Mining Incidents

Winterdale II & Winterdale IV Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by William M Ruark
Shehawkin, Wayne County, PA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3609585

Winterdale II & Winterdale IV has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 1 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 2018
21
citations
15
significant & substantial
$4,965
proposed penalties
$802
paid to date
16% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,163 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
12
inspections on record
146
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: 146 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Winterdale II & Winterdale IV has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 1 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$802
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, 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
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 2 1
2018 Q2 361 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 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.

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