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POLENIK MINE Coal

Controlled by Matthew J Polenik
Alverda, Indiana County, PA  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 3608728

POLENIK MINE 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
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Feb 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
16
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,228
proposed penalties
$1,228
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
84
inspections on record
1,010
inspection hours
1.6
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.
16 citations across 1,010 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

POLENIK MINE 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
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-08-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at POLENIK MINE shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.12 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 81 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)
0.65
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
81
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-09-16.
Silica (quartz)
11.7
silica avg (%)
16.6
silica max (%)
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-06-07.
Noise
6%
over PEL
36
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-02-27.
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
2025 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 83 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 58 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 43 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,008 1 0 992.1
2019 Q2 992 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,008 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 456 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 472 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 504 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 672 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 606 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 515 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 325 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 485 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 488 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 924 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,162 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 488 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 950 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,240 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,687 1 0 592.8
2013 Q2 1,326 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,663 3 1 1804.0
2012 Q4 2,074 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,057 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,689 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,727 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,819 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,164 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,228 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,059 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,267 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,248 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 367 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 855 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 556 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 635 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 215 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 544 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 650 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 822 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,264 1 1 791.1
2007 Q2 1,109 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,088 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,073 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,240 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,097 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,265 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,097 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,255 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,252 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,584 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,221 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,581 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,221 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,091 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,034 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,825 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,584 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,110 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,620 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,578 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,543 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,036 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 996 5 2 5020.1
2001 Q3 1,120 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,120 2 1 1785.7
2001 Q1 960 1 0 1041.7
2000 Q4 1,068 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,074 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 395 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 247 2 1 8097.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident

February 7, 2012 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alverda Enterprises, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

When exiting equipment employee missed a step and tried to catch himself with right arm which caused injury.

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