Washington County Mines
Coal
Bentleyville,
Washington County,
PA
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Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3603023
Washington County Mines has $110 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
- 5
- Years on record
- 1991–1997
- Latest incident
- Aug 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
0
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 48 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Washington County Mines has $110 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-08-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Washington County Mines shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.24 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 8 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.
Most recent sample: 2001-01-19.
Noise
Most recent sample: 2000-08-29.
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 |
| 2000 Q4 |
5,093 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 |
6,509 |
2 |
0 |
307.3 |
| 2000 Q2 |
4,620 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 |
7,122 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
1997 · 1 incident
August 8, 1997
PA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE GRIPPED A GEAR WEIGHING APPROX 50#. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT IT, A SHARP EDGE CUT THE LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
1993 · 2 incidents
CATERPILLAR D-10 BULLDOZER S.N 84W00640 WHICH OPERATING IN PIT 092 EXPERIENCED A FIRE AT 1154 AM ON 11-3-93 MINER OPERATOR THEODOREJAMES ESCAPED UNHARMED FROM THE BURNING MACHINE ESTIMATED DAM AGE TO D-10 BULLDOZER IN EXCESS OF 125,000.
July 31, 1993
PA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
ELECTRICAL
USING A SMALL HAND WRENCH, HE WAS TIGHTENING THE BOLT ON THE BATTERY TERMINAL CLAMP WHICH WAS ATTACHED TOT HE POSITIVE SIDE OF A 24 VOLT BATTERY LOCATED ON A CATERPILLAR D-10L BULLDOZER. WIT HOUT WARNING, THE BATTERY EXPLODED, HURLING PLASTIC BATTERY PARTS AND BATTERY ACID ONTO HIS FACE AND INTO HIS EYES.
1991 · 2 incidents
August 16, 1991
PA · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
AFTER CHECKING THE SAFETY OF HIS LOAD OF COAL, SUBCONTRACTORS EMPLOYEE BEGAN DESCENDING LADDER ON DRIVERS SIDE OF TRUCK. WHILE DESCENDING LADDER, SUBCONTRACTOR'S EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED TO INS IDE OF LADDER RUNG AND BECAME LODGED BETWEEN RUNG AND TRUCK BED. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FREE HIMSELF HE FELL TO GROUND.
March 15, 1991
PA · Coal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
MACHINERY
WHILE OPERATING A BULLDOZER ON LARGE ROCKS, ONE TRACK SLIPPED OFF A ROCK AND JARRED EMPLOYEE'S BACK.
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