Data / Mines / Pennsylvania / Girard Breaker
Girard Breaker: 99 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Girard Breaker is an active coal (anthracite) processing facility in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, operated by Reading Anthracite Company with 11 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 3608581). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 99 citations and orders there with $45,495 in proposed penalties, and 5 accident reports were filed there, with 5 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 3608581
- Status
- Active since April 3, 2003
- Main commodity
- Coal (anthracite)
- Mine type
- Facility
- County
- Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
- Nearest town
- Girardville
- Operator
- Reading Anthracite Company
- Employees
- 11
- MSHA field office
- Frackville PA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 99
- Significant and substantial
- 27 (27.3%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $45,495
- Amount paid so far
- $14,461
- Inspections
- 22
- Inspector hours on site
- 585
- Citations per inspection
- 4.50 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 5
- Injury and illness cases
- 5
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 26, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | 5 | $2,420 | 1 |
| 2023 | 28 | 7 | $6,149 | 0 |
| 2024 | 26 | 6 | $4,504 | 3 |
| 2025 | 26 | 7 | $30,781 | 0 |
| 2026 | 8 | 2 | $1,641 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Girard Breaker
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 77.205 | Surface coal mines, safety | 17 |
| 30 CFR 77.400 | Surface coal mines, safety | 13 |
| 30 CFR 77.502 | Surface coal mines, safety | 10 |
| 30 CFR 77.404 | Surface coal mines, safety | 6 |
| 30 CFR 47.44 | Hazard communication | 5 |
| 30 CFR 77.1110 | Surface coal mines, safety | 5 |
| 30 CFR 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 77.505 | Surface coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 77.208 | Surface coal mines, safety | 4 |
| 30 CFR 77.1102 | Surface coal mines, safety | 3 |
| 30 CFR 77.207 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.904 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.204 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.1103 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
| 30 CFR 77.410 | Surface coal mines, safety | 2 |
Injury and illness cases at Girard Breaker
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Permanent disability | 1 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 4 |
What the accident reports at Girard Breaker describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 4 |
| Handling of materials | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Girard Breaker
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Front-end loader | 2 |
| Crusher | 1 |
Other open mines in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W M P I | Waste Management & Processors Inc | Schuylkill County, PA | Coal (anthracite) | 61 | 121 |
| Buck Run P-8 P-10 | Reading Anthracite Company | Schuylkill County, PA | Coal (anthracite) | 24 | 76 |
| New St. Nicholas Breaker | Reading Anthracite Company | Schuylkill County, PA | Coal (anthracite) | 30 | 67 |
| Continental Strip | Keystone Anthracite Company Incorporated | Schuylkill County, PA | Coal (anthracite) | 36 | 64 |
| Greenwood | Lehigh Anthracite Coal, LLC | Schuylkill County, PA | Coal (anthracite) | 42 | 58 |
| Ellangowan Stripping | Reading Anthracite Company | Schuylkill County, PA | Coal (anthracite) | 40 | 53 |
| Wadesville P-33 | Reading Anthracite Company | Schuylkill County, PA | Coal (anthracite) | 37 | 47 |
| Sherman Breaker | Sherman Mountain Coal Company Inc. | Schuylkill County, PA | Coal (anthracite) | 6 | 45 |
| R S & W Drift | R S & W Coal Co Inc | Schuylkill County, PA | Coal (anthracite) | 6 | 33 |
| Blaschak Breaker | Blaschak Anthracite Corporation | Schuylkill County, PA | Coal (anthracite) | 41 | 31 |
| Summit Quarry | Summit Anthracite Inc | Schuylkill County, PA | Crushed, broken stone | 9 | 30 |
| Tamaqua Mine | Lehigh Anthracite Coal, LLC | Schuylkill County, PA | Coal (anthracite) | 40 | 29 |
| Lehigh Asphalt Paving & Construction Co | Lehigh Asphalt Paving & Construction Co | Schuylkill County, PA | Crushed, broken limestone | 11 | 28 |
| Middleport Materials Inc. | R.e. Pierson Materials Corp. | Schuylkill County, PA | Crushed, broken stone | 9 | 27 |
| Premium Fine Coal Inc | Premium Fine Coal Inc | Schuylkill County, PA | Coal (anthracite) | 6 | 26 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.