Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
English Español
← Back to search

Brokenstraw Aggregate Plant #22: 52 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Daniel R Hawbaker
Pittsfield, Warren County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3604191

Brokenstraw Aggregate Plant #22 has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Brokenstraw Aggregate Plant #22.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1988–2010
Latest incident
Jan 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
52
citations
13
significant & substantial
$25,260
proposed penalties
$15,126
paid to date
60% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,134 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Glenn O Hawbaker Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
50
inspections on record
716
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: 716 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Brokenstraw Aggregate Plant #22 has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $19K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-11-02.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
28.8%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
61.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.4% low, 55.8% moderate, 28.8% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
70%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$334 proposed, $100 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 2009-07-30.
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
PENN20030083M Settlement Zielinski 2003 $19K → $9K
PENN 2009-673M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $334 → $100
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: 2025-02-12
11%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz91 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
Show the individual readings (20)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-06-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.49 1.04 Lab Technician
2025-02-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.72 0.17 Utility Man
2025-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2025-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2014-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2014-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2014-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.57 0.21 Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-06-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.84 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.91 2.01 0.45 Bulldozer Operator
2005-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 1.56 0.19 Cleanup Man
2004-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.6 0.43 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.48 0.38 Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.94 0.22 Cleanup Man
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. Brokenstraw Gravel Company Inc 1950 to 2003
  2. Glenn O Hawbaker Inc 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 7
2024 6
2023 7
2022 6
2021 6
2020 7
2019 6
2018 5
2017 6
2016 7
2015 7
2014 5
2013 5
2012 6
2011 6
2010 7
2009 7
2008 5
2007 6
2006 5
2005 5
2004 4
2003 2
2002 6
2001 7
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Brokenstraw Aggregate Plant #22 sits in Warren County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Warren County, Pennsylvania · Population 38,174
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$59,013
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 4,219 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,551 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,668 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,750 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,777 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,128 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,412 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,173 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,682 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,945 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,890 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,808 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,247 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,850 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,491 2 0 572.9
2022 Q3 3,204 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,980 1 0 335.6
2022 Q1 1,869 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,225 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,800 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,921 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,327 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,588 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,099 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,534 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,819 1 0 354.7
2019 Q4 2,422 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,079 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,580 2 0 558.7
2019 Q1 1,785 1 0 560.2
2018 Q4 2,554 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,936 1 0 340.6
2018 Q2 2,574 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,595 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,283 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,242 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,283 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,553 1 0 391.7
2016 Q4 2,925 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,809 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,033 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,078 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,206 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,097 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,600 1 0 277.8
2015 Q1 2,627 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,155 1 1 317.0
2014 Q3 3,760 1 0 266.0
2014 Q2 3,012 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,054 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,884 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,782 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,068 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,206 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,463 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,405 1 0 293.7
2012 Q2 3,524 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,161 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,677 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,973 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,328 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,802 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,999 1 0 200.0
2010 Q3 3,500 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,840 1 0 206.6
2010 Q1 3,101 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,193 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,975 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,534 2 0 565.9
2009 Q1 2,508 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,954 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,132 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,842 1 1 351.9
2008 Q1 1,893 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,193 1 0 313.2
2007 Q3 3,934 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,196 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,152 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,366 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,325 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,124 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,224 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,837 1 0 352.5
2005 Q3 2,788 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,096 2 0 646.0
2005 Q1 1,871 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,048 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,193 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,549 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 722 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 718 1 0 1392.8
2003 Q3 462 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 534 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 545 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,420 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,708 12 4 7025.8
2002 Q2 1,402 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 901 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,438 16 7 11126.6
2001 Q3 2,358 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,407 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,122 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,356 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,909 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,421 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 991 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2010 · 1 incident

January 8, 2010 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Glenn O Hawbaker Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Weather conditions were snow fall and icy surface at the place of the incident. Individual slipped while crossing a parking lot, falling on his right knee.

2001 · 2 incidents

August 15, 2001 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Brokenstraw Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WINDY SPECK GOT IN EYE

1993 · 2 incidents

August 17, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brokenstraw Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

IN THE SHOP CHANGING A TIRE ON A LOADER & TWISTED HIS BACK.

1992 · 2 incidents

September 16, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brokenstraw Gravel Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WET RAINY HE SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF LOADER & BRUISED LEFT KNEE BY SWINGING LEG AROUND & HITTING KNEE ON LOADER

1991 · 1 incident

October 16, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brokenstraw Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING A BEARING IN CRUSHER. HOLDING A PUNCH THAT WAS TO PUSH THE BEARING IN WHILE HAMMERING WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIT HIS FINGER.

1990 · 1 incident

September 6, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brokenstraw Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS CLEANING HOPPER WITH CLEANING TOOL WHICH IS A PIPE 10' X 4" WITH A BLADE ON END. THE HOPPER IS WORKING WITH THE SCREEN. TOOL IS USED TO CLEAN OFF DIRT AND MUD ON STEEL SIDES. HE WAS PUS HING WITH BOTH HANDS AND THE TOOL SLIPPED. HE SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

1989 · 1 incident

May 2, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brokenstraw Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS WORKING ON DOZER WHEN HE GOT OFF THE DOZER TO MOVE THE LAWN MOWER HE TWISTED OR PULLED H IS KNEE THE DOC HAS PUT HIM ON LIMITED WORK & WILL REEVALUATE IN TWO WEEKS HIS LEFT KNEE WAS HURT

1988 · 1 incident