Mining Incidents

Solomon Run Coal

ELK RESOURCES INC · Surface
Controlled by Alisha Steuernagel
Richland, Somerset County, PA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3610165

Solomon Run has $8K 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
2020
Latest incident
Jun 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
53
citations
10
significant & substantial
$7,694
proposed penalties
$7,694
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
26
inspections on record
948
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: 948 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Solomon Run has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Solomon Run shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.15 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 170 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.
0.15
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.97
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
170
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-11-06.
Silica (quartz)
13.6
silica avg (%)
41.5
silica max (%)
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-06-18.
Noise
5%
over PEL
55
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-11-06.
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 80 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 2,134 1 0 468.6
2024 Q3 2,443 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,864 2 0 698.3
2024 Q1 3,029 3 1 990.4
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,278 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,147 3 0 723.4
2023 Q2 5,414 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,622 4 1 865.4
2022 Q4 5,184 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,401 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,837 4 0 827.0
2022 Q1 4,861 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,834 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,318 5 3 791.4
2021 Q2 5,747 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,307 4 1 753.7
2020 Q4 1,158 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,180 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,351 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,994 6 0 1001.0
2019 Q4 5,793 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,910 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,243 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6,657 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,950 1 0 168.1
2018 Q3 6,870 6 2 873.4
2018 Q2 6,473 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,820 1 0 146.6
2017 Q4 6,370 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,145 4 1 650.9
2017 Q2 5,450 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,920 1 0 168.9
2016 Q4 5,740 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,663 6 0 1059.5
2016 Q2 4,125 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,500 2 1 1333.3
2015 Q4 515 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2020 · 1 incident

June 17, 2020 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ELK RESOURCES INC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was setting upright a half full 55 gallon drum of oil in order to pump oil into a CAT D11N dozer and felt a sharp pain in the abdomen.

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