Mining Incidents

Rosa Silt Bank: 9 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by John W Rich Jr
Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609497

Rosa Silt 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
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Oct 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
9
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,007
proposed penalties
$1,007
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
27
inspections on record
673
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: 673 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rosa Silt 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
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-04-10.
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.
22.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
22.2%
reasonably likely or greater
44.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 77.8% low, 22.2% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Rosa Silt Bank shows 100% of 61 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: 2020-02-05, 6 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
61
samples
0.97
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.
37 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 24 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR40
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER21

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2017-05-31, 9 years ago
2.1
silica avg (%)
4
samples
2.9
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR4

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: 2019-04-10, 7 years ago
0%
over PEL
36
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER23
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR13
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
2020 100% 1
2019 100% 8
2018 100% 11
2017 100% 13
2016 100% 7
2015 100% 10
2014 100% 7
2013 100% 2
2008 100% 1
2007 100% 1
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2017 2.7 2
2016 1.3 1
2015 1.7 1
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2019 0% 3
2018 0% 5
2017 0% 9
2016 0% 3
2015 0% 6
2014 0% 6
2013 0% 2
2008 0% 1
2007 0% 1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Waste Management & Processors, Inc. 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 0
2020 1
2019 4
2018 5
2017 5
2016 4
2015 3
2014 3
2013 2
2011 0
2010 0
2009 0
2008 1
2007 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Rosa Silt Bank sits in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania · Population 143,259
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,901
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
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 999 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,821 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,137 0 0 0.0
Show 40 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2 1,981 1 1 504.8
2019 Q1 2,093 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,023 1 0 494.3
2018 Q3 2,746 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,355 2 0 849.3
2018 Q1 2,365 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,977 1 0 335.9
2017 Q3 2,746 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,597 1 0 385.1
2017 Q1 2,141 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,117 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,839 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,138 1 0 467.7
2016 Q1 2,174 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,676 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,316 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,871 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,403 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,209 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,529 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,396 1 0 716.3
2014 Q1 1,245 1 1 803.2
2013 Q4 1,151 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 817 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 349 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 574 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 363 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 561 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

October 30, 2019 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EE was getting down from the loader at the end of shift. EE slipped off the last step, jammed left knee, felt & heard a pop.