Mining Incidents

Cushwa Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Brickworks Limited
Williamsport, Washington County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800081

Cushwa Plant has $11K 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
1994
Latest incident
Jul 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
64
citations
25
significant & substantial
$11,010
proposed penalties
$9,613
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,397 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
42
inspections on record
437
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: 437 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cushwa Plant has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-12-12.
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
2020 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 13 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 26 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 22 18 9 818181.8
2018 Q3 23 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 11 0 0 0.0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 36 4 3 111111.1
2017 Q2 14 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 11 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 31 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 18 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 11 7 2 636363.6
2015 Q3 33 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 28 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3 8 2 2666666.7
2013 Q4 19 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 8 2 0 250000.0
2010 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 33 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 33 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 33 2 0 60606.1
2008 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 33 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 33 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 33 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 33 6 2 181818.2
2005 Q3 31 3 0 96774.2
2005 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 33 3 0 90909.1
2004 Q3 31 3 0 96774.2
2004 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 33 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 32 7 7 218750.0
2003 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 34 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 33 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,106 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,147 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,138 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,355 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,145 1 0 873.4
2000 Q3 1,102 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,075 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,311 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

July 13, 1994 MD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Redland Brick Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON CAB STEPS WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FROM PAYLOADER CAB.

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