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River Hill Tipple Coal

Controlled by Harry J Hanchar
Karthaus, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608683

River Hill Tipple has $464K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 59 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2001–2014
Latest incident
May 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
311
citations
160
significant & substantial
$464,078
proposed penalties
$232,554
paid to date
50% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $231,524 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
102
inspections on record
3,037
inspection hours
10.2
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.
311 citations across 3,037 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

River Hill Tipple has $464K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 59 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.
$464K
proposed penalties
$233K
current assessed
$233K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
301 assessments are final orders; 59 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-05-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at River Hill Tipple shows respirable coal dust averaging 1.13 mg/m3 (75% compliant) across 385 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.
1.13
dust avg (mg/m3)
8.58
dust max (mg/m3)
75%
within 1.5 mg/m3
385
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-02-09.
Silica (quartz)
0.4
silica avg (%)
1.5
silica max (%)
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-02-11.
Noise
5%
over PEL
81
samples
Most recent sample: 2016-05-31.
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
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 15 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 132 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
Show 71 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3 35 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 342 3 2 8771.9
2016 Q1 365 6 2 16438.4
2015 Q4 348 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,274 8 1 6279.4
2015 Q2 1,502 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,655 6 5 3625.4
2014 Q4 1,378 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,593 17 10 10671.7
2014 Q2 1,325 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,669 1 0 599.2
2013 Q4 1,411 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,595 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,130 4 1 1278.0
2013 Q1 5,394 1 0 185.4
2012 Q4 6,349 4 1 630.0
2012 Q3 8,287 18 8 2172.1
2012 Q2 8,611 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 7,371 10 2 1356.7
2011 Q4 6,930 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 8,555 16 7 1870.3
2011 Q2 8,890 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 7,819 2 1 255.8
2010 Q4 8,325 10 3 1201.2
2010 Q3 9,789 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,406 4 0 540.1
2010 Q1 7,621 4 2 524.9
2009 Q4 6,498 5 1 769.5
2009 Q3 5,080 19 13 3740.2
2009 Q2 5,539 1 0 180.5
2009 Q1 8,548 15 10 1754.8
2008 Q4 7,812 12 6 1536.1
2008 Q3 7,927 5 2 630.8
2008 Q2 8,099 9 6 1111.2
2008 Q1 9,052 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 11,365 28 14 2463.7
2007 Q3 8,333 9 4 1080.0
2007 Q2 10,054 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,452 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,694 6 6 618.9
2006 Q3 7,232 10 8 1382.7
2006 Q2 7,722 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,856 5 3 729.3
2005 Q4 7,473 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,461 14 6 1876.4
2005 Q2 6,538 8 4 1223.6
2005 Q1 5,635 6 2 1064.8
2004 Q4 5,160 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,814 1 1 207.7
2004 Q2 5,132 2 1 389.7
2004 Q1 6,408 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,271 5 5 948.6
2003 Q3 4,755 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,819 1 1 171.9
2003 Q1 5,683 1 1 176.0
2002 Q4 6,002 4 2 666.4
2002 Q3 5,780 4 3 692.0
2002 Q2 5,771 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,927 5 3 843.6
2001 Q4 6,559 1 1 152.5
2001 Q3 6,520 5 5 766.9
2001 Q2 6,098 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,735 8 3 1394.9
2000 Q4 3,766 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,762 8 4 2126.5
2000 Q2 3,939 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,583 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2014 · 1 incident

May 7, 2014 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

Working on hydraulic leak next to engine, Hand came in contact with fan blade.

2011 · 1 incident

August 9, 2011 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Working on 570 loader replacing u-joint. hammering on the u-joint and a piece of metal broke off and went into employees arm.

2010 · 1 incident

June 10, 2010 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

Broken finger, raised pin to connect cable to loader. Pin fell on finger.

2008 · 4 incidents

September 5, 2008 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE lost balance on concrete pad, twisted ankle. Had x-ray done.

July 9, 2008 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was standing behind truck directing truck when employee was pinned by truck to wall.

July 2, 2008 PA · Coal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

Employee stepped off ladder of truck right knee buckled when foot hit the ground. He continued to work with no lost time until 9/10/08 when he went in for an operation.

2006 · 1 incident

March 21, 2006 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

PULLED MUSCLES, STRAINED SHOULDER & BACK OF ARM WHILE RAISING BED ON TRUCK TO DUMP & PULLING OUT AWAY FROM LOAD.

2005 · 1 incident

July 5, 2005 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EE WAS CHANGING FORK ON BOBCAT SKID STEER BUCKET. EE WAS WALKING BETWEEN BUCKET AND WALL AS BUCKET WAS MOVING. BUCKET STRUCK EE'S ANKLE, SPRAINING IT.

2003 · 1 incident

May 14, 2003 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A BELT SCRAPER IN PLACE. WENT TO THE DOCTORS ON 9-3-03. OPERATION 9-22-03. TO BE OFF 3 TO 4 WEEKS.

2002 · 1 incident

October 15, 2002 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

HOSE BROKE ON LOADER, IT CAME THROUGH WINDSHIELD. GLASS IN EYE.

2001 · 1 incident

January 19, 2001 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
River Hill Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED ON ICY CONDTIONS. WENT TO DR ON 2/12/01

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