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Buena Vista: 45 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Force Aggregates LLC
Rochester Mills, Clearfield County, PA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3609529

Buena Vista has $9K 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
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Feb 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
45
citations
16
significant & substantial
$8,687
proposed penalties
$8,687
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Kinkead Aggregates, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
35
inspections on record
401
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: 401 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Buena Vista has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-12-01.
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.
35.6%
significant & substantial
8.9%
high negligence or reckless
35.6%
reasonably likely or greater
46.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 48.9% low, 42.2% moderate, 8.9% 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: 2026-06-30
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Arsenic fumes1
  • Beryllium fumes1
  • Cadmium oxide fumes1
Show the individual readings (18)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-18 Iron oxide fumes 0.44 20 0.02 Mechanic
2020-11-18 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Mechanic
2020-11-18 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Mechanic
2020-11-18 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Mechanic
2020-11-18 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Mechanic
2020-11-18 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Mechanic
2020-11-18 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Mechanic
2020-11-18 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Mechanic
2020-11-18 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Mechanic
2020-11-18 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Mechanic
2020-11-18 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Mechanic
2020-11-18 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Mechanic
2020-11-18 Manganese fumes 0.07 5 0.01 Mechanic
2020-11-18 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Mechanic
2009-11-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.34 0.53 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.26 0.65 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-11-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.94 0.29 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.
Ownership history
  1. Edward C Griffith Quarrying Inc 2007 to 2011
  2. Kinkead Aggregates, LLC 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 1
2024 4
2023 3
2022 9
2021 9
2020 10
2019 2
2018 4
2017 1
2016 1
2015 3
2014 5
2013 4
2012 5
2011 7
2010 7
2009 8
2008 8
2007 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Buena Vista sits in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania · Population 78,902
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,181
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 1,046 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 84 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 37 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 511 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 653 0 0 0.0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 604 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 903 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,306 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 956 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 933 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 860 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 936 2 1 2136.8
2021 Q3 936 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 650 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,143 2 0 1749.8
2020 Q3 1,205 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,701 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,486 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 586 5 1 8532.4
2019 Q3 896 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,164 13 6 11168.4
2019 Q1 664 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,180 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,248 1 0 801.3
2018 Q2 1,525 2 1 1311.5
2018 Q1 945 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 576 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 617 4 2 6483.0
2017 Q2 615 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 323 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 432 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 555 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 506 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 434 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 514 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 858 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 462 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 252 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,078 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,137 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,351 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 233 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,273 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,191 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,257 1 0 443.1
2013 Q1 1,610 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,168 2 0 922.5
2012 Q3 2,185 4 3 1830.7
2012 Q2 2,324 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,137 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,877 5 1 1289.7
2011 Q3 2,824 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,082 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,515 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,053 2 0 655.1
2010 Q3 4,204 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,086 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,816 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,952 1 1 338.8
2009 Q3 3,933 1 0 254.3
2009 Q2 4,100 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,957 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,684 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,693 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,908 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,033 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 978 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 640 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 87 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident

February 7, 2012 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Kinkead Aggregates, LLC · Struck by flying object

Loading rock truck in pit, swung around to get another bucket of rock, dust came in left side window which had been opened a little to help keep front window from fogging over