West Pittsburgh, PA, Lawrence County,
PA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3603200
Southern Region Mahoning has $5K 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
15
Years on record
1988–2000
Latest incident
May 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
20
citations
9
significant & substantial
$5,249
proposed penalties
$5,249
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 197 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Southern Region Mahoning has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-10-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2003-07-17, 23 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-07-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Southern Region Mahoning recorded 9.48 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.48
total case rate
9.48
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.77 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 6.49 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2004
0
2003
3
2002
3
2001
5
2000
14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Southern Region Mahoning sits in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania · Population 85,423
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$60,779
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
0
0
0
2003 Q3
1,442
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,912
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,051
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
2,033
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,413
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2002 Q2
2,177
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
1,914
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,559
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,669
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,833
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
804
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
4,499
5
2
1111.4
2000 Q3
6,043
1
1
165.5
2000 Q2
6,202
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,363
14
6
3208.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
15 on file
2000 · 1 incident
May 12, 2000PA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
WAS DISMANTLING A PIECE OF PLANT STRUCTURE WHEN THE PIECE SHIFTED PINNING HIS HAND BETWEEN TWO PLANT COMPONENTS.
June 25, 1997PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE OPERATING CLARK 275 FRONT END LOADER, HIT A LARGE ROCK ON ROAD THAT FELL FROM BUCKET. STEERING WHEEL SPUN AND JOLTED LEFT ARM. OPERATOR WENT TO DOCTOR ON MAY 29 BECAUSE LEFT SHOULDER WAS BOTHERING HIM. DOCTOR SAID TO STAY OFF WORK FOR 1 WEEK FOR SHOULDER TO HEAL.
1996 · 1 incident
October 15, 1996PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
SPLICING A CONVEYOR BELT. EMPLOYEE CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT WITH A BELT KNIFE AND LEF TLEG SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM WHILE CUTTIN GNAD PULLED A MUSCLE OR LIGAMENTS IN LEFT GROIN AREA.
1993 · 2 incidents
September 22, 1993PA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE WORKIN GON UNIT DRAG LINE CHANGING DUMP CABLE FROM SOCKET. THE CABLE END FLEW AROUND AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH(FRONT) BREAKING A CAPPED AND CROWNED TOOTH OFF. A SLIGHT CUT ON THE L OWER LIP BUT DID NOT REQUIRE ANY STITCHES. EMPLOYEE WENT TO DENTIST RIGHT AWAY.
March 31, 1992PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE STANDING BESIDE CRUSHER WAITING FOR IT TO STOP A STONE FLEW OUT OF CRUSHER HITTING HIS LEFT EYE HE HAS A LACERATED CORNEA EMPLOYEE MISSED NO SCHEDULED DAYS AWAY FROM WORK BUT HAD TWO OR THREE RETURN VISITS TO THE DOCTOR
1990 · 1 incident
December 13, 1990PA · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerMACHINERY