Mining Incidents

Allen Quarry: 17 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Paul Bennett & Sons · Surface
Controlled by Wes B Bennett
Rushville, Susquehanna County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608742

Allen Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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 2001
17
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,951
proposed penalties
$1,951
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
31
inspections on record
233
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: 233 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Allen Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $143 in penalties contested before the Commission, $143 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-14.
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.
23.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
23.5%
reasonably likely or greater
41.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.8% low, 88.2% moderate, 0.0% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$143 proposed, $143 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 2023-07-02.
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 2023-0090 Default 2023 $143 → $143
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: 2014-05-15, 12 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 1.03 0.63 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2001-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Paul Bennett & Sons 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 2
2024 1
2023 0
2022 1
2021 2
2020 1
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 1
2015 2
2014 2
2013 1
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 3
2007 2
2005 2
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Allen 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
2025 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 175 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 525 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 575 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
Show 82 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 175 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 570 1 0 1754.4
2021 Q2 565 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 575 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 68 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 230 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 270 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 210 1 1 4761.9
2014 Q3 380 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 320 1 1 3125.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 175 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 425 1 0 2352.9
2012 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 190 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 420 2 0 4761.9
2010 Q3 380 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 320 2 2 6250.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 700 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,320 1 0 757.6
2008 Q2 118 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 1,411 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,428 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,632 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,382 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,280 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,488 4 0 2688.2
2004 Q2 1,497 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 132 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 547 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,388 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,287 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 912 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,328 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 997 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 496 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,172 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,396 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,402 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 1 0
2000 Q4 884 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 706 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,486 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,320 0 0 0.0

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.