Mining Incidents

SILVER LAKE Metal/Non-Metal

JORGE CHACON · Surface
Controlled by Jorge S Chacon
Brackney, Susquehanna County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3610001

SILVER LAKE has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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 2016
29
citations
9
significant & substantial
$4,273
proposed penalties
$342
paid to date
8% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,931 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
8
inspections on record
104
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: 104 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SILVER LAKE has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$342
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, 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
2024 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 290 4 0 13793.1
2020 Q3 448 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 635 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 397 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 208 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 0 1 0
2017 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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