American Asphalt - CHASE QUARRY has $74K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
60
Years on record
1987–2024
Latest incident
Nov 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
178
citations
45
significant & substantial
$74,449
proposed penalties
$44,308
paid to date
60% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $30,141 gap.
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.
178 citations across 1,634 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2025-06-26.
On record since 2025.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
American Asphalt - CHASE QUARRY has $74K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 6 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.
$74K
proposed penalties
$48K
current assessed
$44K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
163 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $37K in penalties contested before the Commission, $11K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-23.
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.
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.
28citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
Settled
16 · 57%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 4%
Still open
11 · 39%
64%
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 11 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
71%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$37K proposed, $11K 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 2025-09-23.
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.
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: 2026-01-28
11%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
33
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz182 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg12
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (33)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2021-12-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.85
0.38
2.24
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.62
0.36
1.72
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-01-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-01-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2026-01-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-09-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-09-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2022-07-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.12
1.28
0.88
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-12-09
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
6.34
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-12-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
0.45
0.62
Laborer, Bullgang
2021-12-09
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
0.41
Truck Driver
2021-12-09
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
1.58
Truck Driver
2015-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2015-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2015-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2013-09-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.26
0.11
Backhoe Operator
2013-09-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
0.4
0.70
Cleanup Man
2013-09-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
0.55
0.75
Truck Driver
2013-09-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-09-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.26
0.17
Cleanup Man
2010-05-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.91
0.25
Washer Operator
2010-05-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
2.01
0.20
Washer Operator
2010-05-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2004-08-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
0.83
0.37
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.47
0.32
Truck Driver
2004-08-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.57
1.39
0.41
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
0.42
0.79
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
0.75
0.37
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.68
0.34
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.18
0.19
Truck Loader
2003-06-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.39
0.59
Utility Man
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.
American Asphalt - CHASE QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.07 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
17.61
17.61
5.872
2023 *
4.72
4.72
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
4.68
4.68
0.000
2018 *
5.38
5.38
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
17
2025
18
2024
19
2023
21
2022
21
2021
19
2020
20
2019
19
2018
18
2017
18
2016
17
2015
16
2014
16
2013
15
2012
16
2011
16
2010
15
2009
14
2008
17
2007
16
2006
14
2005
11
2004
16
2003
18
2002
18
2001
18
2000
19
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
American Asphalt - CHASE QUARRY 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
Truck Driver in TDW060 pulled over and stopped at a curve in the road, partially off the road, which created a blind spot. Loader Operator in 3LV025 was driving in the same direction of the truck. As the Loader Operator passed the truck the Truck Driver was struck and killed.
Reportable incidents
59 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2024 · 2 incidents
November 26, 2024PA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While disconnecting a 6" suction hose from a water pump, employees left hand got caught between the hose and a rock.
November 26, 2024PA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was pulling a 6"x10'L suction hose and tripped over a rock. As employee was falling EE put EE's left hand out to catch self. Employees left hand hit the ground.
2023 · 1 incident
July 24, 2023PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was tightening drive belts on crusher using a 3/4ton come-along connected to a 1"x4'nylon strap rated for 6,400lbs. Strap showed no wear prior to use. The strap broke in the middle causing the come-along to go towards the employee and hit right hand. Ice was applied and employee was taken to a medical clinic. X-rays showed that the right thumb was broken.
2019 · 1 incident
September 4, 2019PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Slipped climbing down ladder, contusion and sprain right knee.
2018 · 1 incident
December 24, 2018PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
EE was cleaning crusher with grinder, dust blew back in his face, into his left eye.
2009 · 2 incidents
October 29, 2009PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WALKING ON SCREEN DECK CATWALK HE SLIPPED & HIT HIS KNEE.
2000 · 3 incidents
November 20, 2000PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
USING AIR GRINDER, GRINDING DISC BROKE OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN LEFT UPPER ARM.
July 20, 1999PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
LFTING HOIST--REMOVING ROCK FROM CRUSHER, PINCHED LEFT HAND.
1994 · 4 incidents
October 24, 1994PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
BURNING A CUTTING EDGE, CUTTING EDGE FELL ON HIS FOOT.
July 8, 1992PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON