Mining Incidents

Carter Quarry: 23 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

R & R Stone · Surface
Controlled by Ronald R Carter Jr
Dimock, Susquehanna County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609358

Carter Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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
2007
Latest incident
Apr 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
23
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,282
proposed penalties
$1,224
paid to date
54% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,058 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
15
inspections on record
141
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: 141 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Carter Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-07-18.
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.
4.3%
significant & substantial
26.1%
high negligence or reckless
4.3%
reasonably likely or greater
26.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.3% low, 69.6% moderate, 26.1% 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: 2010-10-19, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
1
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.36 0.53 Stone Polisher/Cutter
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. Todd A Carter, Sole Proprietor 2005 to 2011
  2. R & R Stone 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2012 1
2011 2
2010 2
2008 6
2007 0
2006 4
2005 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Carter Quarry sits in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 3.2% 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.
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania · Population 38,349
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,930
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
2012 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 90 1 0 11111.1
2010 Q4 240 2 0 8333.3
2010 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,000 0 0 0.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2 4,200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 400 2 0 5000.0
2006 Q3 2,000 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,400 1 0 416.7
2005 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 120 2 0 16666.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

April 19, 2007 PA · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY
Todd A Carter, Sole Proprietor · Struck by flying object

He was splitting stone & a small piece hit him in the eye.