Sonman Refuse Site Coal
Fuel Recovery, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Inter-Power/Ahlcon Partners LP
Portage,
Cambria County,
PA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3608631
Sonman Refuse Site has $1K 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
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
12
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,180
proposed penalties
$1,180
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
66
inspections on record
953
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 953 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Sonman Refuse Site has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-04-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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MSHA sampling at Sonman Refuse Site shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.07 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 93 samples.
Health sampling
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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
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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)
0.37
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
93
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-05-06.
Silica (quartz)
6.7
silica avg (%)
12.1
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2020-04-27.
Noise
0%
over PEL
38
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-01-21.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 1,965 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,314 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,521 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2,634 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,138 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,456 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,711 | 1 | 0 | 368.9 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,487 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 2,716 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,569 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,669 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 2,659 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,779 | 1 | 1 | 359.8 |
| 2022 Q3 | 2,820 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,576 | 1 | 0 | 388.2 |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,569 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,500 | 2 | 0 | 800.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,343 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,876 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 579 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 319 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 235 | 1 | 0 | 4255.3 |
| 2019 Q3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 711 | 1 | 0 | 1406.5 |
| 2019 Q1 | 712 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 848 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 978 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 883 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 949 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 946 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 937 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 705 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 681 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 384 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 416 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 401 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 667 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 864 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 730 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,256 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 1,355 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 619 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 241 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 564 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 332 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 226 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 307 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 198 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 557 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,005 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1,145 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 486 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 597 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 808 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 986 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 779 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 936 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 604 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 870 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 1,652 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 646 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 1,562 | 5 | 0 | 3201.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 1,224 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 7,325 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q1 | 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 Sonman Refuse Site
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.