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Sonman Refuse Site: 1 MSHA citation
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Sonman Refuse Site is an active coal (bituminous) surface mine in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, operated by Fuel Recovery, Inc. with 4 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 3608631). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 1 citation and orders there with $133 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 3608631
- Status
- Active since April 8, 2021
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Cambria County, Pennsylvania
- Nearest town
- Portage
- Operator
- Fuel Recovery, Inc.
- Parent company
- Inter-Power/Ahlcon Partners LP
- Employees
- 4
- MSHA field office
- Indiana PA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 1
- Significant and substantial
- 1 (100.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $133
- Amount paid so far
- $133
- Inspections
- 10
- Inspector hours on site
- 127
- Citations per inspection
- 0.10 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- August 4, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 2 ($280 proposed)
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 | 1 | 1 | $133 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Sonman Refuse Site
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 77.1605 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
Other open mines in Cambria County, Pennsylvania
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Mine | Rosebud Mining Company | Cambria County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 69 | 290 |
| Cresson | Rosebud Mining Company | Cambria County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 74 | 196 |
| Portage Plant | Rosebud Mining Company | Cambria County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 19 | 36 |
| Vintondale Quarry | New Enterprise Stone and Lime Co., Inc. | Cambria County, PA | Crushed, broken sandstone | 15 | 35 |
| Robindale Energy, Mine 33 | Robindale Energy Services, Inc. | Cambria County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 8 | 13 |
| Laurel Sand and Stone Inc. | Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. | Cambria County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 10 | 12 |
| Res Cresson | Res Coal LLC | Cambria County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 20 | 6 |
| Colver Refuse Site | Maple Coal Company | Cambria County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 9 | 6 |
| Driscoll Hollow Mine | Coal Loaders Incorporated | Cambria County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 4 |
| 89 Job | Res Coal LLC | Cambria County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 2 | 0 |
| T J #1 | T J Mining Inc | Cambria County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
| Lilly Refuse Site | Hansa Reclaiming, LLC | Cambria County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
| Madison- Mine 38 | Rosebud Mining Company | Cambria County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 0 | 0 |
| Res Coal Johnstown | Res Coal LLC | Cambria County, PA | Not stated | 0 | 0 |
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.