Olde Buck Mine Coal
Olde Buck Run Coal Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Robert L Bowers
Buck Run,
Schuylkill County,
PA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607630
Olde Buck Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 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 2006
25
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,472
proposed penalties
$610
paid to date
25% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,862 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
32
inspections on record
633
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 633 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Olde Buck Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$610
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-03-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Olde Buck Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 15 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.10
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.35
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-03-27.
Noise
0%
over PEL
9
samples
Most recent sample: 2012-12-04.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Q2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 10000.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 261 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 32967.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 258 | 2 | 1 | 7751.9 |
| 2012 Q3 | 263 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Q2 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 21978.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 199 | 2 | 0 | 10050.3 |
| 2011 Q3 | 201 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 257 | 3 | 0 | 11673.2 |
| 2009 Q4 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 260 | 7 | 2 | 26923.1 |
| 2009 Q2 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q4 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 25000.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 240 | 0 | 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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The full compliance file on Olde Buck Mine
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.