Mining Incidents

Avondale Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Technivate, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Charles L Wilkinson
Avondale, Chester County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609395

Avondale Quarry has $3K 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
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Nov 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
25
citations
9
significant & substantial
$3,017
proposed penalties
$3,017
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
28
inspections on record
195
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: 195 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Avondale Quarry has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-02-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2023 Q4 38 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 35 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
Show 64 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 35 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 39 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 411 3 0 7299.3
2017 Q4 1,013 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,126 5 3 4440.5
2017 Q2 1,813 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,803 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,135 2 1 1762.1
2016 Q3 1,135 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,613 1 0 620.0
2016 Q1 1,453 1 0 688.2
2015 Q4 974 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,488 2 2 1344.1
2015 Q2 1,991 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,901 1 0 526.0
2014 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,771 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,786 1 0 559.9
2014 Q1 842 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,329 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,272 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,559 1 1 641.4
2013 Q1 2,208 1 0 452.9
2012 Q4 1,637 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,349 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,269 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,634 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,111 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,252 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,038 3 1 1472.0
2011 Q1 1,582 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,538 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,768 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,383 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,376 1 0 726.7
2009 Q4 1,436 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,538 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,164 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,169 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,544 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,316 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,239 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,334 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,033 1 1 165.8
2007 Q3 4,295 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,808 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,651 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,625 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,052 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,785 2 0 1120.4
2006 Q1 278 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

November 25, 2008 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Technivate, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working on the S-6 screening plant at the quarry. Stone was jamming up on one of the belts and to properly remove the material a cover needed to be removed. Employee went to place the cover on the ground, he twisted with the cover and when he twisted to lower the cover, he felt a pull in his back.

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