Mining Incidents

Skidmore Slope Coal

Blackwood Mining · Underground
Controlled by Charles Cress
Blackwood Tremont, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608031

Skidmore Slope has $471 in proposed MSHA penalties and $55 outstanding across 3 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 2000
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$471
proposed penalties
$355
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $116 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
58
inspections on record
790
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: 790 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Skidmore Slope has $471 in proposed MSHA penalties and $55 outstanding across 3 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.
$471
proposed penalties
$410
current assessed
$355
paid to date
$55
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-11-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Skidmore Slope shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.20 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 92 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.
0.20
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.17
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
92
samples
Most recent sample: 2003-02-25.
Silica (quartz)
1.5
silica avg (%)
1.5
silica max (%)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-06-14.
Noise
0%
over PEL
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2002-11-27.
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
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 25 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 27 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q4 148 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 567 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 750 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,060 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 840 1 1 1190.5
2002 Q1 105 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 0 1 0
2001 Q3 840 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 840 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 420 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 315 1 0 3174.6
2000 Q2 935 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 315 0 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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The full compliance file on Skidmore Slope

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.