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.
596 citations across 19,317 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penfield Mine has $234K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 64 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.
$234K
proposed penalties
$156K
current assessed
$156K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
590 assessments are final orders; 64 contested dockets.
Of $179K in penalties contested before the Commission, $92K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-18.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
119citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
Settled
116 · 97%
Stood as issued
1 · 1%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 2%
83%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 103 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
48%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$179K proposed, $92K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2025-05-27.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Penfield Mine shows 98% of 2,375 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2026-08-20
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
2,375
samples
6.28
dust max (mg/m3)
4
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
639 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 1,736 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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 by year
ⓘ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.
Penfield Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 2.63 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
11.79
0.00
0.000
2022 *
2.71
2.71
0.000
2021 *
4.29
0.00
0.000
2016 *
7.74
0.00
0.000
2015 *
2.83
0.00
0.000
2014
5.90
5.90
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2026
16
50,131
2025
18
167,281
2024
17
111,388
2023
12
157,001
2022
31
258,291
2021
19
134,950
2020
11
7,113
2019
10
46,638
2018
8
24,725
2017
7
33,915
2016
17
143,195
2015
37
376,589
2014
49
484,991
2013
48
468,434
2012
48
501,323
2011
42
357,814
2010
37
337,369
2009
37
351,318
2008
39
302,326
2007
29
388,287
2006
22
196,504
2005
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Penfield Mine sits in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania · Population 78,902
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,181
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2
9,210
7
0
760.0
2026 Q1
10,320
5
0
484.5
2025 Q4
10,008
5
0
499.6
2025 Q3
10,557
5
0
473.6
2025 Q2
11,138
3
0
269.3
2025 Q1
11,480
6
1
522.6
2024 Q4
10,567
3
0
283.9
2024 Q3
9,735
5
0
513.6
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
9,677
6
0
620.0
2024 Q1
10,937
5
1
457.2
2023 Q4
10,572
6
0
567.5
2023 Q3
2,130
3
0
1408.5
2023 Q2
6,184
4
0
646.8
2023 Q1
15,027
5
1
332.7
2022 Q4
19,245
3
0
155.9
2022 Q3
18,134
4
0
220.6
2022 Q2
18,242
6
0
328.9
2022 Q1
18,164
3
0
165.2
2021 Q4
9,731
3
0
308.3
2021 Q3
10,625
6
0
564.7
2021 Q2
13,094
7
0
534.6
2021 Q1
13,140
6
0
456.6
2020 Q4
7,761
4
0
515.4
2020 Q3
4,558
1
0
219.4
2020 Q2
4,532
3
0
662.0
2020 Q1
2,580
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
3,789
2
0
527.8
2019 Q3
2,867
2
0
697.6
2019 Q2
1,788
2
0
1118.6
2019 Q1
6,477
2
0
308.8
2018 Q4
8,402
7
0
833.1
2018 Q3
1,170
3
0
2564.1
2018 Q2
1,870
1
0
534.8
2018 Q1
2,188
3
0
1371.1
2017 Q4
1,790
1
0
558.7
2017 Q3
5,181
5
0
965.1
2017 Q2
7,642
5
0
654.3
2017 Q1
820
1
0
1219.5
2016 Q4
764
2
0
2617.8
2016 Q3
12,235
7
0
572.1
2016 Q2
7,030
6
1
853.5
2016 Q1
5,802
10
0
1723.5
2015 Q4
7,482
11
0
1470.2
2015 Q3
15,966
5
1
313.2
2015 Q2
23,651
9
0
380.5
2015 Q1
23,627
9
1
380.9
2014 Q4
25,169
11
0
437.0
2014 Q3
23,026
9
1
390.9
2014 Q2
24,924
6
0
240.7
2014 Q1
28,606
12
0
419.5
2013 Q4
26,544
3
1
113.0
2013 Q3
26,774
15
1
560.2
2013 Q2
30,699
19
2
618.9
2013 Q1
30,283
8
3
264.2
2012 Q4
28,208
6
1
212.7
2012 Q3
27,439
12
2
437.3
2012 Q2
30,298
12
2
396.1
2012 Q1
29,392
10
0
340.2
2011 Q4
25,212
6
2
238.0
2011 Q3
25,270
14
2
554.0
2011 Q2
26,605
7
2
263.1
2011 Q1
27,722
13
0
468.9
2010 Q4
21,776
8
1
367.4
2010 Q3
22,248
10
3
449.5
2010 Q2
22,668
10
5
441.2
2010 Q1
21,835
12
2
549.6
2009 Q4
19,321
11
4
569.3
2009 Q3
16,545
19
12
1148.4
2009 Q2
17,400
13
3
747.1
2009 Q1
20,263
10
3
493.5
2008 Q4
23,738
18
5
758.3
2008 Q3
23,457
14
5
596.8
2008 Q2
23,282
5
1
214.8
2008 Q1
22,294
16
4
717.7
2007 Q4
18,109
13
7
717.9
2007 Q3
16,354
6
5
366.9
2007 Q2
16,782
15
7
893.8
2007 Q1
16,186
10
2
617.8
2006 Q4
15,221
15
6
985.5
2006 Q3
14,299
8
1
559.5
2006 Q2
5,916
3
1
507.1
2005 Q4
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
27 on file
2023 · 2 incidents
February 20, 2023PA · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerMACHINERY
installing roof bolt with plate, bending bolt over to bolter head when hand slipped and it sprang back causing a laceration on top of right thumb requiring stitches
January 16, 2023PA · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerMACHINERY
Individual was assisting a move from room to room when the individual was tearing low belt apart and felt a strain in groin. Individual worked full duty until surgery on 12/12/2022
2021 · 1 incident
November 8, 2021PA · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Normal working section, helping the mechanic tighten blower belt on a Twin-Boom bolter, using a pry bar to pull tension on the belt when it slipped hitting EE's right hand index finger causing a cut which required stitches
2019 · 1 incident
January 21, 2019PA · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Installing roof bolt, aligning bolt head to chuck, spun motor to align and bolt head caught glove and tore end of small finger on left hand off to first knuckle.
2012 · 1 incident
June 14, 2012PA · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerDISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
On going knee problem from crawling on knee. Accident happened on 6/14/12, employee continued to work, 2/13/13 he had surgery on knee Prepatellar bursitis
2010 · 1 incident
July 16, 2010PA · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
EE was driving a johnson personal carrier out of the mine, when driving past a parked scoop he came in contact with the scoop and his left arm was injured between the two machines.
May 20, 2008PA · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miner's knee. I was not told of any injury date. I was just told knee was swollen and he was seeing his family physician, and not a panel doctor until 1/4/08 for one visit then back to his family physician. Didn't consider it to be work-related at this time
2007 · 5 incidents
December 28, 2007PA · Coallaborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Backing miner out of right X-cut, stopped and was swinging miner over when left tram lever on remote stuck, causing miner to swing downhill. The auger of the miner rolled over EE's leg, causing a break.