Mining Incidents

Victor Tipple: 21 MSHA citations Coal

Victor LLC · Facility
Curwensville, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3609684

Victor Tipple has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
21
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,200
proposed penalties
$2,200
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
26
inspections on record
416
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: 416 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Victor Tipple has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-06-01.
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.
14.3%
significant & substantial
4.8%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
23.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 61.9% moderate, 4.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Victor Tipple shows 100% of 8 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: 2014-03-06, 12 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
8
samples
0.38
dust max (mg/m3)
8 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • BACKHOE OPERATOR1
  • CLEANING PLANT OPERATOR1
  • CLEANUP MAN1

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: 2013-09-25, 12 years ago
0%
over PEL
3
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • TIPPLE OPERATOR1
  • UTILITY MAN1
  • WEIGHMAN1
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
2014 100% 2
2013 100% 4
2012 100% 1
2009 100% 1
Noise by year
Year over PEL samples
2013 0% 2
2012 0% 1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Victor LLC 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 0
2021 0
2020 1
2019 1
2018 2
2017 1
2016 0
2015 2
2014 3
2013 4
2012 3
2011 1
2010 1
2009 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Victor Tipple sits in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania · Population 78,902
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,181
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
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
Show 45 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 330 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 110 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 330 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 395 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,071 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 696 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 770 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 21 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 25 1 0 40000.0
2017 Q1 12 1 0 83333.3
2016 Q4 0 1 0
2016 Q3 0 1 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 1,169 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,191 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 940 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,372 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,239 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,431 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,418 3 1 2115.7
2013 Q4 1,699 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,358 1 0 736.4
2013 Q2 2,085 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,504 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,370 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,280 5 0 3906.2
2012 Q2 1,512 3 1 1984.1
2012 Q1 1,555 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,159 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 136 5 1 36764.7
2011 Q1 473 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 238 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 138 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 86 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 101 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 292 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 372 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 96 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.