Mountain Top Anthracite has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2008–2017
Latest incident
Jul 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
98
citations
29
significant & substantial
$18,177
proposed penalties
$18,175
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2 gap.
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.
98 citations across 2,190 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2017-07-13.
On record since 2017.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Mountain Top Anthracite has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2 outstanding across 1 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$2
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $300 in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Stood as issued
3 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$300 proposed, $300 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2014-04-08.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Mountain Top Anthracite shows 99% of 205 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2026-06-15
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
205
samples
2.36
dust max (mg/m3)
1
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
119 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 86 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Mountain Top Anthracite recorded 9.31 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.31
total case rate
9.31
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 4.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 5.40 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
6
2025
5
2024
4
2023
4
2022
3
2021
4
2020
3
2019
4
2018
4
2017
4
2016
4
2015
4
2014
4
2013
3
2012
5
2011
6
2010
6
2009
5
2008
9
2007
7
2006
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mountain Top Anthracite sits in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 325,978
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,321
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2
2,807
1
0
356.3
2026 Q1
2,828
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
3,049
2
0
656.0
2025 Q3
2,667
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
2,814
2
0
710.7
2025 Q1
2,485
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
2,144
1
0
466.4
2024 Q3
2,120
0
0
0.0
Show 71 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
2,041
1
0
490.0
2024 Q1
1,656
2
1
1207.7
2023 Q4
3,587
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
2,219
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
2,123
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
1,489
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
1,279
2
0
1563.7
2022 Q2
1,724
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
1,652
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
1,573
1
0
635.7
2021 Q3
2,088
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
2,099
1
1
476.4
2021 Q1
1,808
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
2,115
1
0
472.8
2020 Q3
1,528
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,124
3
2
2669.0
2020 Q1
1,746
1
0
572.7
2019 Q4
1,661
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,605
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
2,050
12
4
5853.7
2019 Q1
2,182
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
2,297
2
0
870.7
2018 Q3
1,914
1
0
522.5
2018 Q2
2,100
2
1
952.4
2018 Q1
2,073
9
3
4341.5
2017 Q4
2,101
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,507
11
6
7299.3
2017 Q2
2,071
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
2,678
7
2
2613.9
2016 Q4
1,572
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
2,080
1
0
480.8
2016 Q2
2,074
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
2,534
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
2,687
1
0
372.2
2015 Q3
2,084
2
0
959.7
2015 Q2
1,623
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,424
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
2,408
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
2,523
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
2,347
1
1
426.1
2014 Q1
1,969
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
1,784
3
0
1681.6
2013 Q3
1,041
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
0
0
0
2013 Q1
364
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
2,289
1
1
436.9
2012 Q3
2,802
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
2,312
2
0
865.1
2012 Q1
3,180
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
3,186
1
1
313.9
2011 Q3
3,184
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
3,541
4
0
1129.6
2011 Q1
3,328
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
3,009
1
1
332.3
2010 Q3
1,767
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
3,943
1
0
253.6
2010 Q1
3,676
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1,544
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,115
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
2,091
1
1
478.2
2009 Q1
4,230
2
1
472.8
2008 Q4
3,319
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
7,272
4
1
550.1
2008 Q2
6,328
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
4,569
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
4,151
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
3,537
1
0
282.7
2007 Q2
3,812
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
2,547
7
0
2748.3
2006 Q4
2,745
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
4,115
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2017 · 1 incident
July 22, 2017PA · Coalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The employee was removing steel roof beams and materials. While attempting to remove a beam, the injured was struck on the back and neck areas by a piece of falling steel.
Loader operator was clearng material when he backed into power pole causing an energized 7.7kv line to fall near the loader. Operaator was told to stay in loader until utility company came.
June 16, 2008PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Running & lifting (installing) 6" + 3" steel lines causing sore back. *Miner was cleared by doctor to return to work with no restrictions on 6-22-08. Miner quit on 6-20-08.
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