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: 695 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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: 2016-04-05.
On record since 2016.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
BBSS PIT has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
82 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $13K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-04-11.
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.
20citations taken to the federal commission · 24% of citations on record
Settled
18 · 90%
Stood as issued
2 · 10%
83%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 12 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
37%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$13K proposed, $8K 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 2016-09-07.
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: 2016-11-03, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (15)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2016-11-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2016-11-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-07-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-07-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
1.03
0.17
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.39
0.56
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-08-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-08-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.24
0.50
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2003-08-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Tamping Machine Operator
2003-08-27
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
Truck Driver
2001-03-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.51
0.43
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-03-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.72
0.25
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-03-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.34
Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2017
6
2016
8
2015
11
2014
13
2013
8
2012
6
2011
5
2010
4
2009
3
2008
11
2007
9
2006
7
2005
7
2004
7
2003
8
2002
7
2001
6
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
BBSS PIT sits in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Anne Arundel County, Maryland · Population 590,936
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$120,324
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
EMPLOYEE PULLED HIMSELF UP ON THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK TO SIGN OUT THE DRIVER AND WHILE DOING SO BURNED HIS RIGHT FORARM ON THE EXHAUST STACK. NOFIRST AID WAS REQUIRED.
1999 · 2 incidents
October 8, 1999MD · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING HARDENED FLYASH FROM BED OF DUMP TRUCK AND PULLED MUSCLE IN UPPER BACK/SHOULDER AREA. (THIS ACTIVITY AGGRAVATED A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION) THE HARDENED ASH WAS A RESULT O F HIGHER THAN NORMAL ASH-WATER MIX IN TRUCK BED.
January 5, 1999MD · Metal/Non-Metaldriller, highwall helper, highwall drill helperMACHINERY
DRILLING TEST SOIL SAMPLE, SUB CONTRACTOR EE WAS SCREWING AN ADAPTER CAP ONTO DRILL RODS. RODS SUDDENLY DROPPED AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND BETWEEN ADAPTER CAP AND TOP OF AUGER. LEFT HAND WAS PINCHED AND MASHED CAUSING LACERATION OF HAND.