Mining Incidents

Rose Mine: 52 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Masontown, Fayette County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3609086

Rose Mine has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $95 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
2007–2022
Latest incident
Feb 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
52
citations
13
significant & substantial
$21,940
proposed penalties
$13,945
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,995 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
71
inspections on record
1,514
inspection hours
3.4
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.
52 citations across 1,514 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rose Mine has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $95 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$95
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $14K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-07.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
13.5%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
23.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.9% none, 25.0% low, 59.6% moderate, 13.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
57%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$14K proposed, $6K 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 2008-03-06.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
PENN 2008-224 Settlement Lesnick 2009 $14K → $6K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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.

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: 2020-01-27, 6 years ago
0%
over PEL
80
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER16
  • WEIGHMAN15
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE11

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2026-08-14
21
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg15
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (21)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2026-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2026-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2026-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2026-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-03-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-03-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2022-03-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2021-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2021-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2021-02-23 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.12 Drill Operator, Rotary
2021-02-23 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0 Backhoe Operator
2021-02-23 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-02-23 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0 Utility Man
2021-02-23 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0 Truck Driver
2020-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2020-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), 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.
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2020 0% 5
2019 0% 6
2018 0% 7
2017 0% 3
2016 0% 3
2015 0% 9
2014 0% 7
2013 0% 10
2012 0% 3
2011 0% 5
2010 0% 4
2009 0% 3
2008 0% 5
2007 0% 4
2006 0% 2
2004 0% 1
2003 0% 2
2002 0% 1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Rose Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.

Injury rate, 2023
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 metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.29 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
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 9.36 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.
Ownership history
  1. Steve Patterson LLC 2002 to 2019
  2. AEC SERVICES COMPANY LLC 2019 to present
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 10
2025 9
2024 10
2023 11
2022 9
2021 9
2020 9
2019 2
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0 233
2015 2 587
2014 7 1,901
2013 8 11,569
2012 7 17,645
2011 7 1,673
2010 8 4,119
2009 8 4,874
2008 8 10,152
2007 5 7,914
2006 2 5,945
2005 1 5,953
2004 1 9,384
2003 2 26,515
2002 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Rose Mine sits in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Fayette County, Pennsylvania · Population 126,967
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$56,093
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 5,495 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,756 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,350 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,592 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,785 2 0 418.0
2025 Q1 4,932 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,589 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,924 0 0 0.0
Show 86 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 6,250 1 0 160.0
2023 Q4 5,978 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,864 1 0 170.5
2023 Q2 6,869 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 7,644 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,543 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,560 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,378 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,896 1 0 204.2
2021 Q4 4,936 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,923 2 0 406.3
2021 Q2 4,787 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,885 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,906 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,922 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,592 1 1 278.4
2020 Q1 4,276 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,158 2 0 1727.1
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 1 0
2019 Q1 0 1 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 4 2
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 3 1
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 2 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 3 1
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 600 3 1 5000.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 312 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 270 1 1 3703.7
2015 Q1 94 1 1 10638.3
2014 Q4 3,684 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,122 1 1 242.6
2014 Q2 4,903 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,955 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,746 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,508 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,341 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,680 1 0 271.7
2012 Q4 4,517 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,038 1 0 247.6
2012 Q2 4,700 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,353 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,195 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,965 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,817 2 0 524.0
2011 Q1 3,207 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,912 1 0 203.6
2010 Q3 4,551 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,066 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,290 2 0 607.9
2009 Q4 4,129 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,621 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,925 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,108 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,796 1 0 208.5
2008 Q3 4,693 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,198 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,247 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,825 8 2 2091.5
2007 Q3 2,985 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,971 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,390 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,190 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,120 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,174 1 0 851.8
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 1 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 434 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 948 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 260 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 294 1 1 3401.4
2003 Q4 364 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 673 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 747 1 0 1338.7
2003 Q1 481 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2022 · 1 incident

February 16, 2022 PA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
AEC SERVICES COMPANY LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Rock stuck in the jaw, EE was trying to manually release it with hand. The rock slipped and smashed the tip of EE's finger. Cut tip of finger.

2007 · 1 incident

October 20, 2007 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Steve Patterson LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Repairing belt on Powerscreen, wrench slipped and hit employee in the lip.