Data / Mines / Pennsylvania / Bird Refuse Pile
Bird Refuse Pile: 3 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Bird Refuse Pile is an active coal (bituminous) surface mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, operated by Robindale Energy Services, Inc. with 10 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 3610406). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 3 citations and orders there with $445 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 3610406
- Status
- Active since December 5, 2022
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Somerset County, Pennsylvania
- Nearest town
- Tire Hill
- Operator
- Robindale Energy Services, Inc.
- Parent company
- Robindale Energy Services Inc
- Employees
- 10
- MSHA field office
- Indiana PA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 3
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $445
- Amount paid so far
- $445
- Inspections
- 9
- Inspector hours on site
- 312
- Citations per inspection
- 0.33 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- July 23, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 7 ($1,055 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | $143 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | $0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | $302 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Bird Refuse Pile
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 77.1606 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.44 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 77.1103 | Surface coal mines, safety | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Bird Refuse Pile
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 1 |
What the accident reports at Bird Refuse Pile describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
Other open mines in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acosta Deep Mine | Rosebud Mining Company | Somerset County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 22 | 369 |
| Maple Springs Mine | LCT Energy, LP | Somerset County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 45 | 267 |
| Romesburg Quarry | Garrett Limestone Company Inc | Somerset County, PA | Crushed, broken limestone | 13 | 189 |
| Bakersville Quarry | New Enterprise Stone and Lime Co., Inc. | Somerset County, PA | Crushed, broken limestone | 20 | 85 |
| Mine 78 Preparation Plant | Rosebud Mining Company | Somerset County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 6 | 53 |
| Eichorn Mines | Keystone Lime Company Inc | Somerset County, PA | Crushed, broken limestone | 28 | 52 |
| Laurel Plant | Laurel Prep Plant LLC | Somerset County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 16 | 49 |
| The Casselman Mine | J & J Svonavec Excavating, Inc | Somerset County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 29 |
| Shaw Mines | Simkol Corp. | Somerset County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 16 | 25 |
| Cambria Fuel Plant | Rosebud Mining Company | Somerset County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 6 | 23 |
| Solomon Run | Elk Resources Inc | Somerset County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 3 | 15 |
| Jim Mountain Quarry | Amerikohl Aggregates | Somerset County, PA | Crushed, broken limestone | 9 | 13 |
| Ogletown Quarry | Windber Stone, LLC | Somerset County, PA | Crushed, broken sandstone | 7 | 13 |
| Ralphton Mine | Coal Loaders Incorporated | Somerset County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 3 | 13 |
| Coyote Mountain Job | J & J Svonavec Excavating, Inc | Somerset County, PA | Coal (bituminous) | 11 | 11 |
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.