Benscoter Quarry Metal/Non-Metal
Meshoppen Stone Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
William M Ruark
Laceyville,
Bradford County,
PA
·
Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3610180
Benscoter Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
14
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,581
proposed penalties
$1,880
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $701 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
8
inspections on record
100
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 100 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Benscoter Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-03-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q2 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q1 | 800 | 1 | 0 | 1250.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 62500.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q1 | 480 | 1 | 0 | 2083.3 |
| 2020 Q3 | 320 | 5 | 1 | 15625.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,440 | 2 | 2 | 1388.9 |
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.
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