Mining Incidents

Packer Stripping Coal

Controlled by Joseph Kleeman
Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606602

Packer Stripping has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Dec 1985
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
38
citations
10
significant & substantial
$3,517
proposed penalties
$168
paid to date
5% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,349 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
81
inspections on record
869
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: 869 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Packer Stripping has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$168
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-10-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Packer Stripping shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 49 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.
0.12
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.50
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
49
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-10-26.
Noise
5%
over PEL
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2009-10-26.
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
2010 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 300 1 0 3333.3
2009 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 200 2 0 10000.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 520 1 0 1923.1
2007 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,840 5 2 2717.4
2007 Q2 560 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 694 3 3 4322.8
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 1,248 2 0 1602.6
2005 Q4 1,248 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,120 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,170 1 0 854.7
2005 Q1 1,755 2 0 1139.6
2004 Q4 945 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 954 2 0 2096.4
2004 Q2 950 1 1 1052.6
2004 Q1 960 2 0 2083.3
2003 Q4 948 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 520 1 0 1923.1
2003 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 100 2 0 20000.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 2 1
2001 Q4 960 1 0 1041.7
2001 Q3 1,450 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 960 1 1 1041.7
2001 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,120 5 1 4464.3
2000 Q3 860 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 640 2 0 3125.0
2000 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1985 · 3 incidents

December 20, 1985 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE POKING ON3 SCREEN OF VIBRATOR TO KEEP SCREENS OPEN LUMP BOUNCED DOWN FROM CHUTE & STRUCK EE ON TOP OF LEFT HAND.

July 12, 1985 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jeddo-Highland Coal Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

WINCH TRUCK LOWERING A PIECE OF 10" PIPE - WHEN PIPE HIT GROUND PIPE STARTED TO ROL AND EMPLOYEE PUT RIGHT AGAINST IT TO STOP IT FROM ROLLING. PIPE ROLLED ONTO HIS FOOT - FRACTURE OF RIGHT L LEG ABOVE ANKLE.

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