Mining Incidents

Packer V Coal

Girardville, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607797

Packer V has $344 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1991–1992
Latest incident
Apr 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$344
proposed penalties
$344
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
400
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: 400 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 V has $344 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$344
proposed penalties
$344
current assessed
$344
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-02-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Packer V shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.21 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 24 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.
0.21
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.68
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
24
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-05-13.
Noise
13%
over PEL
16
samples
Most recent sample: 2004-03-03.
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
2004 Q2 2,337 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,188 1 1 238.8
2003 Q4 3,713 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,800 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 504 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q2 3,002 3 0 999.3
2002 Q1 3,436 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,282 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,478 1 0 287.5
2001 Q2 4,726 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,822 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,491 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,613 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,750 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 9,015 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1992 · 1 incident

April 27, 1992 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Burns Coal Company · Fall from machine

WAS CHECKING OIL AND SLIPPED OFF SIDE OF TRUCK.

1991 · 1 incident

October 14, 1991 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Burns Coal Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OFF FROST ON WINDSHIELD & SLIPPED OFF SIDE OF MACHINE

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The full compliance file on Packer V

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.