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Prospect Bank: 14 MSHA citations Coal

Plains, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3601677

Prospect Bank 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
8
Years on record
1997–2002
Latest incident
Oct 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
14
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,338
proposed penalties
$1,338
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See U. S. Operating Services Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
21
inspections on record
348
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: 348 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Prospect Bank 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 2006-09-20.
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.
28.6%
significant & substantial
14.3%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
7.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 85.7% moderate, 14.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Prospect Bank shows 100% of 23 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: 2006-02-28, 20 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
23
samples
0.46
dust max (mg/m3)
23 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER8
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR5
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE4

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.

Last sampled: 2006-03-08, 20 years ago
0%
over PEL
13
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER6
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR2
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE2
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2006 100% 5
2005 100% 8
2004 100% 4
2003 100% 4
2001 100% 2
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2006 0% 3
2005 0% 4
2003 0% 6
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Prospect Bank recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.

Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 5.11 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 5.95 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
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. Jeddo-Highland Coal Company 1950 to 1997
  2. U. S. Operating Services Company 1997 to present
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)
2006 5
2005 14
2004 13 67,269
2003 5
2002 1
2001 8
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Prospect Bank sits in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 325,978
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,321
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
2006 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 22 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 583 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,251 4 0 551.6
2005 Q4 7,492 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,583 3 0 349.5
2005 Q2 8,733 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,542 1 1 152.9
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 6,482 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,331 5 3 789.8
2004 Q2 6,494 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,421 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,394 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 431 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,068 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,122 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 312 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,926 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,992 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 717 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,576 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,872 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2002 · 1 incident

October 12, 2002 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
U. S. Operating Services Company · Fall from machine

BEFORE DAWN, BUT IN A LIGHTED AREA WITH COOL TEMPS. AND LIGHT RAIN. AFTER THE WALKAROUND INSPECTION THE OP. MOPUNTED LADDER AND OPEN CAB DOOR. AS DOOR OPENED OP. SWUNG BACK AND SLIPPED OFF THE LOWEST STEP. HE FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS RIGHT FOOT.

1999 · 2 incidents

September 13, 1999 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
U. S. Operating Services Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CUTTING A STEEL HUTCH COMPARTMENT INTO SMALL PIECES FOR REMOVAL. WHILE MAKING THE FINAL CUT ON A 3'X3' PIECE OF 3/8" STEEL, THE PIECE SWUNG OUT AND ROPPED. THE METAL IMPACTED THE EE'S L EFT FOOT CUTTING THROUGH HIS BOOT AND CUTTING THE FOOT.

May 6, 1999 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
U. S. Operating Services Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING A 773 HAUL TRUCK. THE EE HIT A LOW SPOT IN THE ROAD WHICH JARRED HIM SUDDENLY CAUSING SEVERE PAIN TO HIS SORE BACK.

1998 · 3 incidents

October 5, 1998 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
U. S. Operating Services Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE TIGHENING A BOLT ON A SCREEN PANEL, THE WRENCH SLIPPED HIS MOMENTUM CARRIED HIM FORWARD AND HIS RIGHT THUMB STRUCK THE SCREEN STRUCTURE BREAKING THE THUMB AT THE 1ST JOINT

July 24, 1998 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U. S. Operating Services Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE CLIMBING INTO SUMP 17B TO TAKE MEASURMENTS OF DISCHARGE PIPING, EMPLOYEE LACERATED HIS RIGHT ARM. AFTER PERFORMING THE TASK THE EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE SUMP. HE CUT HIS LEFT KNEE ON T HE SAME PIECE OF STRUCTURAL STEEL.

June 10, 1998 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
U. S. Operating Services Company · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS REMOVING A GASKET FROM THE OIL PAN OF A D8N DOZER WITH A SCRAPER WHEN THE GASKET GAVE WAY HIS HAND STRUCK THE SUMP SCREEN FOR THE OIL PUMP, CUTITNG HIS RIGHT HAND INDEX FINGER. HE RECEIVED 6 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE CUT.

1997 · 2 incidents

November 13, 1997 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
U. S. Operating Services Company · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A MOTOR FROM UNIT 53 AL IN THE PREP PLANT. THE POWER SOURCE WAS LOCKED AND TAGGED OUT BUT NOT WITH EMPLOYEE'S LOCK. THE PLANT OPERATOR WAS CALLED AND TOLD TO ENABLE THE M IX STATION WHICH THE MOTOR IS A PART OF. THE OPERATOR REMOVED HIS LOCK & RESTORED POWER. EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING JUNCTION BOX. THE RESULANT ARC CAUSED FLASH BURNS TO HIS EYES AND A BURN TO HAND

September 15, 1997 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
U. S. Operating Services Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A PIPE WRENCH AND A VICE TRYING TO LOOSEN A PIECE OF PIPE FROM A FITTING. THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND CAUGHT AGAINS. WRENCH HANDLE CAUGHT IN LEFT ARMPIT, CHEST AREA. THE END RESULT WAS A FRAC TURE OF 3RD LEFT RIB. INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 9-22-97 BECAUSE EE THOUGHT HE HAD ONLY BRUISED HIMSELF.