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Blue Mount Quarry: 46 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

White Hall, Baltimore County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800573

Blue Mount Quarry has $17K 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
4
Years on record
1984–1991
Latest incident
May 1991
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
46
citations
9
significant & substantial
$16,867
proposed penalties
$16,867
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
24
inspections on record
377
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: 377 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blue Mount Quarry has $17K 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-05-31.
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.
19.6%
significant & substantial
28.3%
high negligence or reckless
19.6%
reasonably likely or greater
54.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.3% low, 67.4% moderate, 28.3% 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: 2016-08-10, 10 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-08-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.9 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2016-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Loader
2016-08-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Truck Driver
2013-04-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-04-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-04-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-02-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.31 0.11 Utility Man
2008-02-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-09-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-09-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.53 Drill Operator, Rotary
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. Bluemount Crushed Stone Inc 1950 to 1979
  2. Blue Mount Quarry Inc 1979 to 2007
  3. Blue Mount Materials LLC 2007 to 2015
  4. Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC 2015 to present
  5. Bluegrass - Blue Mount Materials, LLC 2015 to 2018
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 3
2017 7
2016 9
2015 7
2014 7
2013 7
2012 6
2011 6
2010 5
2009 5
2008 9
2007 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Blue Mount Quarry sits in Baltimore 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.
Baltimore County, Maryland · Population 849,586
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$90,904
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
2018 Q1 1,565 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,714 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,330 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,129 2 0 484.4
2017 Q1 3,654 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,359 3 1 688.2
2016 Q3 5,812 3 0 516.2
2016 Q2 4,581 0 0 0.0
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q1 4,816 2 1 415.3
2015 Q4 3,205 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,829 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,945 3 1 760.5
2015 Q1 3,549 2 1 563.5
2014 Q4 3,566 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,567 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,759 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,689 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,822 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,999 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,298 2 0 465.3
2013 Q1 3,026 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,971 2 0 1014.7
2012 Q3 3,006 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,945 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,633 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,291 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,567 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,616 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,862 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,393 5 1 2089.4
2010 Q3 2,810 1 0 355.9
2010 Q2 2,930 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,512 1 0 661.4
2009 Q4 2,233 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,347 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,131 4 1 1277.5
2009 Q1 2,271 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,299 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,144 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,900 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,925 1 0 144.4
2007 Q4 5,850 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,340 3 0 691.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1991 · 1 incident

May 6, 1991 MD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue Mount Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL SLIPPED WHILE ATTEMPOTING TO CLIMB LADDER TO CAB OF LOADER.

1989 · 2 incidents

October 14, 1989 MD · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Mount Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING OUT A BLOCK WALL A PIECE OF CONCRETE BLOCK CHIPPED OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD. EMPLOYEE HAD 5 STITCHES.

July 14, 1989 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Blue Mount Quarry Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS STEAM CLEANING A PIECE OF EQU8PENT. HE SAT HOSE ON THE GROUND STEPPED OVER HOSE STEAM WENT UP PANTS LEG LEAVING HIM WITH 1ST DEGREE BURNS ON LEFT LEG BETWEEN KNEE AND ANKLE.

1984 · 1 incident

August 17, 1984 MD · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Blue Mount Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CRUSHER OPERATOR LEFT CRUSHER BUILDING AND RELOCATED ONTO CRUSHER PLATFORM TO OBSERVE ROCK JAM