOLD SUPERVISOR OF INCIDENT. SENT TO READING HOSPITAL 330 PM AND RECEIVED FIRST AID TREATMENT FOR TORN LIGAMENT

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The full compliance file on Mount Penn Preparation Plant

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.