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: 459 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Putt/Raccoon has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-01-11.
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.
MSHA sampling at Putt/Raccoon shows 100% of 34 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: 2005-01-19, 21 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
34
samples
0.61
dust max (mg/m3)
27 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 7 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.
Putt/Raccoon recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
Injury rate, 2003
ⓘ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 5.87 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 6.06 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
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
3.39
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
2.91
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.
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)
2004
4
31,005
2003
16
142,338
2002
24
209,693
2001
26
329,322
2000
28
269,897
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Putt/Raccoon sits in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Washington County, Pennsylvania · Population 209,778
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$77,487
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
VICTIM WAS OPERATING AUGER MACHINE WHEN A SECTION OF THE HIGHWAL L COLLAPSED.THE VICTIM WAS PINNED AGAINST THE AUGER MACHINE BY THE OVERBURDEN.VICTIM WAS CAUSED AND ACCORDING TO THE CORONERS REPORT,DIED OF MASSIVE TRAUMA.
WHILE WALKING FROM HIS MAINTENANCE TRACK TO DOZER TO REINSTALL TRACK PAD, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK WHICH ROLLED FROM UNDER HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE.
2000 · 1 incident
August 19, 2000PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS REPLACING ROLLERS & SEGMENTS ON D-11M #4 DOZER. WHILE DOING WORK HE SAID HE BEGAN TO FEEL DISCOMFORT IN HIS LOWER STOMACH. HE THOUGHT MAYBE HE PULLED A MUYSCLE. AFTER HE WENT HOME AND W HEN HE WENT TO TAKE A SHOWER HE NOTCIED A LUMP ON HIS LOWER STOMACH THAT HADN'T BEEN THERE BEFORE. HE SCH. TO SEE DR. ABOUT IT. GOT REFERRED TURNED OUT TO BE HERNIA. CONTINUED TO WORK TIL SUR
August 26, 1998PA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS DISMOUNTING TRUCK USING THE ACCESS LADDER ON LEFT OF TRUCK. HIS LEFT HAND LOST GRIP & HE PIVOTED AROUND ON RIGHT HAND & FEET & HIT HIS BACK BELOW HIS LEFT SHOULDER BLADE CAUSING HIM PAI N IN HIS BACK. WE TOOK HIM TO HOSPITAL TO GET CHECKED OUT.
March 6, 1998PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WHILE USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE IN A PIN ON D-11 #2 EBAR A SMALL PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF OF SLEDGE OR PIN AND HIT EE ABOVE RIGHT KNEECAUSING A SMALL LACERATION. EE CHECKED HIS LEG A ND SAID HE WAS ALL RIGHT, HOWEVER AS WE AND HIM DISCOVERED 4 MOS LATER (JULY) THE SMALL PIECE OFMETAL WAS IN HIS LEG. (TO BE REMOVED 7-30-98)
1997 · 1 incident
February 4, 1997PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techFALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
WHILE REPAIRING A FUEL LINE ON 6" WATER PUMP IN PIT A SMALL ROCK DISLODGED FROM HIGH WALL AND FELL AND HIT EE ON LEFT CALF CAUSING A BRUISE AND A CONTUSION.