Mining Incidents

Schuylkill Coal Processing Inc: 57 MSHA citations operator

Controlled by Nancy L Lindenmuth
MSHA operator ID: P20963

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1994–1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
57
citations
13
significant & substantial
$5,668
proposed penalties
$5,668
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
111
inspections on record
2,029
inspection hours
2.8
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.
57 citations across 2,029 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-12.
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.
22.8%
significant & substantial
3.5%
high negligence or reckless
24.6%
reasonably likely or greater
28.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 52.6% low, 43.9% moderate, 3.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2026-03-12
96%
within 1.5 mg/m3
186
samples
2.77
dust max (mg/m3)
0
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.
107 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 79 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
  • LABORER/BLACKSMITH117
  • CLEANING PLANT OPERATOR36
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER26

Silica (quartz)

Last sampled: 2010-12-28, 15 years ago
2.7
silica avg (%)
4
samples
3.6
silica max (%)
Most-sampled occupations
  • CLEANING PLANT OPERATOR3
  • LABORER/BLACKSMITH1

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.

Last sampled: 2026-03-12
23%
over PEL
80
samples
Most-sampled occupations
  • LABORER/BLACKSMITH39
  • HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER17
  • CLEANING PLANT OPERATOR14
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1999
1
1996
1
1994
2

Mines on record

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Where Schuylkill Coal Processing Inc stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

MSHA's standard limits respirable silica to 50 micrograms per cubic metre, but MSHA publishes dust and quartz as separate files and never the silica figure itself. We derive it per sample, score it against the limit, and set the operator's injury rate against a benchmark built from the full MSHA operator record. With the 26-year penalty trail, contest posture, and fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.

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