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Tamburlin Strip: 198 MSHA citations Coal

Brockport, Elk County, PA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3601262

Tamburlin Strip has $42K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1989–2008
Latest incident
Jun 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
198
citations
127
significant & substantial
$42,017
proposed penalties
$35,824
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,193 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Tamburlin Brothers Coal Company Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
106
inspections on record
3,059
inspection hours
6.5
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.
198 citations across 3,059 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tamburlin Strip has $42K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 6 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.
$42K
proposed penalties
$42K
current assessed
$36K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
191 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-03-03.
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.
65.5%
significant & substantial
6.8%
high negligence or reckless
65.1%
reasonably likely or greater
27.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.1% low, 78.1% moderate, 6.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
15 citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
  • Settled 13 · 87%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 13%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 12 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
3%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$9K proposed, $9K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2011-06-28.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
PENN 2009-11 Settlement Lesnick 2010 $4K → $4K
PENN 2009-611 Settlement Lewis 2011 $3K → $2K
PENN 2010-178 Settlement Lewis 2011 $1K → $1K
PENN 2011-403 Settlement Harner 2012 $634 → $634
PENN 2010-532 Dismissal Harner 2012 $317 → $317
PENN 2008-493 Settlement Lesnick 2010 $224 → $224
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Tamburlin Strip shows 99% of 202 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.

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.

Last sampled: 2020-04-08, 6 years ago
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
202
samples
2.99
dust max (mg/m3)
0
over MSHA ECV
ⓘ The excessive concentration value (ECV) is MSHA's own per-sample enforcement threshold, which builds in measurement uncertainty; a sample over its ECV can trigger a citation. The count covers only samples MSHA assigned an ECV.
171 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 31 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR77
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE49
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER47

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2020-04-14, 6 years ago
9.3
silica avg (%)
13
samples
28.5
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR8
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR2
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE2
See US coal mines ranked by silica in their dust samples.

Noise
ⓘ The share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.

Last sampled: 2020-02-05, 6 years ago
6%
over PEL
96
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR38
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER24
  • REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE21
See US mines ranked by noise samples over the legal limit.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ 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 by year
ⓘ 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.
Year within 1.5 mg/m3 samples
2020 67% 3
2017 100% 2
2016 100% 3
2015 100% 8
2014 100% 5
2013 100% 2
2012 100% 11
2011 100% 13
2010 100% 11
2009 100% 15
2008 100% 17
2007 100% 13
2006 100% 5
2005 100% 8
2004 100% 16
2003 89% 9
2002 100% 25
2001 100% 8
2000 96% 28
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2020 0.1 1
2015 5.2 1
2013 12.3 1
2009 8.4 1
2007 4.2 1
2004 10.3 1
2003 7.2 1
2002 3.1 1
2001 20.7 2
2000 9.6 3
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2020 0% 1
2018 0% 2
2015 33% 3
2014 25% 4
2013 0% 1
2012 0% 4
2011 0% 6
2009 0% 10
2008 0% 11
2007 0% 5
2005 0% 5
2004 14% 7
2003 0% 9
2002 0% 8
2001 25% 12
2000 0% 8
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Tamburlin Strip recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.

Injury rate, 2012
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.74 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 4.43 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
Ownership history
  1. Tamburlin Brothers Coal Co Inc 1950 to 1996
  2. Tamburlin Brothers Coal Company Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
2023 1
2022 2 207
2021 2
2020 1
2019 1 294
2018 1
2017 2
2016 1 938
2015 2 694
2014 5 10,315
2013 7 5,882
2012 14 25,097
2011 12 53,733
2010 10 71,278
2009 12 49,426
2008 14 122,419
2007 13 102,336
2006 40 167,514
2005 40 158,311
2004 29 146,719
2003 24 170,580
2002 20 148,080
2001 22 194,019
2000 19 148,434
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Tamburlin Strip sits in Elk County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Elk County, Pennsylvania · Population 30,703
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$64,103
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
2023 Q4 57 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 98 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 83 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 309 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 84 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 165 5 3 30303.0
Show 88 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 287 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 376 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 99 1 0 10101.0
2020 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 152 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 174 2 0 11494.3
2020 Q1 186 2 0 10752.7
2019 Q4 159 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 199 4 3 20100.5
2019 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 469 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 18 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 81 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 201 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 171 1 0 5848.0
2017 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 266 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 549 2 1 3643.0
2016 Q2 237 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 549 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 123 1 1 8130.1
2015 Q3 423 5 1 11820.3
2015 Q2 944 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 276 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,776 1 0 563.1
2014 Q3 742 2 0 2695.4
2014 Q2 846 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,824 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,617 3 3 1146.4
2013 Q3 1,151 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,849 2 1 702.0
2013 Q1 2,630 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,462 3 2 1218.5
2012 Q3 4,047 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 8,486 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,667 2 0 352.9
2011 Q4 6,307 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,313 2 1 273.5
2011 Q2 5,139 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,525 9 2 1629.0
2010 Q4 5,037 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,823 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,139 6 4 1167.5
2010 Q1 4,722 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,051 6 3 1187.9
2009 Q3 3,585 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,700 6 4 1621.6
2009 Q1 7,952 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 9,474 10 6 1055.5
2008 Q3 8,701 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,738 5 3 742.1
2008 Q1 9,274 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 8,178 2 2 244.6
2007 Q3 8,832 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,316 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8,219 10 8 1216.7
2006 Q4 22,460 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 24,131 9 6 373.0
2006 Q2 22,177 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 21,087 16 11 758.8
2005 Q4 23,066 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 32,368 10 6 308.9
2005 Q2 31,656 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 21,059 6 5 284.9
2004 Q4 21,514 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 19,589 4 3 204.2
2004 Q2 17,974 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 14,198 4 4 281.7
2003 Q4 19,955 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 16,398 4 4 243.9
2003 Q2 17,455 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 15,126 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 14,886 5 2 335.9
2002 Q3 13,590 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 12,020 4 4 332.8
2002 Q1 9,387 3 2 319.6
2001 Q4 12,665 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 14,643 1 0 68.3
2001 Q2 16,457 9 5 546.9
2001 Q1 12,005 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 10,496 2 2 190.5
2000 Q3 3,016 3 2 994.7
2000 Q2 11,874 9 7 758.0
2000 Q1 12,630 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2008 · 1 incident

June 9, 2008 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tamburlin Brothers Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was giving the contract driller a piece of duplex wire. When he turned to go back with the shot crew he turned his ankle in a crevice that was created from the drill riggers.

2006 · 1 incident

2002 · 1 incident

October 12, 2002 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tamburlin Brothers Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE PERFORMING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE INJURED LIFTED A 30 GALLON PLASTIC BUCKET OF ANTIFREEZE TO POUR INTO A SMALLER BUCKER, CAUSING A SPRIAN TO HIS LOWER BACK.

1999 · 2 incidents

June 14, 1999 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tamburlin Brothers Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE PERFORMING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON THE ROCK TRUCK, THE INJURED SLIPPED AND FELL INJURING HIS LEFT COLLAR BONE, SHOULDER BLADE AND RIGHT WRIST. THIS ACCIDENT IS NOT DUE TO THE MINERS EFFIC IENCY, SKILLS OR TRAINING.

March 1, 1999 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tamburlin Brothers Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE CLIMBING THE LADDER TO A FRONT END LOADERTHE INJ SLIPPED ON AN ICY STEP & FELL INJURING BOTH GROIN MUSCLES. THIS ACCIDENT IS NOT DUE TO THE MINERS EFFICIENCY, SKILLS, OR TRAINING

1998 · 2 incidents

December 30, 1998 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tamburlin Brothers Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WALKING ACROSS THE PARKING AREA, THE INJURED SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL, CAUSING BRUISES TO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AND HIP. THIS ACCIDENT IS NOT DUE TO THE MINER EFFICENCY, SKILLS OR TRAINING.

December 18, 1998 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tamburlin Brothers Coal Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE INJURED WAS WALKING TO HIS LOADER, STEPPED ON ICE AND FELL. RESULTING IN A BROKEN RIGHT ANKLE. THIS ACCIDENT IS NOT DUE TO THE MINER'S EFFICENCY, SKILLS OR TRAINING.

1997 · 2 incidents

July 31, 1997 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Tamburlin Brothers Coal Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHEN THE INJURED BACKED UPT TO DUMP AREA, THE ROCK TRUCK ROLLED TO THE RIGHT OFF OF DUMP AREA RESULTING IN A LACERATION ABOVE THE LEFT EYE AND A TWISTED LEFT VERTEBRAE. THIS ACCIDENT WAS NOT D UE TO THE MINER'S EFFICIENCY, SKILLS AND TRAINING AND THERE WER ADEQUATE BERMS IN PLACE AT THE DUMP AREA.

February 4, 1997 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tamburlin Brothers Coal Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

THE INJURED STEPPED ON ICE, SLIPPED & FELL AGAINST A LADDER RAILING RESULTING IN FIVE [5] BROKEN RIBSD ON HIS RIGHT SIDE. THIS ACCIDENT IS NOT DUE TO THE MINER'S EFFICENCY, SKILLS OF TRAINING.

1991 · 2 incidents

January 29, 1991 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FIRE
Tamburlin Brothers Coal Co Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

SLIPPED ON BELT KNOCKED OFF FUEL OIL CAN FLL REIGNITED FIRE BURNS TO LOWER L LEG AND L SIDE OF FACE

1989 · 1 incident

July 24, 1989 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Tamburlin Brothers Coal Co Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AFTER ASSISTING TO HELP JUMP START A SMALL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FROM A PICK-UP TRUCK, THE INJURED DISCONNECTED THE JUMPER CABLES FROM THE PICK-UP TRUCK AND THREW THE CABLES ASIDE. THE CABLES HIT THE REVERESE LEVER IN THE EQUIPMENT CAUSING IT TO DRIFT BACKWARD, PINNING THE INJURED BETWEEN EQUIPMENT & PICKUP TRUCK. RESULTING IN INJURIES OF FRACTURES OF LOWER RIGHT LEG AND LACERATIONS O