Mining Incidents

Trevorton Breaker Coal

Trevorton, Northumberland County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3602242

Trevorton Breaker has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $393 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1984–1995
Latest incident
Aug 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
35
citations
8
significant & substantial
$8,177
proposed penalties
$7,773
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $404 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
101
inspections on record
1,265
inspection hours
2.8
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.
35 citations across 1,265 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Trevorton Breaker has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $393 outstanding across 5 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$393
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Trevorton Breaker shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.08 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 31 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.
0.08
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.33
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
31
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-05-27.
Silica (quartz)
1
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-11-29.
Noise
0%
over PEL
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-03-26.
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 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,600 2 1 1250.0
2025 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,475 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,500 4 0 2666.7
2024 Q3 1,560 1 0 641.0
2024 Q2 1,600 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,550 2 0 1290.3
Show 85 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,570 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,560 1 0 641.0
2023 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,560 5 3 3205.1
2022 Q4 1,369 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,301 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,250 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 340 3 1 8823.5
2020 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 4 1
2014 Q1 0 3 2
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 2 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 2 0
2005 Q1 0 1 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 1 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 151 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 232 1 0 4310.3
2001 Q3 226 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 221 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 221 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 235 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 254 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 258 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1995 · 1 incident

August 25, 1995 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Reading Anthracite Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG DISEASE.

1987 · 2 incidents

April 1, 1987 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Reading Anthracite Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG 3

March 6, 1987 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reading Anthracite Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

DRAGGING EMPTY 5CETYLENE TANK SLIPPED ANDWET FLOOR NEAR ROCK CHUTE WENT DOWN ON LEFT KNEE.

1986 · 2 incidents

December 8, 1986 PA · Coal DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Reading Anthracite Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG 3

June 30, 1986 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Reading Anthracite Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG 3

1985 · 3 incidents

April 10, 1985 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Reading Anthracite Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
April 10, 1985 PA · Coal brakeman, roperider, car runner, spotterman, snapper, trip rider, car rider, flagman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Reading Anthracite Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BLACK LUNG.

January 21, 1985 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Reading Anthracite Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PLACING ACETYLENE TANK ON TRUCK

1984 · 1 incident

July 24, 1984 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Reading Anthracite Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

DIED 7 24 84 BLACK LUNG

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The full compliance file on Trevorton Breaker

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.