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Boswell Quarry: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Boswell, Somerset County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3606684

Boswell Quarry has $1K 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
15
Years on record
1984–2003
Latest incident
Dec 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
16
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,089
proposed penalties
$1,089
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
17
inspections on record
313
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: 313 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Boswell Quarry has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-12-29.
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.
12.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
68.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 56.2% low, 43.8% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2003-10-08, 22 years ago
45%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz115 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2003-07-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.94 0.22 4.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 0.46 1.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-11-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.19 1.58 Jackhammer Operator
2001-08-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.18 2.33 Jackhammer Operator
2001-08-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.25 1.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.52 0.23 Lab Technician
2003-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.23 0.83 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.66 2.37 0.28 Mechanic
2003-07-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.91 Truck Driver
2002-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Jackhammer Operator
2002-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 1.5 0.28 Truck Driver
2002-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2002-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 1.62 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-08-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.46 0.83 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.

Boswell Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.

Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ 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 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.44 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
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 13.33 6.67 0.000
2002 * 17.45 8.72 0.000
2001 * 7.17 7.17 0.000
2000 * 7.58 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. Commonwealth Stone Inc 1978 to 1999
  2. New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 3
2004 14
2003 11
2002 10
2001 10
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Boswell Quarry sits in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.6% 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.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania · Population 73,255
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$59,378
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
2005 Q1 1,519 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,700 2 0 259.7
2004 Q3 10,763 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 10,417 1 0 96.0
2004 Q1 3,218 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,351 1 0 136.0
2003 Q3 9,605 3 1 312.3
2003 Q2 9,057 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1 3,989 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,044 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,018 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,192 1 0 139.0
2002 Q1 3,672 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,388 3 0 406.1
2001 Q3 6,458 1 1 154.8
2001 Q2 7,586 1 0 131.8
2001 Q1 6,444 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,910 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,884 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,671 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,925 2 0 252.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

2002 · 2 incidents

June 6, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAND SLIPPED ON PICK HANDLE SMASHING TIP OF LITTLE FINGER.

2001 · 1 incident

2000 · 1 incident

March 30, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company · Fall onto or against objects

CLIMBED UP ON FRONT OF LOADER TO REPLACE LIFT CYC HOSE AND SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING TAILBONE ON STEEL BRACKET OF BUCKET.

1998 · 1 incident

August 31, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Commonwealth Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON EQUIPMENT AND SLIPPED. IN STOPPING HIS FALL, HE PULLED HIS BACK.

1997 · 2 incidents

September 9, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Commonwealth Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO FIX THE SCREEN WHEN SCREW DRIVER SLIPPED AND HIT HIS FOOT

July 24, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Commonwealth Stone Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

ACCORDING TO THE LETTER RECEIVED FROM HIS DR, EMP HAS SILICOSIS SECONDARY TO HIS EMPLOYMENT. AT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO LOST TIME.

1996 · 1 incident

May 23, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Commonwealth Stone Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

LOADER WAS OVERHEATING. EE WENT TO CHECK WATER IN RADIATOR AND PRESSURE WAS RELEASED.

1994 · 1 incident

May 17, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Commonwealth Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CRUSHER AND A BAR ON THE SHUTE FROM THE SCREEN SWUNG BACK AND HIT HIM ON HIS FOREHEAD.

1987 · 3 incidents

June 12, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Commonwealth Stone Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE HAS FI5ED CLAIM AGAINST US FOR SILICOSIS AND OTHER RELATED LUNG CONDITIONS AS A RESULT OF EXPOSURE TO DUST.WE RECEIVED NOTICE OF CLAIM BY MEANS OF PETITION JULY 15,1987.

May 29, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Commonwealth Stone Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING DROPBALL AND BANGED HIS LEFT ELBOW INTO MACHINERY(LINKBELT DRAG.)

May 12, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Commonwealth Stone Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS RE1AIRING CAT FRONT LOADER. HE DESCENDED LADDER AND SLIPPED WHEN HE STEPPED ON FLOOR.

1984 · 1 incident

February 12, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent FIRE
Commonwealth Stone Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WITH PERMISSION EMP WAS WORKING ON HIS OWN TRUCK ON HIS OWN TIME IN THE SHOP ON JOB SITE HE WAS FIXING FUEL PUMP WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE GAS TANK HE TOOK FUEL PUMP OUT AND A SPARK FROM THE WIRE IGNITED THE GASTANK