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Buena Vista 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.
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.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
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
2024 Q2 604 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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

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