Commonwealth Quarry Inc has $2K 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
3
Years on record
2015–2016
Latest incident
Oct 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
22
citations
8
significant & substantial
$2,497
proposed penalties
$2,497
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 286 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Commonwealth Quarry Inc has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-06-02.
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.
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: 2019-04-09, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz1
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2019-04-09
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.46
10
0.05
Bulldozer Operator
2017-11-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2017-11-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.72
1.91
0.38
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-11-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
1.46
0.19
Cleanup Man
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2021
8
2020
9
2019
8
2018
7
2017
7
2016
7
2015
8
2014
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Commonwealth Quarry Inc sits in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania · Population 143,259
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,901
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
2021 Q3
2,592
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
2,686
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
1,806
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
2,327
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
2,011
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
3,319
1
0
301.3
2020 Q1
1,374
1
0
727.8
2019 Q4
2,997
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2019 Q3
2,842
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
2,331
3
0
1287.0
2019 Q1
1,748
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
2,521
3
0
1190.0
2018 Q3
3,320
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
3,089
2
1
647.5
2018 Q1
1,261
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,855
1
0
350.3
2017 Q3
3,425
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
3,620
1
0
276.2
2017 Q1
3,119
2
1
641.2
2016 Q4
3,080
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,259
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
2,754
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
2,578
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
3,317
1
0
301.5
2015 Q3
3,574
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
3,613
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
660
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
2,017
1
0
495.8
2014 Q3
2,523
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
3,394
6
6
1767.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2016 · 2 incidents
October 19, 2016PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was mounting cheek plates on stone crushing equipment. While tightening bolts on the plates ee hit left hand with the hammer wrench. Employee went to emergency room and treated for a lacerated/fracture middle finger. Finger received 1 stitch and a bandage and splint applied.
EE moving steel plate on 2 metal saw horses with wheels. Sliding on concrete floor of shop. Wheel caught and horse flipped, plate fell on feet. Coworker lifted plate off. Sitting in chair & said "he felt like he was going to pass out". Passed out for 20 sec. Transported to hospital by ambulance. EE wearing steel toe boots. Treated in the emergency room for a broken toe, left foot.