Mining Incidents

Smeltzer Mine Coal

Controlled by Darryl M Jacobs
Elderton, Armstrong County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608521

Smeltzer Mine has $405 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1996
Latest incident
Jun 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
7
citations
0
significant & substantial
$405
proposed penalties
$405
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
41
inspections on record
273
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: 273 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Smeltzer Mine has $405 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.
$405
proposed penalties
$405
current assessed
$405
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-05-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Smeltzer Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 21 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.
0.10
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.39
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
21
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-11-13.
Noise
0%
over PEL
16
samples
Most recent sample: 2006-11-13.
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
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 1,444 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 330 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,357 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,437 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,024 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,763 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 39 0 0 0.0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 1,225 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 659 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,401 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,502 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,492 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,657 1 0 603.5
2004 Q1 212 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,147 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,743 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,384 3 0 2167.6
2003 Q1 1,765 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,451 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,252 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,489 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,980 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,922 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,243 3 0 1337.5
2001 Q2 977 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1996 · 1 incident

June 26, 1996 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seven Sisters Mining Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE MOVING BARREL OF OIL THE BARREL SLIPPED AND HE WENT TO GRAB BARREL AND PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

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