Mining Incidents

No 4 Vein Slope: 9 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by Mark P Shingara
Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3608527

No 4 Vein Slope has $650 in proposed MSHA penalties and $650 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1997
Latest incident
Dec 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
9
citations
0
significant & substantial
$650
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $650 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
14
inspections on record
101
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: 101 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

No 4 Vein Slope has $650 in proposed MSHA penalties and $650 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.
$650
proposed penalties
$650
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$650
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-10-15.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
25.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 75.0% moderate, 25.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Mark P Shingara Coal Company 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

No 4 Vein Slope sits in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania · Population 90,925
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$57,948
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1997 · 1 incident

December 9, 1997 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mark P Shingara Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE FELL APPROX 45' TO 50' GOT COAL BURNS TO RIGHT SIDE OF FACE AND ARM AND LEFT LEG.