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Blossburg Plant: 37 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Blossburg, Tioga County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3606096

Blossburg Plant has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1985–2012
Latest incident
Aug 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
37
citations
10
significant & substantial
$5,979
proposed penalties
$5,148
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $831 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
55
inspections on record
700
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: 700 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blossburg Plant has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 5 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
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-10.
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.
27.0%
significant & substantial
5.4%
high negligence or reckless
32.4%
reasonably likely or greater
70.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.8% low, 83.8% moderate, 5.4% 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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 50%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 50%
75%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
29%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K 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 2013-12-23.
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 2014-71M Default Lesnick 2014 $1K → $1K
PENN 2012-215M Settlement Lewis 2012 $634 → $127
PENN20010044M Settlement Bulluck 2001 $346 → $260
PENN 2011-132M Settlement Harner 2011 $285 → $190
PENN20010075M Settlement Barbour 2001 $173 → $130
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: 2024-06-11
20%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
22
samples
15
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz113 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Aluminum oxide fumes2
  • Arsenic fumes2
Show the individual readings (50)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-11-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 0.31 1.68 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 0.37 1.65 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 0.31 1.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-03-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.39 0.72 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.54 0.22 Truck Driver
2005-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 1.62 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 2.29 0.14 Scale Man
2005-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.45 0.53 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.87 0.23 Lab Technician
2003-03-25 Titanium dioxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Zinc oxide fumes 0.22 10 0.02 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Aluminum oxide fumes 0.01 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Iron oxide fumes 0.39 10 0.04 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.03 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Manganese fumes 0.04 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Titanium dioxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Zinc oxide fumes 0.03 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Aluminum oxide fumes 0.05 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Cadmium oxide fumes 1.96 100 0.02 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Copper fumes 3.92 300 0.01 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Iron oxide fumes 1.68 20 0.08 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.25 20 0.01 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Manganese fumes 0.16 5 0.03 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2003-03-25 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2002-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.34 0.35 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.32 0.75 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
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.

Blossburg Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.

Injury rate, 2011
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.56 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.93 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 6.99 0.00 0.000
2009 * 8.37 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Lycoming Silica Sand Company 1950 to 1988
  2. Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 5
2024 4
2023 6
2022 6
2021 7
2020 7
2019 11
2018 7
2017 5
2016 3
2015 4
2014 6
2013 6
2012 9
2011 10
2010 10
2009 9
2008 5
2007 2
2006 4
2005 5
2004 7
2003 6
2002 7
2001 5
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Blossburg Plant sits in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.1% 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.
Tioga County, Pennsylvania · Population 41,078
2.1%
Mining share of county employment
$62,932
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 1,398 1 0 715.3
2026 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,147 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,091 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,453 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,479 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,197 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,021 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,018 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,067 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,252 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,154 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,163 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,067 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,323 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,032 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,252 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,117 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 974 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,150 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,149 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,081 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,676 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,484 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 582 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,419 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,567 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,866 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,656 1 0 603.9
2019 Q1 1,434 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,462 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,647 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,688 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,185 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,185 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,461 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,647 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,265 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,556 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,504 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,484 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,230 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,175 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,561 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,654 2 0 753.6
2015 Q1 1,138 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,512 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,099 3 0 731.9
2014 Q2 3,179 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,263 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,624 2 2 762.2
2013 Q3 4,077 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,920 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,423 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,520 1 0 396.8
2012 Q3 4,101 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,339 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,948 1 0 202.1
2011 Q4 6,008 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,262 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,507 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,783 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,995 5 3 834.0
2010 Q3 7,911 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 9,946 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,747 1 0 210.7
2009 Q4 8,917 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 9,345 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,724 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 903 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,467 1 0 288.4
2008 Q3 4,068 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,056 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 969 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,375 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,149 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 256 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,256 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,986 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,817 1 1 355.0
2006 Q1 341 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,262 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,645 2 1 548.7
2005 Q2 4,137 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,175 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,392 1 1 418.1
2004 Q3 3,542 1 1 282.3
2004 Q2 8,367 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,036 1 0 965.3
2003 Q4 3,500 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,909 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,795 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 624 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,110 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,244 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,825 1 0 207.3
2002 Q1 143 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,248 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,198 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,876 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,196 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,047 4 0 1954.1
2000 Q3 5,872 5 1 851.5
2000 Q2 5,153 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,300 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2012 · 2 incidents

January 16, 2012 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was exiting Bobcat skid steer loader. IW foot slipped off of snow covered tire while exiting. Employee twisted his right knee as he fell to the ground. IW was released to return to light duty work.

2010 · 1 incident

April 3, 2010 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was coming down the ladder on a 988 Cat loader. He had fueled the machine up and had the nozzle in his hand. He had three points of contact & he thought he was on the bottom step and realized he wsn't. He missed the bottom step and hurt his right knee. He said it didn't really hurt at the time but the next day it was swollen up.

2009 · 1 incident

November 12, 2009 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was trying to unplug the chute on the jaw crusher when a plate fell down in the chute and he was using a prybar to try to pry the plate loose when his finger got caught between the bar and the chute. This pinched his middle finger on his left hand. His finger is fractured.

2005 · 1 incident

1999 · 1 incident

October 8, 1999 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)

EE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT SKIRTING FOR THE CONE BELT. HE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF BELTING AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED BACK AND CUT HIS RIGHT KNEE.

1994 · 2 incidents

July 8, 1994 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

EMPLOYEE WAS CRUSHER OPERATOR AND STOPPED OPERATION TO REPAIR SKIRTING ON PRIMARY CONVEYOR. AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR SKIRTING HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEE AGAINST AN ANGLE IRON BRACE INJURI NG HIS RIGHT KNEE CAP.

May 14, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEES WERE TIGHTENING TOP SHELL TO BOTTOM SHELL BOLTS ON ALLIS CHALMERS GYRATORY CRUSHER. EMP. WERE TIGHTENING BOLTS WITH 2 1/4" BOX WRENCH WITH 8' PIPE EXTENSION WHEN APPARENTLY BOLT TURN ED CAUSING BOTH MEN TO LOSE THEIR BALANCE. INJURED FELL FACE FORWARD AND IN DOING SO, HIS LEG BECAME ENTRAPPED CAUSING A BAD SPRAIN IN HIS LEFT CALF AREA.

1992 · 1 incident

September 17, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN OF F966 LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED IN A MUD PUDDLE WHICH WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LOADER STEPS AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.

1990 · 2 incidents

October 4, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heidelberg Materials Northeast LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE DISLODGED A ROCK FROM THE JAW CRUSHER BY USING A BAR.THE ROCK MOVED AND SHIFTED THE BAR,CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE CRUSHER PLATE.

May 1, 1990 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)

OPER CRUSHER, REMOVING ROCK FROM TOP WITH HAMMER HAMMER GLANCED FROM ROCK STRIKING ON L FT

1985 · 1 incident

August 22, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lycoming Silica Sand Company · Fall onto or against objects

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A NUT ON A BOLT WITH A 3/4 INCH DRIVE RACHET. THE RACHET SKIPPED SOME TEETH, LETTING THE EMPLOYEE FALL BACK AGAINST THE FRAME ON THE MACHINE.