Mining Incidents

CHAFFEE QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Chaffee Quarry · Surface
Controlled by Joseph M Chaffee
Towanda, Bradford County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608909

CHAFFEE QUARRY has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $465 outstanding across 1 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 2001
15
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,035
proposed penalties
$274
paid to date
26% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $761 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
7
inspections on record
51
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: 51 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CHAFFEE QUARRY has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $465 outstanding across 1 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$739
current assessed
$274
paid to date
$465
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-07-15.
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
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q2 884 2 0 2262.4
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,420 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,570 0 0 0.0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 970 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 160 11 2 68750.0

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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