Mining Incidents

Slope #2 Coal

S & J Coal Mine · Underground
Controlled by Kerry Harris
Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3609963

Slope #2 has $362K in proposed MSHA penalties and $120K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Mar 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
114
citations
21
significant & substantial
$361,570
proposed penalties
$43,978
paid to date
12% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $317,592 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
154
inspections on record
5,665
inspection hours
2.0
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.
114 citations across 5,665 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Slope #2 has $362K in proposed MSHA penalties and $120K outstanding across 4 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.
$362K
proposed penalties
$164K
current assessed
$44K
paid to date
$120K
outstanding
111 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Slope #2 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.07 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 876 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.
0.07
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.36
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
876
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-05-08.
Silica (quartz)
1.4
silica avg (%)
3.2
silica max (%)
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-02-01.
Noise
0%
over PEL
66
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-04-20.
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
2025 Q4 1,440 1 0 694.4
2025 Q3 144 2 0 13888.9
2025 Q2 240 1 0 4166.7
2025 Q1 1,440 1 0 694.4
2024 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,280 1 0 781.2
2023 Q4 4,470 1 0 223.7
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 4,260 1 0 234.7
2023 Q2 4,375 1 0 228.6
2023 Q1 3,430 1 0 291.5
2022 Q4 3,193 1 0 313.2
2022 Q3 3,453 1 0 289.6
2022 Q2 3,310 1 0 302.1
2022 Q1 2,960 3 0 1013.5
2021 Q4 2,780 1 0 359.7
2021 Q3 3,045 1 0 328.4
2021 Q2 2,210 1 0 452.5
2021 Q1 3,220 2 0 621.1
2020 Q4 2,940 3 1 1020.4
2020 Q3 2,535 1 0 394.5
2020 Q2 2,172 5 1 2302.0
2020 Q1 2,410 1 0 414.9
2019 Q4 2,326 1 0 429.9
2019 Q3 2,500 1 0 400.0
2019 Q2 2,435 5 1 2053.4
2019 Q1 2,150 1 0 465.1
2018 Q4 1,856 1 0 538.8
2018 Q3 2,440 1 0 409.8
2018 Q2 1,920 2 0 1041.7
2018 Q1 3,290 1 0 304.0
2017 Q4 2,335 1 1 428.3
2017 Q3 2,995 3 0 1001.7
2017 Q2 3,010 1 0 332.2
2017 Q1 3,262 2 0 613.1
2016 Q4 3,840 2 0 520.8
2016 Q3 3,540 2 0 565.0
2016 Q2 3,250 8 1 2461.5
2016 Q1 3,700 1 0 270.3
2015 Q4 3,580 1 0 279.3
2015 Q3 4,071 6 1 1473.8
2015 Q2 3,653 3 0 821.2
2015 Q1 3,500 2 0 571.4
2014 Q4 4,155 1 0 240.7
2014 Q3 3,275 3 2 916.0
2014 Q2 4,427 1 0 225.9
2014 Q1 4,549 5 1 1099.1
2013 Q4 5,873 1 0 170.3
2013 Q3 5,813 1 0 172.0
2013 Q2 5,138 2 1 389.3
2013 Q1 5,025 1 0 199.0
2012 Q4 4,356 1 0 229.6
2012 Q3 4,200 1 0 238.1
2012 Q2 2,160 15 9 6944.4
2012 Q1 2,688 1 0 372.0
2011 Q4 2,256 4 2 1773.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2014 · 2 incidents

March 3, 2014 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
S & J Coal Mine · Struck by falling object

Piece of loose slate on roof fell, before timber was properly secure against top.

March 3, 2014 PA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
S & J Coal Mine · Struck by falling object

Piece of loose slate on roof fell before timber was properly secure against top.

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The full compliance file on Slope #2

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.