Washington County Mines: 2 MSHA citations
Coal
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.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 100.0% low, 0.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Washington County Mines shows 100% of 8 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Last sampled: 2001-01-19, 25 years ago
4 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 4 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR5
- BACKHOE OPERATOR1
- COAL TRUCK DRIVER1
Noise
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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: 2000-08-29, 26 years ago
Most-sampled occupations
- BACKHOE OPERATOR1
- BULLDOZER OPERATOR1
- COAL TRUCK DRIVER1
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Health sampling trend
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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 by year
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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.
| Year |
within 1.5 mg/m3 |
samples |
| 2001 |
100% |
1 |
| 2000 |
100% |
7 |
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Washington County Mines recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
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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.
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US coal mining average was 7.74 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 8.49 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.
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.
Workforce and production
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Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
| Year |
Employees |
Coal produced (tons) |
| 2000 |
10 |
135,624 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Washington County Mines sits in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.9% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Washington County, Pennsylvania · Population 209,778
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$77,487
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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.