Employee was released to return to work after being treated for an existing heart condition. EE was assigned to operate a D9T dozer. The foreman accompanied employee to the work area, checked the area & reviewed the assignment with EE. EE was found unresponsive in the cab of the dozer the next morning & the 911 call was made.
The Casselman Mine Coal
J & J SVONAVEC EXCAVATING, INC.
· Surface
Controlled by
James J Svonavec
Boynton,
Somerset County,
PA
·
Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3610377
The Casselman Mine has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
Watch this mine
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at The Casselman Mine.
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2023
- Latest incident
- Dec 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
33
citations
7
significant & substantial
$6,887
proposed penalties
$6,887
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
15
inspections on record
372
inspection hours
n/a
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: 372 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
The Casselman Mine has $7K 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.$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at The Casselman Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.16 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 45 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.0.16
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.08
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
45
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-12-16.
Silica (quartz)
11.0
silica avg (%)
18.8
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2022-09-12.
Noise
0%
over PEL
17
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-03-25.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q3 | 314 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 4,132 | 1 | 0 | 242.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 5,729 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 6,793 | 2 | 0 | 294.4 |
| 2024 Q1 | 7,436 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 6,771 | 7 | 0 | 1033.8 |
Show 7 earlier quarters Hide earlier quarters
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q3 | 7,275 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 6,374 | 7 | 2 | 1098.2 |
| 2023 Q1 | 7,446 | 8 | 4 | 1074.4 |
| 2022 Q4 | 10,359 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 6,598 | 6 | 0 | 909.4 |
| 2022 Q2 | 4,815 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,120 | 2 | 1 | 1785.7 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2023 · 1 incident
December 16, 2023
PA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
OTHER
J & J SVONAVEC EXCAVATING, INC. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
The full compliance file on The Casselman Mine
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.