Mining Incidents

Trevorton Strip: 56 MSHA citations Coal

Controlled by Robert Burns
Trevorton, Northumberland County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3609548

Trevorton Strip has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2020–2023
Latest incident
Mar 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
56
citations
2
significant & substantial
$6,223
proposed penalties
$6,223
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
56
inspections on record
2,196
inspection hours
2.6
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.
56 citations across 2,196 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Trevorton Strip has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-21.
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.
3.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
3.7%
reasonably likely or greater
25.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 66.7% low, 33.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Trevorton Strip shows 100% of 232 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: 2026-06-19
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
232
samples
0.71
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.
157 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 75 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR76
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR42
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER34

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2025-05-01
9.4
silica avg (%)
8
samples
33.8
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR4
  • HIGHWALL DRILL OPERATOR4

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: 2026-01-21
1%
over PEL
117
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • CRANE OPER/DRAGLINE OPERATOR29
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER27
  • BULLDOZER OPERATOR15
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
2026 100% 11
2025 100% 24
2024 100% 28
2023 100% 33
2022 100% 12
2021 100% 15
2020 100% 7
2019 100% 23
2018 100% 11
2017 100% 12
2016 100% 12
2015 100% 11
2014 100% 7
2013 100% 3
2012 100% 8
2011 100% 9
2010 100% 6
Silica (quartz) by year
Year silica avg (%) samples
2025 2.2 2
2023 6.1 3
2020 8.8 1
2019 10.3 1
2015 33.8 1
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2026 0% 8
2025 0% 7
2024 0% 20
2023 0% 13
2022 0% 3
2021 11% 9
2020 0% 3
2019 0% 10
2018 0% 4
2017 0% 5
2016 0% 5
2015 0% 4
2014 0% 2
2013 0% 3
2012 0% 9
2011 0% 6
2010 0% 6
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

Trevorton Strip 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
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 3.96 0.00 0.000
2022 * 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. Keystone Anthracite Company Incorporated 2007 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)
2026 25 65,336
2025 23 74,373
2024 20 49,384
2023 18 54,697
2022 13 46,536
2021 6 58,109
2020 5 38,572
2019 4 48,331
2018 3 24,648
2017 3 33,280
2016 2 22,565
2015 2 40,559
2014 4 58,721
2013 5 100,039
2012 4 127,020
2011 4 67,654
2010 2 19,068
2009 0
2008 0
2007 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Trevorton Strip sits in Northumberland 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.
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania · Population 90,925
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$57,948
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 15,530 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 16,046 4 0 249.3
2025 Q4 13,755 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 19,655 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 15,308 4 2 261.3
2025 Q1 16,115 1 0 62.1
2024 Q4 14,026 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 13,720 2 0 145.8
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 11,568 1 0 86.4
2024 Q1 12,224 2 0 163.6
2023 Q4 9,211 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 14,279 4 0 280.1
2023 Q2 15,137 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 11,942 3 0 251.2
2022 Q4 11,661 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,567 3 0 313.6
2022 Q2 9,888 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 7,852 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,367 3 0 687.0
2021 Q3 5,434 4 0 736.1
2021 Q2 4,675 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,667 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,533 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,522 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,474 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,955 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,463 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,853 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,377 1 0 296.1
2019 Q1 2,914 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,601 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,546 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,262 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,266 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,677 1 0 373.6
2017 Q3 2,097 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,567 1 0 389.6
2017 Q1 1,267 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,112 1 0 899.3
2016 Q3 1,085 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,148 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,562 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,472 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,479 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,681 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,156 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,547 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,004 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,089 1 0 323.7
2014 Q1 3,645 2 0 548.7
2013 Q4 3,806 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,524 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,042 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,103 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,095 1 0 323.1
2012 Q3 3,267 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,154 2 0 634.1
2012 Q1 3,203 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,979 2 0 671.4
2011 Q3 3,087 1 0 323.9
2011 Q2 2,390 2 0 836.8
2011 Q1 1,532 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,489 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,492 1 0 670.2
2010 Q2 237 0 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 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2023 · 1 incident

March 15, 2023 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Mechanic was hoisting antifreeze drum on to a rack while standing on an A-frame ladder. A gust of wind caused the drum to sway, and the mechanic lost balance and fell from the ladder a distance of 2 to 3 feet to the ground. The mechanic completed the shift but later went to the hospital where mechanic was diagnosed with left side 9 & 10 rib fractures.

2022 · 1 incident

July 29, 2022 PA · Coal FIRE
Keystone Anthracite Company Incorporated · Accident type, without injuries

The haul truck suffered an engine failure which caused an outer piece of the lower engine block to blow apart. The hole opening in the block caused motor oil to spray around the outside of the engine and the hot turbo causing an ignition. The fire caused extensive damage to the operators compartment and engine.

2020 · 1 incident

December 7, 2020 PA · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Anthracite Company Incorporated · Struck by flying object

Employees were changing hoist rope on Manitowoc 4600 dragline when wire rope got caught on berm. Wire rope struck employee when it became dislodged.