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Annandale: 140 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Sam W Tiche
Boyers, Butler County, PA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3609044

Annandale has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 13 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Dec 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
140
citations
48
significant & substantial
$49,321
proposed penalties
$13,646
paid to date
28% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $35,675 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Annandale Quarries Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
50
inspections on record
783
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: 783 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Annandale has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 13 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.
$49K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$16K
outstanding
130 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
Of $40K in penalties contested before the Commission, $20K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-02-19.
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.
36.4%
significant & substantial
43.9%
high negligence or reckless
36.4%
reasonably likely or greater
61.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.2% low, 40.9% moderate, 43.9% 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.
47 citations taken to the federal commission · 34% of citations on record
  • Settled 45 · 96%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 2%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 2%
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 32 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
51%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$41K proposed, $20K 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 2009-01-26.
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 2004-168M Settlement Bulluck 2005 $9K → $5K
PENN 2008-635M Settlement Melick 2009 $8K → $4K
PENN 2008-67M Settlement Zielinski 2008 $6K → $2K
PENN 2004-196M Settlement Bulluck 2005 $6K → $3K
PENN 2008-368M Settlement Bulluck 2010 $4K → $2K
PENN 2004-234M Settlement Bulluck 2005 $2K → $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: 2005-12-16, 20 years ago
22%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz92 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.36 0.57 4.14 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 0.48 1.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.29 0.59 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2005-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 0.58 0.93 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.63 0.52 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 1.71 0.24 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.76 0.93 0.82 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-09-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2003-09-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-09-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.66 1.51 0.44 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.45 0.53 Laborer, Bullgang
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. Annandale Sandstone 2001 to 2004
  2. Annandale Quarries Inc 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 6
2024 9
2023 7
2022 7
2021 7
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 0
2016 0
2015 0
2014 0
2013 0
2012 0
2011 3
2010 7
2009 6
2008 7
2007 8
2006 6
2005 8
2004 10
2003 9
2002 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Annandale sits in Butler County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Butler County, Pennsylvania · Population 195,870
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$86,775
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
2026 Q2 4,683 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,846 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,723 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,062 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,016 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 50 1 0 20000.0
2024 Q4 1,766 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,328 0 0 0.0
Show 86 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,834 3 0 782.5
2024 Q1 3,239 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,153 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,293 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,613 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 592 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,736 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,765 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,963 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 1 0
2021 Q4 3,385 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,833 15 1 3913.4
2021 Q2 4,218 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 67 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 127 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 134 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,085 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,090 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,345 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,856 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,769 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 830 1 0 1204.8
2009 Q4 2,280 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,173 2 1 630.3
2009 Q2 2,405 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,737 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,858 1 0 349.9
2008 Q2 3,189 3 1 940.7
2008 Q1 1,887 10 0 5299.4
2007 Q4 5,119 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,907 3 3 1032.0
2007 Q2 2,090 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 783 10 4 12771.4
2006 Q4 456 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,384 2 0 838.9
2006 Q2 2,487 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,173 3 1 579.9
2005 Q4 5,632 3 0 532.7
2005 Q3 4,264 15 8 3517.8
2005 Q2 3,424 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,072 11 4 3580.7
2004 Q4 3,662 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,760 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,000 16 5 16000.0
2003 Q4 8,560 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,160 9 3 2163.5
2003 Q2 356 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,000 27 17 6750.0
2002 Q4 1,418 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,680 1 0 213.7
2002 Q1 546 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

December 5, 2007 PA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Annandale Quarries Inc · Fall from machine

He slipped on ice and snow getting off D9 dozer, fell and fractured 3 ribs.