Robena Surface Mine has $7K 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
2
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Oct 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
27
citations
12
significant & substantial
$7,771
proposed penalties
$7,771
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 426 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Robena Surface Mine has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-02-14.
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 Robena Surface Mine shows 100% of 66 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: 2017-07-10, 9 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
66
samples
1.38
dust max (mg/m3)
1
over MSHA ECV
ⓘThe excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
56 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 10 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.
Robena Surface Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2013.
Injury rate, 2013
ⓘ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 3.94 and the all-US-mining average was 2.99 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 4.76 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.
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)
2017
3
24,760
2016
7
106,830
2015
7
128,612
2014
6
142,283
2013
7
157,289
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Robena Surface Mine sits in Greene County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 5.2% 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.
Greene County, Pennsylvania · Population 35,265
5.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,870
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
2017 Q4
0
0
0
2017 Q3
824
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
2,246
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
3,823
2
0
523.1
2016 Q4
3,349
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,904
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
3,884
1
1
257.5
2016 Q1
3,815
3
2
786.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2015 Q4
3,694
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
4,144
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
4,365
2
2
458.2
2015 Q1
4,116
1
1
243.0
2014 Q4
3,747
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
4,032
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
3,518
1
1
284.3
2014 Q1
3,500
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
3,618
1
0
276.4
2013 Q3
4,259
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
7,647
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
5,337
11
4
2061.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2012 · 2 incidents
October 1, 2012PA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was operating a Cat D400E articulated truck and hit a hole that jerked his back causing a pulled muscle.
March 20, 2012PA · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Unknown operator · Fall onto or against objects
Employee, was leaning over to pick up a water hose out of a highlift bucket when he slipped and fell into the highlift bucket dislocating his right shoulder. EE was transported to General Hospital by Pres. of Ali Co., where he was treated and released.