Robindale Energy - Armagh has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2011–2018
Latest incident
Dec 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
14
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,876
proposed penalties
$3,876
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.
14 citations across 1,072 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Robindale Energy - Armagh has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-23.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-10-14.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
MSHA sampling at Robindale Energy - Armagh shows 100% of 116 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: 2026-08-06
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
116
samples
0.36
dust max (mg/m3)
0
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.
76 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 40 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
BULLDOZER OPERATOR61
BACKHOE OPERATOR26
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER13
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.
Robindale Energy - Armagh recorded 6.92 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.
Injury rate, 2011
ⓘ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.
6.92
total case rate
6.92
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 3.83 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 4.31 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
2011 *
6.92
6.92
0.000
2010 *
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.
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)
2026
4
2025
3
2024
4
2023
4
2022
3
2021
1
2020
2
2019
1
2018
2
2017
4
2016
3
474
2015
1
2014
2
2013
0
2012
3
2011
12
2010
13
2009
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Robindale Energy - Armagh sits in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Indiana County, Pennsylvania · Population 83,213
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,739
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
2026 Q2
1,499
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
1,606
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
980
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
1,322
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
1,814
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,201
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
744
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
1,314
1
0
761.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
1,557
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
2,536
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
1,692
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
2,167
1
1
461.5
2023 Q2
1,947
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
1,437
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
1,495
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
1,666
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
1,333
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
1,264
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
1,370
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
703
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
453
1
0
2207.5
2021 Q1
706
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
559
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
584
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
186
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
209
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
139
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
230
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
260
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
1,355
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
1,011
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,087
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
519
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
738
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
648
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,397
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
3,122
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
3,514
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
3,432
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
2,320
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
52
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
60
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
80
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
78
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
102
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
146
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
282
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
247
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
161
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
754
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
0
0
0
2013 Q3
0
0
0
2013 Q2
0
0
0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
21
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1,258
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
184
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
2,693
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
2,994
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
6,092
4
1
656.6
2011 Q2
8,724
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
11,093
3
1
270.4
2010 Q4
8,713
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
1,323
1
1
755.9
2010 Q2
8,081
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
8,356
3
1
359.0
2009 Q4
6,822
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2018 · 1 incident
December 20, 2018PA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
The employee was helping to empty a water treatment sludge bag after it had been dewatered. EE was pulling open the bag with a pair of vice-grip pliers and the pliers slipped causing EE to fall backward onto the frozen ground. EE landed on the right side causing a contusion on EE's right elbow.
2011 · 1 incident
January 7, 2011PA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON