Williamstown Mine #1 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2008–2020
Latest incident
Oct 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
111
citations
14
significant & substantial
$14,957
proposed penalties
$13,900
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,057 gap.
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.
111 citations across 6,637 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Williamstown Mine #1 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
103 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-27.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Williamstown Mine #1 shows 99% of 991 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: 2026-08-04
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
991
samples
3.49
dust max (mg/m3)
1
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.
316 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 675 by the operator.
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.
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.
Williamstown Mine #1 recorded 14.92 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ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.
14.92
total case rate
14.92
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US coal mining average was 4.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, coal mining averaged 5.40 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.
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
9
2,827
2025
9
6,548
2024
8
10,024
2023
6
5,661
2022
7
9,009
2021
7
9,056
2020
8
10,195
2019
9
8,011
2018
8
13,216
2017
8
13,475
2016
9
15,091
2015
8
16,417
2014
5
9,550
2013
4
5,122
2012
0
2011
0
2010
0
2009
0
2008
16
29,002
2007
6
5,360
2006
2
2,156
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Williamstown Mine #1 sits in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania · Population 287,484
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$74,159
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
4,320
2
0
463.0
2026 Q1
4,320
1
0
231.5
2025 Q3
4,800
1
0
208.3
2025 Q2
4,320
1
0
231.5
2025 Q1
3,840
1
1
260.4
2024 Q4
3,840
1
0
260.4
2024 Q3
4,240
1
0
235.8
2024 Q2
3,840
1
0
260.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1
3,360
1
0
297.6
2023 Q4
2,880
1
0
347.2
2023 Q3
3,360
1
0
297.6
2023 Q2
2,880
1
0
347.2
2022 Q4
2,880
1
0
347.2
2022 Q3
3,360
3
1
892.9
2022 Q2
4,160
1
0
240.4
2022 Q1
3,840
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
3,360
1
0
297.6
2021 Q3
3,360
1
0
297.6
2021 Q2
2,880
1
0
347.2
2021 Q1
3,360
2
1
595.2
2020 Q4
2,880
4
1
1388.9
2020 Q3
4,160
1
1
240.4
2020 Q2
4,160
1
0
240.4
2020 Q1
4,680
1
1
213.7
2019 Q4
4,680
1
0
213.7
2019 Q3
4,680
1
0
213.7
2019 Q2
4,680
1
1
213.7
2019 Q1
4,680
2
0
427.4
2018 Q4
4,680
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
3,640
2
0
549.5
2018 Q2
3,120
2
0
641.0
2018 Q1
4,160
3
0
721.2
2017 Q4
4,160
2
0
480.8
2017 Q3
4,160
2
0
480.8
2017 Q2
4,160
5
1
1201.9
2017 Q1
4,680
1
0
213.7
2016 Q4
4,680
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
4,680
1
0
213.7
2016 Q2
4,680
2
0
427.4
2016 Q1
4,680
2
0
427.4
2015 Q4
4,680
2
1
427.4
2015 Q3
4,160
2
0
480.8
2015 Q2
4,160
2
0
480.8
2015 Q1
3,120
1
0
320.5
2014 Q4
3,120
1
1
320.5
2014 Q3
2,600
2
0
769.2
2014 Q2
2,600
2
0
769.2
2014 Q1
2,600
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
2,600
1
0
384.6
2013 Q3
2,600
1
0
384.6
2013 Q2
1,920
1
0
520.8
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
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
2008 Q4
4,071
1
1
245.6
2008 Q3
8,100
13
1
1604.9
2008 Q2
7,982
9
0
1127.5
2008 Q1
6,658
3
0
450.6
2007 Q4
664
1
0
1506.0
2007 Q3
0
0
0
2007 Q2
6,243
4
2
640.7
2007 Q1
4,477
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
2,600
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
0
1
0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
October 27, 2020PA · Coallaborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scalerFatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
In entrance #3 (beltline) the conditions were wet and sloppy, no bottom had been cut and the floor was slick. EE slipped and twisted right knee resulting in torn mcl and miner cartilage damage.
August 18, 2008PA · Coalroof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)MACHINERY
Kimmel's Mining, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Area was about 38' high causing use of different drill steels.