Mining Incidents

Neiswonger Mines Coal

Controlled by Clyde Holding Inc
Dunningsville, Washington County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609226

Neiswonger Mines has $81K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
2008–2011
Latest incident
Aug 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
81
citations
32
significant & substantial
$80,674
proposed penalties
$62,132
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,542 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
58
inspections on record
1,258
inspection hours
6.4
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.
81 citations across 1,258 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Neiswonger Mines has $81K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$81K
proposed penalties
$62K
current assessed
$62K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
75 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-09-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Neiswonger Mines shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.21 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 139 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.
0.21
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.79
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
139
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-11-16.
Silica (quartz)
17.3
silica avg (%)
24.2
silica max (%)
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2015-09-14.
Noise
0%
over PEL
49
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-12-30.
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
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 43 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 59 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 277 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,435 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8,080 4 3 495.0
2015 Q2 8,744 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 9,939 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 8,898 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 11,911 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 11,798 2 2 169.5
2014 Q1 6,641 1 1 150.6
2013 Q4 11,829 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 9,116 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 9,474 1 0 105.6
2013 Q1 10,945 1 0 91.4
2012 Q4 15,943 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 15,826 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 13,488 2 0 148.3
2012 Q1 20,980 1 1 47.7
2011 Q4 21,099 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 28,712 20 10 696.6
2011 Q2 26,954 14 5 519.4
2011 Q1 24,101 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 23,602 9 3 381.3
2010 Q3 17,351 4 1 230.5
2010 Q2 17,667 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 12,892 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 11,810 1 1 84.7
2009 Q3 6,425 2 0 311.3
2009 Q2 13,982 2 0 143.0
2009 Q1 15,484 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 17,201 7 3 407.0
2008 Q3 15,191 1 0 65.8
2008 Q2 12,220 1 0 81.8
2008 Q1 9,649 3 0 310.9
2007 Q4 8,125 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,171 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,787 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 2,400 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,200 2 0 476.2
2005 Q4 4,328 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,647 1 0 215.2
2005 Q2 6,481 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,300 2 2 317.5
2004 Q4 4,800 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,184 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,620 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 1 incident

August 8, 2011 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Neiswonger Construction Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Dozer operator removing overburden from the detonated shot. Was side-cutting 8' high lift on the left side of the shot, removing material and establishing a tight side-wall pushing on approximate 45 degree angle. He got to the edge of the wall, went to put dozer in reverse when the tight track of machine dipped and rolled.

2008 · 1 incident

September 22, 2008 PA · Coal FIRE
Neiswonger Construction Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Hyd. line broke on 600 L Excavator. Machine was shut down for approx. 10 min. when a fire occured in the engine compartment. No one was on machine at the time. Dozer man noticed a fire and alerted everyone. MSHA was notified immediately.

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