Mining Incidents

Wilson Creek Surface Mines Coal

Somerset, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609888

Wilson Creek Surface Mines has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $313 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2011–2012
Latest incident
Oct 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
33
citations
9
significant & substantial
$7,905
proposed penalties
$7,592
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $313 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
35
inspections on record
991
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: 991 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wilson Creek Surface Mines has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $313 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$313
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-01-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Wilson Creek Surface Mines shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.14 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 183 samples.

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.
0.14
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.35
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
183
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-04-30.
Silica (quartz)
27.7
silica avg (%)
42.5
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2023-04-17.
Noise
0%
over PEL
64
samples
Most recent sample: 2024-01-08.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
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
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 363 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 107 1 0 9345.8
2023 Q4 99 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 304 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 431 1 0 2320.2
2023 Q1 606 0 0 0.0
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4 215 3 0 13953.5
2022 Q3 234 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 378 4 1 10582.0
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
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 4 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 4,165 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,712 1 0 269.4
2018 Q3 3,530 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,193 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,447 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,427 1 0 184.3
2017 Q3 6,816 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,017 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,399 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,118 1 0 320.7
2016 Q3 5,471 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,291 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 103 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,200 1 0 312.5
2015 Q3 5,087 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,065 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6,897 1 0 145.0
2014 Q4 9,857 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 11,548 4 2 346.4
2014 Q2 12,234 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 12,236 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 9,827 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 11,836 1 1 84.5
2013 Q2 7,624 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 6,111 4 2 654.6
2012 Q4 4,202 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 9,652 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 10,963 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 13,259 2 0 150.8
2011 Q4 16,538 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 20,582 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 17,644 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 10,930 4 3 366.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2012 · 1 incident

October 5, 2012 PA · Coal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wilson Creek Energy LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was repairing the discharge line for a surface pump. While cutting the discharge line off of a coupler, his knife slipped and he stabbed his left thumb.

2011 · 3 incidents

April 2, 2011 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wilson Creek Energy LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was retrieving fuel hose and slipped on fresh snow fall, twisting his ankle.

February 15, 2011 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wilson Creek Energy LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

He slipped and fell on ice, which had stones sticking out of the ice. When he put down his hand to break his fall, the stones cut his right hand.

February 11, 2011 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wilson Creek Energy LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was descending the ladder on the right side of the loader, his gloved right hand slipped loose from the ladder handrail, causing him to fall backward to the ground. He landed on his back and had the wind knocked out of him. His back was hurting and he reported the accident to the job foreman. The temperature was 15 degrees and there was frost on the equipment.

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