Mining Incidents

Nelson Bank Coal

Coal Township, Northumberland County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3608280

Nelson Bank has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $745 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
25
citations
12
significant & substantial
$3,495
proposed penalties
$2,750
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $745 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
39
inspections on record
662
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: 662 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Nelson Bank has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $745 outstanding across 0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$745
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Nelson Bank shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.16 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 25 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.
0.16
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.24
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-03-18.
Noise
11%
over PEL
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-03-18.
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 50 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 79 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 89 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 112 2 1 17857.1
2024 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 19 1 1 52631.6
2024 Q2 17 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 32 1 0 31250.0
Show 64 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 3 1
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 2 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 290 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 452 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 390 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 156 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 520 2 0 3846.2
2017 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 288 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 1 0
2014 Q1 640 1 0 1562.5
2013 Q3 240 1 0 4166.7
2013 Q2 9 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 10 3 2 300000.0
2012 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 9 2 2 222222.2
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q4 167 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 526 5 4 9505.7
2002 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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