Mining Incidents

Swisher Contracting Inc. Coal

Controlled by Leonard O Swisher Jr
Clearfield, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607550

Swisher Contracting Inc. has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1990–2011
Latest incident
Apr 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
99
citations
62
significant & substantial
$16,350
proposed penalties
$16,350
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
74
inspections on record
1,848
inspection hours
5.4
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.
99 citations across 1,848 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Swisher Contracting Inc. has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
98 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-10-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Swisher Contracting Inc. shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.28 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 173 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.
0.28
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.36
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
173
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-05-14.
Silica (quartz)
9.8
silica avg (%)
25.3
silica max (%)
18
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-11-02.
Noise
5%
over PEL
64
samples
Most recent sample: 2019-05-14.
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
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 147 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,700 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,100 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,872 0 0 0.0
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3 4,844 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,775 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,899 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,776 1 0 360.2
2017 Q3 4,275 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,353 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,010 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,144 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,439 1 0 694.9
2016 Q2 3,791 1 0 263.8
2016 Q1 1,969 1 1 507.9
2015 Q4 4,269 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,588 1 0 179.0
2015 Q2 4,563 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,297 3 2 566.4
2014 Q4 7,689 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 7,197 1 0 138.9
2014 Q2 7,711 3 1 389.1
2014 Q1 5,602 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 7,674 2 2 260.6
2013 Q3 7,450 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,939 1 1 126.0
2013 Q1 5,441 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 7,142 3 1 420.1
2012 Q3 2,304 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,488 2 2 445.6
2012 Q1 5,351 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,738 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,107 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,095 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,764 1 1 265.7
2010 Q4 6,938 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,860 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,368 1 0 186.3
2010 Q1 5,018 1 1 199.3
2009 Q4 3,783 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,422 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,812 5 2 1311.6
2009 Q1 10,866 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 11,745 16 12 1362.3
2008 Q3 13,083 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 9,955 14 9 1406.3
2008 Q1 10,631 4 2 376.3
2007 Q4 7,924 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8,698 3 3 344.9
2007 Q2 8,792 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,899 4 1 506.4
2006 Q4 5,992 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,285 1 1 137.3
2006 Q2 5,674 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,578 2 2 304.0
2005 Q4 6,442 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 10,836 2 2 184.6
2005 Q2 11,667 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 11,126 7 7 629.2
2004 Q4 13,681 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 11,516 7 5 607.8
2004 Q2 12,152 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 8,410 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,677 3 1 390.8
2003 Q3 7,693 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8,693 1 1 115.0
2003 Q1 5,082 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,047 4 2 792.6
2002 Q3 7,298 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,721 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,514 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 9,058 1 0 110.4
2001 Q3 8,583 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,060 1 0 124.1
2001 Q1 7,564 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,099 1 0 164.0
2000 Q3 4,964 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,623 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,090 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2011 · 1 incident

April 12, 2011 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Swisher Contracting Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Fuel delivery driver slipped in mud and fell on back. It had been raining a few days and rained heavily the morning of the 12th. Fuel driver suffered a cut on his head and broke a bone. The driver will likely be unable to work for a few weeks.

2007 · 1 incident

February 26, 2007 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Swisher Contracting Inc · Fall from machine

Stepped out on dozer Track's and slipped and fell off deck of dozer bad weather of ice.(Catwalk)

1990 · 2 incidents

September 19, 1990 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Swisher Contracting Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS OPERATING WABCO END DUMP GOING UP RAMP WHEN THE TRUCK SLID BACKWARDS HITTING BERM ROLLING TRUCK ON ITS SIDE CAUSING INJURED TO BRUISE HIS LEFT LEG AND ANKLE AND A CUT ON HEAD.

August 31, 1990 PA · Coal ELECTRICAL
Swisher Contracting Inc · Accident type, without injuries

LOADER CAUGHT FIRE WHILE REMOVING OVERBURDEN.IT APPEARS THAT A SHORT IN THE WIRING UNDER THE CAB CAUSED THE FIRE.THE LOADER BURNT.

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The full compliance file on Swisher Contracting Inc.

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.