Zerbe 10 Mine Coal
Fox Coal Company Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Vincent Guarna; Michael Guarna
Trevorton,
Northumberland County,
PA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3609231
Zerbe 10 Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 0 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 2008
42
citations
11
significant & substantial
$5,053
proposed penalties
$2,522
paid to date
50% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,531 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
38
inspections on record
1,064
inspection hours
3.9
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.42 citations across 1,064 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Zerbe 10 Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Zerbe 10 Mine shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.22 mg/m3 (97% compliant) across 60 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.0.22
dust avg (mg/m3)
2.10
dust max (mg/m3)
97%
within 1.5 mg/m3
60
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-03-25.
Silica (quartz)
4.0
silica avg (%)
5.4
silica max (%)
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2018-11-21.
Noise
0%
over PEL
43
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-03-25.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 1,078 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,086 | 1 | 0 | 920.8 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,113 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 780 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 880 | 1 | 0 | 1136.4 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,012 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,092 | 2 | 0 | 1831.5 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,275 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 2,080 | 4 | 1 | 1923.1 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,340 | 2 | 0 | 854.7 |
| 2020 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 240 | 1 | 0 | 4166.7 |
| 2019 Q4 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q2 | 160 | 2 | 0 | 12500.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 210 | 2 | 0 | 9523.8 |
| 2018 Q3 | 210 | 1 | 0 | 4761.9 |
| 2018 Q2 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 210 | 1 | 0 | 4761.9 |
| 2017 Q4 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 210 | 2 | 0 | 9523.8 |
| 2017 Q2 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 210 | 3 | 1 | 14285.7 |
| 2016 Q3 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q3 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 120 | 4 | 0 | 33333.3 |
| 2015 Q1 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 720 | 2 | 0 | 2777.8 |
| 2014 Q3 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 33333.3 |
| 2014 Q1 | 480 | 1 | 1 | 2083.3 |
| 2013 Q4 | 576 | 1 | 1 | 1736.1 |
| 2013 Q3 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q2 | 938 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q2 | 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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The full compliance file on Zerbe 10 Mine
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.