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.
161 citations across 1,763 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Tasara Strips has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$48K
proposed penalties
$48K
current assessed
$48K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
158 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-04.
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.
MSHA sampling at Tasara Strips shows 100% of 245 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: 2026-06-22
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
245
samples
1.22
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.
165 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 80 by the operator.
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.
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.
Tasara Strips recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.19 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 2.63 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
3.82
3.82
0.000
2020 *
3.95
3.95
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
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.
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)
2026
14
63,256
2025
15
103,803
2024
8
23,017
2023
13
80,972
2022
16
123,514
2021
21
235,238
2020
21
186,973
2019
17
181,424
2018
16
118,097
2017
12
93,229
2016
12
104,861
2015
14
119,238
2014
12
156,006
2013
11
129,795
2012
12
97,982
2011
10
30,539
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Tasara Strips sits in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Fulton County, Pennsylvania · Population 14,545
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$64,798
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
2026 Q2
7,604
4
1
526.0
2026 Q1
8,299
1
1
120.5
2025 Q4
7,863
5
0
635.9
2025 Q3
10,179
6
0
589.4
2025 Q2
6,206
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
3,169
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
1,867
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
2,069
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
2,659
1
0
376.1
2024 Q1
7,127
5
3
701.6
2023 Q4
7,245
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
8,973
5
1
557.2
2023 Q2
7,173
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
7,361
11
1
1494.4
2022 Q4
7,257
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
10,609
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
11,836
9
3
760.4
2022 Q1
10,969
14
2
1276.3
2021 Q4
15,309
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
12,661
7
2
552.9
2021 Q2
13,308
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
11,125
5
1
449.4
2020 Q4
14,699
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
11,794
4
0
339.2
2020 Q2
13,984
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
10,176
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
12,197
1
0
82.0
2019 Q3
11,658
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
11,708
6
1
512.5
2019 Q1
7,821
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
11,078
4
1
361.1
2018 Q3
9,617
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
10,492
8
4
762.5
2018 Q1
8,360
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
8,960
1
0
111.6
2017 Q3
6,983
4
1
572.8
2017 Q2
6,914
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
6,455
4
0
619.7
2016 Q4
7,808
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
9,612
1
0
104.0
2016 Q2
7,234
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
3,983
2
2
502.1
2015 Q4
7,738
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
9,280
4
1
431.0
2015 Q2
7,137
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
8,117
5
0
616.0
2014 Q4
5,580
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
7,512
6
1
798.7
2014 Q2
6,335
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
5,505
3
1
545.0
2013 Q4
6,565
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
6,545
1
0
152.8
2013 Q2
5,712
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
6,694
2
0
298.8
2012 Q4
5,489
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
7,306
4
2
547.5
2012 Q2
5,154
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
9,497
3
2
315.9
2011 Q4
7,366
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
8,866
2
0
225.6
2011 Q2
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2026 · 1 incident
January 22, 2026PA · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The operator was dismounting the dozer at the end of shift. As they were dismounting, left foot slipped from the installed foot step and they fell approximately 5' to the ground, landing on right leg. When they got up they said their leg didn't hurt much so they just went home. The next morning they could hardly move their right knee and it was painful. They then went to doctor.
EE was operating a Cat D11N dozer doing pre-stripping work at Pit 003. During this work a fuel line apparently ruptured resulting in an inextinguishable fire that caused severe damage to the dozer
Employee was driving the Cat 777B rock truck to a location where it could be worked on following the antifreeze hose breaking open the previous day. The employee inhaled antifreeze vapors & became ill.
March 4, 2024PA · Coalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Employee was driving a rock truck when the antifreeze line broke in the cab. Hot antifreeze sprayed onto the employee's right arm and exposed employee's lungs to a toxic agent.
2021 · 1 incident
December 6, 2021PA · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was hammering a bearing in place on the right push arm of a Cat D11N dozer when a metal fragment came off and embedded in the index finger of EE's left hand.
2020 · 1 incident
August 4, 2020PA · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
IE was assisting another EE, mechanic helper, to remove the main bucket pin of the Komatsu 450 excavator. Other EE was pounding on the pin when it came loose. The pin caught IE's middle finger of his right hand between the pin and the top of the bucket.
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