Schaeffer Hill Refuse Bank Coal
Reading Anthracite Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Maria Cantwell; Bonnie R Ryan; Brian R Rich
Minersville,
Schuylkill County,
PA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3610151
Schaeffer Hill Refuse Bank has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
10
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,142
proposed penalties
$991
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
13
inspections on record
338
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: 338 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Schaeffer Hill Refuse Bank has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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
$991
paid to date
$151
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Schaeffer Hill Refuse Bank shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.07 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 25 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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.0.07
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.36
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
25
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-06-17.
Silica (quartz)
2.3
silica avg (%)
2.3
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-02-16.
Noise
0%
over PEL
15
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-02-24.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| 2019 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,629 | 1 | 0 | 613.9 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,975 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,627 | 2 | 0 | 1229.3 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,663 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 3,353 | 1 | 0 | 298.2 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,912 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,203 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,371 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,646 | 1 | 0 | 607.5 |
| 2016 Q4 | 787 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 999 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,173 | 3 | 0 | 2557.5 |
| 2016 Q1 | 2,033 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,418 | 1 | 0 | 705.2 |
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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