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: 604 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Sickafoose Mine has $491 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.
$491
proposed penalties
$491
current assessed
$491
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-04-03.
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.
MSHA sampling at Sickafoose Mine shows 100% of 58 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: 2007-04-04, 19 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
58
samples
0.88
dust max (mg/m3)
58 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 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.
Sickafoose Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 4.71 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, coal mining averaged 4.57 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
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
2.08
2.08
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
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)
2007
10
37,729
2006
21
29,745
2005
29
59,684
2004
36
112,029
2003
40
141,714
2002
37
214,779
2001
33
266,309
2000
29
173,772
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Sickafoose Mine sits in Stark County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Stark County, Ohio · Population 373,764
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$65,740
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
2007 Q4
5,373
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
4,829
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
3,067
1
0
326.1
2007 Q1
8,337
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
11,304
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
11,891
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
11,626
1
0
86.0
2006 Q1
13,117
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4
16,563
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
18,264
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
28,119
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
17,612
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
22,450
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
22,278
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
23,959
1
0
41.7
2004 Q1
11,907
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
22,586
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
24,477
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
17,311
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
24,169
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
25,403
2
1
78.7
2002 Q3
23,954
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
24,067
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
22,596
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
21,706
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
22,306
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
20,837
1
1
48.0
2001 Q1
20,077
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
19,967
1
0
50.1
2000 Q3
18,750
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
15,703
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
18,211
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2002 · 1 incident
September 3, 2002OH · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
ENZ, INC. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
RAINING, SLIPPED ON TRACKS (FUELING DOZER). FELL TO GROUND.
1993 · 1 incident
November 27, 1993OH · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ENZ, INC. · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS REMOVING A 455 KOMATSU DOZER LIFT JACK CYLINDER WHEN HE NEEDED TO REHOOK HIS CRANE. WHEN HE SET THE CYLINDER DOWN TO REHOOK THE CYLINDER MOVED SIDEWAYS AND PURED HIS FOOT UNDER CT. HE T HEN FELL BACKWARDS OFF THE BACK AND STRETCHED ALL THE LIGMENTS ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
1992 · 2 incidents
August 28, 1992OH · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
ENZ, INC. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
36602ACK PAIN GOT WORSE OVER (NO)TIME TOOK TIME OFF SO PHYSICIAN & RECOVER NO ONE EVEN THOUGHT HE CAN REMEMBER CAUSED PAIN
February 1, 1992OH · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ENZ, INC. · Fall to the walkway or working surface
WALKING ON SLOPE SLIPPED ON ROCK FELL LACERATING RIGHT PALM HAND AND WRSIT WHEN PUT HAND OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF REQUIRED 10 SUTURES.