Mining Incidents

Salem Hill Bank Coal

Controlled by John W Rich Jr
Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609509

Salem Hill Bank has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
17
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,700
proposed penalties
$1,700
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
29
inspections on record
886
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: 886 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Salem Hill Bank has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-05-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Salem Hill Bank shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.13 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 74 samples.

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.
0.13
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.15
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
74
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-09-28.
Silica (quartz)
1.9
silica avg (%)
1.9
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-05-18.
Noise
2%
over PEL
43
samples
Most recent sample: 2017-05-16.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2 178 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 323 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 322 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,386 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,323 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,379 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,697 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,453 1 0 407.7
2016 Q1 2,498 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,619 2 0 763.7
2015 Q3 2,789 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,016 1 1 331.6
2015 Q1 3,530 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,362 4 0 1189.8
2014 Q3 4,016 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,390 1 0 295.0
2014 Q1 2,846 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,575 1 0 388.3
2013 Q3 2,364 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,400 1 0 416.7
2013 Q1 2,367 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,597 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,869 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,123 1 0 890.5
2012 Q1 2,005 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,064 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,446 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,031 1 0 492.4
2011 Q1 1,310 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,593 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,058 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,114 1 1 897.7
2010 Q1 977 2 0 2047.1
2009 Q4 1,031 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 813 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 679 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,036 1 0 965.3
2008 Q4 94 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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The full compliance file on Salem Hill Bank

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.