Mining Incidents

Schuylkill Coal Processing Coal

Controlled by Matthew A Guarna
Lavelle, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3602189

Schuylkill Coal Processing has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1994–1999
Latest incident
Oct 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
57
citations
13
significant & substantial
$5,577
proposed penalties
$5,517
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
110
inspections on record
2,017
inspection hours
2.8
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.
57 citations across 2,017 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Schuylkill Coal Processing has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-03-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Schuylkill Coal Processing shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.47 mg/m3 (96% compliant) across 185 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.
0.47
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.77
dust max (mg/m3)
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
185
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-09-12.
Silica (quartz)
2.7
silica avg (%)
3.6
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-12-28.
Noise
23%
over PEL
79
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-09-12.
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 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 172 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 550 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,102 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 779 1 0 1283.7
2015 Q1 735 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,098 1 0 910.7
2014 Q3 674 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 557 1 0 1795.3
2014 Q1 401 1 0 2493.8
2013 Q4 1,270 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,770 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,713 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,105 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,549 1 0 392.3
2012 Q3 2,586 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,512 1 0 398.1
2012 Q1 2,570 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,575 2 0 776.7
2011 Q3 3,240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,680 2 1 746.3
2011 Q1 2,365 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,939 1 0 340.3
2010 Q3 2,626 1 1 380.8
2010 Q2 2,880 3 0 1041.7
2010 Q1 2,908 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,323 1 0 300.9
2009 Q3 3,388 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,362 3 1 892.3
2009 Q1 3,504 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,566 6 0 1682.6
2008 Q3 3,644 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,618 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,819 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,622 2 2 552.2
2007 Q3 3,462 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,452 2 0 579.4
2007 Q1 3,800 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,074 2 0 490.9
2006 Q3 3,779 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,747 6 2 1601.3
2006 Q1 4,025 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,909 3 0 767.5
2005 Q3 4,346 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,753 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,903 2 2 512.4
2004 Q4 4,136 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,035 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,831 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,519 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,055 6 2 1479.7
2003 Q3 3,618 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,680 1 0 271.7
2003 Q1 2,859 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,742 3 2 1094.1
2002 Q3 2,848 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,939 2 0 680.5
2002 Q1 2,560 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,156 1 0 463.8
2001 Q3 2,707 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,932 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,167 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,475 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,568 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,888 1 0 346.3
2000 Q1 3,194 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1999 · 1 incident

October 1, 1999 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Schuylkill Coal Processing Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED HE HURT HIS RIGHT UPPER ARM 10/1 WHILEPICKING ROCK FROM SHAKER. HE DID NOT REPORT IT UNTIL 10/4 & SAID HE COULDN'T GET DR. APPT. UNTIL 10/6. REPORTED 10/6 DR. SAID HE HAD PULLED MUSC LE IN ARM, TO KEEP IT MOVING OR IT WOULD STIFFENUP. EE THEN SAID DR. SAID HE WAS TO OLD FOR THIS WORK & IF WORKER'S COMP DIDN'T COOPERATE GET A LAWYER. DR. OFFICE DENIES/WAITING ON WORKER COM

1996 · 1 incident

March 25, 1996 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Schuylkill Coal Processing Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN PLANT. WIND BLEW HIS HARD HAT OFF. AT SAME TIME WHILE BENDING OVER TO PICK UP HAT, WIND BLEW A BOARD OVER AND STRUCK HIMON THE FOREHEAD. REQUIRED 8 STITCHES. RETURNED B ACK TO WORK.

1994 · 2 incidents

December 16, 1994 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Schuylkill Coal Processing Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT FINGER ON POWER DRILL BIT

February 15, 1994 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Schuylkill Coal Processing Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO HOSPITAL AFTER WORK HOURS WITH COMPLAINT OF BREATHING PROBLEMS; HE WAS KEPT OVERNIGHT FOR TESTING AND RELEASED THE FOLLOWING DAY.

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The full compliance file on Schuylkill Coal Processing

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.