Butler Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
25
Years on record
1987–2009
Latest incident
Aug 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
60
citations
19
significant & substantial
$8,230
proposed penalties
$8,177
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $53 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
36
inspections on record
473
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: 473 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Butler Quarry has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $612 in penalties contested before the Commission, $424 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-11-08.
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.
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.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 86%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 14%
50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
31%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$612 proposed, $424 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 2006-08-02.
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.
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: 2014-06-17, 12 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2014-06-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Butler Quarry recorded 24.95 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ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.
24.95
total case rate
16.63
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.77 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Maryland, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.80 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.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2017
6
2016
4
2015
4
2014
3
2013
3
2012
4
2011
3
2010
4
2009
4
2008
9
2007
8
2006
8
2005
6
2004
13
2003
13
2002
13
2001
13
2000
16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Butler Quarry sits in Baltimore County, Maryland, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Baltimore County, Maryland · Population 849,586
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$90,904
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
Employee was loading stone into cutter with another emploee and got his right middle finger wedged. The employee noticed a laceration from where it was wedged. He then stopped working and came to the office, told his supervisor and was sent to Concentra.
2008 · 1 incident
February 21, 2008MD · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miner was on outlet table side of stone cutter when cut was initiated; outlet table moves in downward position. Miner placed hand prematurely to remove stone and when table was retracted middlefinger was pinched between top of stone and chisels.
January 28, 2006MD · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
Operating an air tool breaking stones, employee felt an object hit his eye. He was wearing safety glasses. Employee did not report to supervisor until Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006.
2004 · 1 incident
October 19, 2004MD · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE CUTTING A BOULDER WITH A STONE MAUL(HAMMER), INJURED WAS HOLDING THE BOULDER AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING ITWITH HAMMER WHEN A PIECE FLEW OFF, HITTING HIM ON THE LEFT FOOT. INJURED ESTIMATES THE PIECE OF STONE WEIGHED BETWEEN 90 AND 100 LBS.
HE WAS TRYING TO KEEP A ROCK IN PLACE IN THE CUTTER. HE DIDN'T THINK HIS FINGER WAS IN ALL THE WAY AND DIDN'T MOVE IT. HIS RIGHT POINTER FINGER WAS AMPUTATED.
March 30, 1993MD · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS