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Palmer Metal/Non-Metal

Three Rivers Aggregates LLC · Surface

Controlled by Sweet Water Quarries LLC; Three River Agg Holding LLC

Darlington, Beaver County, PA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3609574

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2008–2016
Latest incident: Aug 2016

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2008

citations

significant & substantial

$6,359

proposed penalties

$6,359

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4	3,298	0	0.0
2016 Q3	3,951	1	253.1
2016 Q2	3,790	0	0.0
2016 Q1	1,757	1	569.2
2015 Q4	2,289	0	0.0
2015 Q3	4,416	0	0.0
2015 Q2	5,161	0	0.0
2015 Q1	1,892	2	1057.1

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2016 · 1 incident

August 16, 2016 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Three Rivers Aggregates LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was removing 4" discharge pipe from the CFS slurry pump. After removing the pipe, the pressure that had been built up inside of the pipe let loose and hit the employee in the face with sand and water. Employee suffered burns on both cheek bones and above left eye. EE has safety glasses, hard hat and ear plugs on.

2014 · 1 incident

December 5, 2014 PA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Three Rivers Aggregates LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was clearing trees when a previously cut tree which was stuck in the branches of a second tree which was being cut fell and struck employee on the back. Employee suffered several spinal fractures and two fractured ribs.

2010 · 1 incident

June 5, 2010 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Three Rivers Aggregates LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a 4in rubber pipe with a utility knife when the injury occurred. He was standing and holding the pipe in front of him with his left hand, the employee was using a utility knife in his right hand to cut the pipe. The knife slipped from the pipe and struck the upper portion of his left leg resulting in a laceration requiring 7 stitches.

2008 · 1 incident

July 9, 2008 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Three Rivers Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee opened a door to clean out screw and piched his fingers when he swung it out. He got 5 stitches on his finger where it was cut. He is expected to get full recovery.