Employee disregarded lock out tag safety training and climbed into a hopper without de-energizing equipment and without notifying other workers in the area. Loader operator had no way of knowing that anyone would be inside the hopper with the feeder belt running. Employee in the hopper was buried and crushed when loader operator dumped 18 tons of stone into hopper
Clyde Holding Inc controller
MSHA controller ID: 0152361
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
653
citations
153
significant & substantial
$1,687,472
proposed penalties
$348,514
paid to date
21% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,338,958 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
159
inspections on record
4,290
inspection hours
15.2
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.653 citations across 4,290 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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.$1.7M
proposed penalties
$1.6M
current assessed
$349K
paid to date
$1.3M
outstanding
596 assessments are final orders; 23 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
- EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 1 non-fatal
- FIRE 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2025
1
2024
1
2023
5 (1f)
2021
3
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Stitt Mine PA
- Romesburg Quarry PA
- Sewickley Mine PA
- MAGGIE LYNN QUARRY PA
Fatalities under this controller
1 recorded
September 8, 2023
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Neiswonger Construction Inc · Struck by falling object
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