Mining Incidents

BSQ II Metal/Non-Metal

B S Quarries Inc · Surface
Controlled by Timothy M Smith
New Milford, Susquehanna County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609125

BSQ II has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $200 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
31
citations
11
significant & substantial
$6,054
proposed penalties
$5,854
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $200 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
23
inspections on record
311
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: 311 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BSQ II has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $200 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
$200
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-04-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2014 Q2 0 1 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 2,665 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,096 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,981 1 0 251.2
2012 Q3 2,892 1 0 345.8
2012 Q2 2,079 0 0 0.0
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q1 2,755 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,786 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,151 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,631 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,548 3 2 1938.0
2010 Q4 3,180 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,285 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,289 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,381 3 1 2172.3
2009 Q4 894 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,267 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,513 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,034 2 1 284.3
2008 Q1 3,170 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,123 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,258 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,181 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,045 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,482 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 11,201 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,544 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,217 5 1 1554.2
2005 Q4 2,902 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,438 2 1 581.7
2005 Q2 5,204 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 480 1 0 2083.3
2004 Q2 1,798 3 0 1668.5
2004 Q1 975 7 5 7179.5
2003 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,020 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,500 2 0 1333.3
2003 Q1 640 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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