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Orchard Slope: 2 MSHA citations Coal

Sunset Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Joseph Kleeman
Goodspring, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3606132

Orchard Slope has $109 in proposed MSHA penalties and $109 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1987–1993
Latest incident
Jan 1993
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$109
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $109 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
2
inspections on record
7
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: 7 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Orchard Slope has $109 in proposed MSHA penalties and $109 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.
$109
proposed penalties
$109
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$109
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-09-19.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
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, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Orchard Coal Company 1976 to 1987
  2. C & K Coal Company 1987 to 1993
  3. Consolidated Coal Company 1991 to 1991
  4. Ashland Coal Company 1993 to 1994
  5. Sunset Coal Company 1994 to 1994
  6. Sunset Coal Company 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Orchard Slope sits in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania · Population 143,259
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,901
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1993 · 1 incident

January 27, 1993 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & K Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WENT UP IN PILLAR HOLE TO DRESS THE FACE DOWN & A PIECE OF DIVIDER FELL OFF THE TOP & HIT HIM & HE GOT A CUT ON THE HEAD & ALSO HIT HIM ON ANKLE& KGOT A SPRAINED ANKLE

1990 · 1 incident

November 16, 1990 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
C & K Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WORKING ON CAOL RUN IN MONKEY WHEN PIECE OF ROCK CAME DOWN AND SMASHED END OF HIS FINGER.

1988 · 1 incident

February 4, 1988 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
C & K Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS 20 OFF THE MONKEY LOADING COAL OFF A SLANT, WHEN A LOADING PROP KICKED OUT AND A PIECE OF COAL HIT HIM IN THE ANKLE.

1987 · 1 incident

December 15, 1987 PA · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C & K Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS STRU7K BY A PIECE OF COAL THAT BOUNCED FROM A BATTERY PROP. IT STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT CHEEK CAUSING BRUISES AND A BONE FRACTURING.