Penn Run, Indiana County,
PA
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Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 3608174
Penn Run Mine has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
74
Years on record
1990–2002
Latest incident
Mar 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
48
citations
20
significant & substantial
$3,967
proposed penalties
$3,469
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $498 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
67
inspections on record
1,339
inspection hours
3.6
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.
48 citations across 1,339 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penn Run Mine has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-02-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Penn Run Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.88 mg/m3 (85% compliant) across 221 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.
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
2003 Q3
0
0
0
2003 Q2
72
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
639
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
564
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
0
0
0
2002 Q2
368
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
7,745
8
2
1032.9
2001 Q4
6,901
7
4
1014.3
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3
5,739
8
3
1394.0
2001 Q2
7,225
6
3
830.4
2001 Q1
7,307
3
1
410.6
2000 Q4
7,133
5
2
701.0
2000 Q3
5,828
1
0
171.6
2000 Q2
8,778
2
1
227.8
2000 Q1
8,310
8
4
962.7
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
November 5, 1993PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techFatality · MACHINERY
WHILE SERVICING A JEFFERY 101 CONTINUOUS MINER, INJURED BECAME ENTAGLED IN THE CUTTING HEAD WHEN THE CUTTING HEAD ACCIDENTALLY CAME ON, PULLING HIM UNDER THE HEAD, FATALLY INJURING HIM.
Reportable incidents
73 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2002 · 6 incidents
March 28, 2002PA · Coallaborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerDISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
WHILE HOLDING A PUNCH FOR ANOTHER MECHANIC TO CHANGE A BEARING THE OTHER MECHANIC MISSED THE PUNCH & STRUCK VICTIM'S THUMB AGAINST SIDE OF THE BEARING.
A SECTION OF ROOF MEASURING APPROX. 19'X25'X6' FELL IN THE INTERSECTION OF #4 ENTRY AT SS 1396, INTERSECTON HAD A CUTTER RUNNING THROUGH WITH SOAPSTONE AND WATER DRIPPING FROM ROOF AREA WAS BO LTED WITH 3' FULLY GROUTED RESIN BOLTS AND ROOF MATS ON AT LEAST 1 3'X4' PATTERN ROCK FELL ON MINER AND #1 BRIDGE.
ROOF FALL 2 X CUTS IN BY SS 1330 #4 ENTRY OFF 1 APPROX 70' BY 19' BY 3-5'. DOUBTFUL AREA WITH CLAY VEINS AND SOAPSTONE ROOF WHEN MINED CAUSING AREA TO BE ABANDONED AND DANGERED OFF. FOUND BY EE ON WEEKLY RETURN EXAM 11-21-01 APPROX 10:0O AM.
November 14, 2001PA · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
BENDING ROOF BOLTS: BENDING OVER, STANDING TURNING TO LEFT, LEFT WRIST STRUCK PIPE GUIDE AS HE WAS LAYING BOLTS DOWN ON BOLT PLATFORM. SWELLING AND WATER ON LEFT WRIST (TENDONITIS).
EE WAS OPERATING A LONG AIRDOX 3B WHILE WEARING A CSE SR100 SELF RESCUER ON HIS LEFT SIDE. HE BRUSED A COAL RIB WITH A 3B CAUSING THE SR100 W3HICH WAS EXTENDE DOTU PAST THE SIDE OF THE 3B TO PUSH AGAINST HIM, FRACTURING TWO RIBS.
July 19, 1999PA · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderDISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
EE WAS RESETTING THE PANIC BAR ON A LONG AIRDOX 3B AND BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON THE BATTERY BOX. THIS HAPPENED ON 1-2-99 AND HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 1-9-99.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN A 3' ROOF BOLT WHILE INSTALLING IT. THE ROOF BOLT SPUN AROUND CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE BOOM OF THE MACHINE.
EE WAS POSITIONED APPROS HALF WAY UP A 6'LADDER WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE. HE JUMPED BACKWARDS AND HIS RIGHT FOOT LANDED ON A BELT STRUCTURE BOTTOM STAND THAT WAS SETTING ON THE FLOOR
AN AREA OF ROOF FELL INBY SS#594 IN THE NO 2 ENTRY & INBY THE NO3 ENTRY IN THE FIRST LEFT AREA OFF OF THE SOUTH MAINS THIS AREA IS PART OF THE RETURN OF THIS MINE
Mears Enterprises Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
MR KAMMERDIENCER WAS OPERTING A AR4 ELKHORN SCOOP AND WAS TOWING ANOTHER AR4 ELKHORN SCOOP. HE TURNED TO VIEW THE SCOOP IN TOW, CATCHING HIS SHOULDER ON A ROOF SUPPORT RAIL. THIS DRUG HIM BA CK OVER THE REAR BUMPER OF THE SCOOP PINCHING HIM BETWEEN THE ROOF AND SCOOP.
June 14, 1994PA · Coalsupply man, supply worker, nipperPOWERED HAULAGE
LAST OPEN CROSSCUT, ROOM 10 2ND LEFT HAD ROOF FALL APPROIMATELY 60 FT LONG 20 FT WIDE 8 FT HIGH.
1993 · 10 incidents
November 5, 1993PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
EE WITRNESSED A FATAL ACCIDENT & WENT INTO SHOCK HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE FOR OBSERVATION
November 5, 1993PA · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
AN AREA OF ROOF FELL IN ENTRIES 1,2 AND 3 ONE CROSSCUT INBY STATIONS 216 & 217 AT THE END OF THE 2ND LEFT BUTT. THIS AREA IS AT THE INBY END THE BUTT. MINING WAS TERMINATED IN THIS AREA DUE TO POOR ROOF AND THIS AREA IS PART OF THE RETURN.
1992 · 8 incidents
September 2, 1992PA · Coalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
INJURED BECAME ILL AFTER ENTERING THE MINE.HE RETURNED TO THE SURFACE COMPLAINING OF STOMACH PAINS.AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED AND HE WAS TAKEN TO INDIANA HOSPITAL AND THEN TRANSFERED TO ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL,PITTSBURGH,PA.HE DIED AT 1:09 PM OF NATURAL CAUSES.CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST BY A DISSECTIVE AORTIC ANEURYSM.
I NAME WAS PUSHING A ROOF BOLT INTO A ROOF BOLT HOLE & PINCHED HIS MIDDLE LEFT FINGER BETWEEN THE BOLTERS DRILL HEAD & A ROOF BOLT PLATE CUTTING THE FINGER
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