Mining Incidents

Airport Sand & Gravel Company Inc: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Duryea, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3603152

Airport Sand & Gravel Company Inc has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1988–2006
Latest incident
Apr 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
18
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,664
proposed penalties
$1,664
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23
inspections on record
239
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: 239 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Airport Sand & Gravel Company Inc has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-03-10.
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.
22.2%
significant & substantial
16.7%
high negligence or reckless
22.2%
reasonably likely or greater
61.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.2% low, 61.1% moderate, 16.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

Airport Sand & Gravel Company Inc recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.

Injury rate, 2007
This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.78 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 7.62 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Airport Sand & Gravel Co Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2009 4
2008 11
2007 16
2006 16
2005 2
2004 2
2003 5
2002 13
2001 15
2000 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Airport Sand & Gravel Company Inc sits in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 325,978
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,321
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
2009 Q2 2,341 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,000 2 0 1000.0
2008 Q4 3,237 1 0 308.9
2008 Q3 4,858 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,860 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,337 1 1 427.9
2007 Q4 6,679 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8,555 0 0 0.0
Show 29 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2 7,523 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,362 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,794 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,985 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,264 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,213 2 0 903.8
2005 Q4 900 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 900 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 900 1 0 1111.1
2004 Q4 900 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 900 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 900 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 900 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,632 1 0 275.3
2003 Q2 3,206 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,020 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,858 1 0 349.9
2002 Q3 7,722 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 8,315 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,738 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,920 5 2 844.6
2001 Q3 10,149 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 9,306 1 0 107.5
2001 Q1 3,092 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,473 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,031 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,103 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2006 · 1 incident

April 20, 2006 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Airport Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING ROCK OFF LINE & THE ROCK SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND & FELL ON HIS OTHER HAND.

2004 · 1 incident

September 25, 2004 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Airport Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

KNOCKING OUT CRUSHER PART WHEN BAR SLIPPED AND PINCHED MINER'S FINGER BETWEEN BAR AND CRUSHER PART. HAND INJURY 3RD FINGER SMALL LACERATION.

1989 · 2 incidents

June 17, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper POWERED HAULAGE
Airport Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING TRUCK OUT OF MUD WITH LOADER AND CHAIN. SUBJECT REACHED FOR CHAIN, CHAIN CAUGHT RIGHT HAND AND TORE SKIN OFF.

April 28, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Airport Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Struck by flying object

FOREIGN OBJECT BLOWN INTO OPER R. EYE. MACHINE OPER RUNNING MATERIAL WITH BULL DOZER.

1988 · 3 incidents

November 26, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper POWERED HAULAGE
Airport Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKING BETWEEN TWO TRUCKS ONE TRUCK ROLLED BACK AND CAUGHT JOHNS HEAD CAUSING LACERATION.

September 20, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Airport Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

TIGHTENING BOLT, PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.