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Bloomsburg Sand & Gravel: 39 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Bloomsburg, Columbia County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3603155

Bloomsburg Sand & Gravel has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1991–2008
Latest incident
Jul 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
39
citations
6
significant & substantial
$5,954
proposed penalties
$5,954
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
487
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: 487 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bloomsburg Sand & Gravel has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-01-24.
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.
15.4%
significant & substantial
17.9%
high negligence or reckless
15.4%
reasonably likely or greater
59.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.3% low, 71.8% moderate, 17.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2017-04-27, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-04-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.35 0.63 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2004-09-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-09-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.49 0.45 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-09-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.33 0.64 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Bloomsburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1950 to 1985
  2. Bloomsburg Sand & Gravel Company 1985 to 1989
  3. Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 2
2018 7
2017 7
2016 7
2015 7
2014 7
2013 7
2012 7
2011 7
2010 7
2009 7
2008 6
2007 8
2006 7
2005 7
2004 6
2003 7
2002 6
2001 7
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bloomsburg Sand & Gravel sits in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Columbia County, Pennsylvania · Population 65,055
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,992
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
2019 Q1 980 1 1 1020.4
2018 Q4 3,160 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,385 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,306 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,965 2 0 674.5
2017 Q4 2,736 2 1 731.0
2017 Q3 3,241 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,125 1 0 320.0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 2,532 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,686 1 0 372.3
2016 Q3 3,101 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,469 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,948 1 0 339.2
2015 Q4 2,829 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,487 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,243 1 0 308.4
2015 Q1 1,866 1 1 535.9
2014 Q4 2,574 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,311 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,948 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,695 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,384 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,257 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,359 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,840 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,744 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,222 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,532 6 0 1698.8
2012 Q1 2,533 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,543 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,184 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,020 5 1 1243.8
2011 Q1 2,822 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,214 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,464 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,707 1 0 269.8
2010 Q1 2,244 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,460 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,811 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,144 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,377 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,178 5 1 2295.7
2008 Q3 4,055 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,706 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,463 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,655 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,807 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,248 2 0 320.1
2007 Q1 2,586 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,050 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,691 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,294 6 1 1397.3
2006 Q1 2,616 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,343 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,100 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,338 1 0 230.5
2005 Q1 2,429 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,778 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,336 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,598 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,209 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,220 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,738 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,543 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,825 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,613 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,892 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,201 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,872 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,881 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,393 1 0 294.7
2001 Q2 3,188 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,472 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,029 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,567 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,653 2 0 353.8
2000 Q1 2,391 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2008 · 1 incident

2007 · 2 incidents

November 19, 2007 PA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec OTHER
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Unclassified, insufficient data

Found man laying next to his car in mud field area. Victim found trespassing on property.

July 2, 2007 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Getting ready to install hoist cable on dragline, employee stepped down turning his knee on rock.

2002 · 1 incident

February 6, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HOLDING A DRIFT PIN AND CO-WORKER WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER AT IT, WHEN HE STRUCK HIS THUMB WITH THE HAMMER.

1995 · 1 incident

March 16, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PERSON TWISTED ANKLE WHILE WORKING ON TOP WORK DECK OF SAND PLANT. THERE DID NOT SEEM TO BE ANY HAZARDS LYING ON DECK OR NO LOOSE DECKING AT THAT LOCATION.

1993 · 2 incidents

September 29, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Struck against stationary object

WAS CLIMBING OUT OF FEEDER & TORE LEFT EAR & HEAD ON SHARP STEEL IN GRIZZLY (FEEDER)

January 25, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

PINCHED LITTLE FINGER OF RT HAND BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF STEEL REQUIRED STITCHES

1991 · 4 incidents

April 8, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management POWERED HAULAGE
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GREASING HEAD PULLEY BEARINGS. EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF THE BELT AND THE BELT WAS STARTED.

March 27, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

REMOVING SCREEN DECK WEDGES USING A HAMMER AND TORCH, WAS HITTING CUT WEDGE AND HAMMER REBOUNDED AND FLAME CONTACTED BACK OF LEFT HAND.