Taylor Lower Bakerstown Coal
Cobra Mining, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Jason A Kitzmiller
Westernport,
Garrett County,
MD
·
Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1800791
Taylor Lower Bakerstown has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K 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
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
76
citations
13
significant & substantial
$14,196
proposed penalties
$8,158
paid to date
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,038 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
44
inspections on record
1,140
inspection hours
6.7
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.76 citations across 1,140 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Taylor Lower Bakerstown has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K 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.$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Taylor Lower Bakerstown shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.23 mg/m3 (98% compliant) across 112 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.0.23
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.08
dust max (mg/m3)
98%
within 1.5 mg/m3
112
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-11-04.
Silica (quartz)
3.5
silica avg (%)
5.8
silica max (%)
4
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-07-02.
Noise
0%
over PEL
30
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-06-25.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 462 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 3,505 | 2 | 0 | 570.6 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,780 | 3 | 0 | 793.7 |
| 2023 Q4 | 2,191 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,828 | 3 | 0 | 1060.8 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,362 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 3,999 | 4 | 0 | 1000.3 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Q4 | 4,704 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 938 | 0 | 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 Taylor Lower Bakerstown
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.