Mining Incidents

Pioneer #1 Coal

Controlled by Warren C Hartman
Frenchville, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608504

Pioneer #1 has $1K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
14
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,104
proposed penalties
$1,104
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
69
inspections on record
990
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: 990 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pioneer #1 has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-11-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Pioneer #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.19 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 105 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.
0.19
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.17
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
105
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-03-05.
Silica (quartz)
18.4
silica avg (%)
46.1
silica max (%)
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-11-05.
Noise
4%
over PEL
24
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-03-12.
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
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 205 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 737 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 759 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 601 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 634 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 605 0 0 0.0
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3 623 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 511 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 422 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 278 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 179 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 561 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 667 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 733 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 678 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 494 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 625 1 0 1600.0
2015 Q3 630 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 644 1 0 1552.8
2015 Q1 299 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 370 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 976 1 1 1024.6
2011 Q4 778 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 803 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 739 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 535 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 661 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,409 2 0 1419.4
2010 Q2 1,830 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,412 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,085 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 450 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,808 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,379 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,153 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,748 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,435 1 0 696.9
2008 Q1 685 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 594 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 571 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 303 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 278 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 606 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,056 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 634 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,034 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,048 1 0 954.2
2005 Q2 1,167 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,072 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,149 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,359 1 1 735.8
2004 Q2 1,036 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 208 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,195 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,395 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,196 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,383 1 1 723.1
2002 Q3 1,732 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,179 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,267 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,295 3 1 2316.6
2001 Q3 1,438 1 0 695.4
2001 Q2 1,367 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,342 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,366 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,157 1 0 864.3
2000 Q2 611 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 369 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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The full compliance file on Pioneer #1

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.