Mining Incidents

858 QUARRY: 30 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

SALSMAN · Surface
Controlled by Richard A Salsman
Friendsville, Susquehanna County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609829

858 QUARRY has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $930 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
30
citations
14
significant & substantial
$5,134
proposed penalties
$4,204
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $930 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
24
inspections on record
230
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 230 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

858 QUARRY has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $930 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$930
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
46.7%
significant & substantial
6.7%
high negligence or reckless
46.7%
reasonably likely or greater
46.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 26.7% low, 66.7% moderate, 6.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 17% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 5 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $1K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2024-11-03.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
PENN 2025-0013 Default 2025 $1K → $1K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2012-12-19, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
1
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-12-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 0.49 0.94 Stone Polisher/Cutter
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Frank Newhart Quarries 2010 to 2016
  2. Dennis Newhart 2016 to 2023
  3. Salsman 2023 to 2024
  4. Salsman 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 2
2018 3
2017 4
2016 3
2015 2
2014 4
2013 3
2012 5
2011 4
2010 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

858 QUARRY sits in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 3.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania · Population 38,349
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,930
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 243 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 342 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 156 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 187 0 0 0.0
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q2 146 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 465 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 845 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 345 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 365 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 865 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 965 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 974 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,082 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 778 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 785 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 670 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 652 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 664 1 0 1506.0
2016 Q2 675 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,143 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 639 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 374 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 621 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 891 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 956 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 973 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 983 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 728 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 631 1 0 1584.8
2012 Q3 1,143 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,254 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 723 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 542 3 1 5535.1
2010 Q2 1,650 2 2 1212.1

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.