Mining Incidents

Schmunk Job Coal

Controlled by H Scott Whyel
Farmington, Fayette County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607146

MSHA sampling at Schmunk Job shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.08 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 3 samples, plus the mine's fatality, citation, and penalty record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1983–1998
Latest incident
Sep 1998
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
52
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: 52 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Schmunk Job shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.08 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 3 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.
0.08
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.10
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2000-03-07.
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
2001 Q4 504 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 504 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 512 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 503 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 534 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 632 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,253 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 975 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

1998 · 4 incidents

September 30, 1998 PA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bridgeview Coal Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOADING HAY BALES INTO A PICKUP TRUCK. HE STEPPED AND STUMBLED INTO A HOLE WITH HIS RIGHT LEG AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

July 17, 1998 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bridgeview Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD FIXED A FLAT TIRE ON A TRAILER. AS HE WAS RELEASING THE JACK, IT SLIPPED AND SLAMMED HIS HAND AGAINST THE JACK. IT INJURED HIS LEFT HAND AND MASHED HIS KNUCKLES.

June 26, 1998 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bridgeview Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS LIFTING CEMENT PIECES OF SLAB IN BACK OF THE CASE. HE SLIPPED ON THE WET, SLIPPERY GROUND, JARRING HIS BACK.

February 25, 1998 PA · Coal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bridgeview Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING THE COAL TRUCK BETWEEN THE PIT AND THE STOCKPILE. HE HIT AN OVERSIZED ROCK IN THE HAUL ROAD AND IT BOUNCED HIM OUT OF THE SEAT. WHEN HE LANDED, HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

1997 · 1 incident

August 11, 1997 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bridgeview Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS RUNNING THE FARM TRACTOR (BRUSHHOG) AT THE STRIP. WHILE HE WAS ON THE FARM TRACTOR, A CHUNK OF DIRT FLEW FROM THE TIRE INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

1996 · 1 incident

October 28, 1996 PA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bridgeview Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING FROM THE CAB OF THE DRILL TRUCK TO THE REAR IN THE DARK. EE TRIPPED OVER A ROCK. AS HE STARTED TO FALL, HE TWISTED HIS BACK. WHEN HE GOT TO THE BACK OF THE DRILL, HE HAD EXTREME BACK PAIN.

1995 · 1 incident

October 19, 1995 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bridgeview Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS REMOVING THE BELLY PAN FROM A BULL DOZER. HE WAS USING A PRYING BAR TO REMOVE THE DIRT AND ROCKS. THE PRYING BAR SLIPPED AND RELEASED THE DIRT AND ROCKS. A ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS MOUT H, JARRING HIS TEETH.

1993 · 2 incidents

August 13, 1993 PA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bridgeview Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS MOVING ROCKS OUT OF A DIVERSION DITCH AND DEPOSITING THEM ON THE OUTSIDE SLOPE OF THE DITCH. HE WAS CARRYING A ROCK. AS HE STARTED DOWN THE OUTSLOPE OF THE DIVERSION DITCH, HE LOST HIS FOOTING THEREBY TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK.

March 4, 1993 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bridgeview Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUMPING WATER FROM THE PIT TO THE TREATMENT POND. HE WAS TRYING TO START THE WATER PUMP WHILE STANDING ON A BANK. HIS FEET SLIPPED AS HE PULLED ON THE STARTER ROPE ON THE PUMP THEREBY P ULLING A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

1992 · 2 incidents

May 7, 1992 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Bridgeview Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS TURNED IN HIS SEAT WHEN THE BULLDOZER CROSSED OVER A WINDOW.THE DROP WAS APPROX 4 1/2FT.HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN THE BULLDOZER WAS JOLTED BY THE DROP.

1991 · 1 incident

April 4, 1991 PA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bridgeview Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I NAME WAS UNLOADING CRIBBING BLOCKS FROM THE BACK OF THE DRILLING RIG HIS FOOT SLIPPED & THE CRIBBING BLOCKS SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP THEREUPON TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK

1989 · 2 incidents

September 4, 1989 PA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bridgeview Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

I,NAME WAS DRAGGING A WATER PUMP HOSE OVER A DITCH. THE HOSE SNAGGED ON A ROCK. AS HE PULLED ON THE HOSE TO FREE IT, HIS FOOT SLIPPED IN THE MUD. HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK. HE INFORMED US OF T HIS INJURY ON 10-13-89. THIS IS A REOCURRENCE OFA BACK INJURY ON 5/19/89.

May 19, 1989 PA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bridgeview Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I NAME WAS WALKING TOTHE BACK OF THE DRILLING RIG HE TRIPPED OVER A COUPLE OF ROCKS & FELL HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK

1986 · 3 incidents

November 7, 1986 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Bridgeview Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS USING A 7HAIN SAW TO CUT DOWN SOME SMALL SAPPLINGS AT THE JOB.HE SLIPPED AND THE BLADE OF THE SAW TOUCHED THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND REQUIRING STITCHES.

April 21, 1986 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bridgeview Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME CHANGING3OIL IN DOZER WHEN OIL SPLASHED INTO LEFT EYE.HE GRABBED DIRTY RAG TO WIPE EYE AND GOT METAL CUTTINGS IN LEFT EYE.

March 11, 1986 PA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bridgeview Coal Company · Fall from machine

I NAME HAD JUST3MOVED THE DRILL TRUCK FORWARD HE WAS STEPPING OUT OF THE TRUCK TO RETURN TO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK TO CONTINUE DRILLING THE INJURY OCCURRED WHEN HE PUT HIS LEFT FOOT ON THE GR GROUND HIS FOOT3SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL

1985 · 1 incident

August 12, 1985 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bridgeview Coal Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

AT APPROX. 800 AM ON MONDAY AUGUST 12 I NAME WAS WORKING ON A CAT D-10 BULLDOZER. HE WAS TURNING A GEAR ON THE FINAL DRIVE AND ACCIDENTLY CAUGHT AND SMASHED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER I TOOK HIM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT UNIONTOWN HOSP TO BE EXAMINED THE DR SAID NOT TO WORK FOR ONE WEEK.

1983 · 2 incidents

October 21, 1983 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bridgeview Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING BEARINGS IN FINAL DRIVE ON BULLDOZER.USING HAMMER HITTING PUNCH PLACING A RACE FOR A BEARING.STRUCK PUNCH WITH HAMMER AND PUNCH SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE.HAMMER SLIPPED OFF AND STRUCK LEF T HAND.

April 11, 1983 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bridgeview Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GARY RODHEAVER WAS WORKING WITH ROSS SAVAGE ON THE TILT ARM OF THE BLADE OF A D9 DOZER THEY WERE PLACING THE ARM GARY WAS HOLDING THE ARM IN PLACE FOR ROSS WHEN THE ARM SLIPPED OUT OF POSITION AND SMASHED THE RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND

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The full compliance file on Schmunk Job

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.