Rosebud #3 Armstrong Run Portal has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1999–2001
Latest incident
Mar 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
65
citations
12
significant & substantial
$5,518
proposed penalties
$4,675
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $843 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: 882 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Rosebud #3 Armstrong Run Portal has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-08-11.
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.
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 Rosebud #3 Armstrong Run Portal shows 95% of 112 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: 2001-08-14, 25 years ago
95%
within 1.5 mg/m3
112
samples
2.29
dust max (mg/m3)
58 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 54 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.
Rosebud #3 Armstrong Run Portal recorded 8.23 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.
Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ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.
8.23
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 6.94 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 7.64 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
2001 *
8.23
0.00
0.000
2000 *
33.67
24.05
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)
2002
0
2001
12
129,901
2000
18
287,503
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Rosebud #3 Armstrong Run Portal sits in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania · Population 65,069
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,295
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
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
0
0
0
2001 Q3
7,669
7
1
912.8
2001 Q2
8,696
14
2
1609.9
2001 Q1
7,940
9
0
1133.5
2000 Q4
7,562
6
1
793.4
2000 Q3
10,263
20
4
1948.7
2000 Q2
12,535
6
3
478.7
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1
11,214
3
1
267.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
2001 · 1 incident
March 27, 2001PA · Coallaborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerMACHINERY
THE MAN HAS HAD TROUBLE WITH HIS KNEES FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. THE MAN WENT TO THE DR ON 8-30-00, AND WAS TOLD HIS KNEE WOULDN'T BE RIGHT UNTIL IT WAS OPERATED ON. HE WAS OPERATED ON 9-11-00.
EMPLOYEE HAD PARKED A SUPPLY CAR; HE THEN TRIED TO GET BACK AROUND IT. WHEN HE WENT PAST THE CAR, THE SCOOP BUMPED A POST, KNOCKING IT DOWN; A PIECE OF ROCK FELL AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK AND NECK.
THE MAN HAD SURGERY ON HIS NECK. WHILE WORKING ON THE PUMP, THE MAN WAS SPRAYED WITH WATER. HE JERKED HIS NECK & TORE OPEN HIS STITCHES ON HIS NECK. THE MAN RETURNED TO HIS DR. ON 8-25-00, WAS TOLD NOT TO RETURN TO WORK FOR AT LEAST 3 WEEKS.
Rosebud Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
THE WORKER WAS HELPING TO BUILD A CEMENT BLOCK WALL. HE WAS MIXING CEMENT. THE WORKER HAD A BAG OF CEMENT SLIP OUT OF HIS HANDS. THE BAG HIT THE MORTOR PAN, FLIPPING THE PAN END UP IN THE AIR, SPLASHING CEMENT IN HIS FACE, KNOCKING HIS GLASSES AND HARD HAT OFF.
April 25, 2000PA · Coallaborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerPOWERED HAULAGE