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Cushwa Plant: 64 MSHA citations 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.
See Glen-Gery Corporation's full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
39.1%
significant & substantial
21.9%
high negligence or reckless
39.1%
reasonably likely or greater
59.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.9% low, 67.2% moderate, 21.9% 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: 2015-10-27, 10 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2005-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2005-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.6 0.61 0.98 Truck Driver
2005-10-19 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.
Ownership history
  1. Cushwa Brick Inc 1950 to 1992
  2. Redland Brick Inc 1992 to 1996
  3. Redland Brick Inc 1996 to 2020
  4. Brickworks Eddie Acquisition Corporation 2020 to 2023
  5. Glen-Gery Corporation 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Cushwa Plant sits in Washington County, Maryland, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Washington County, Maryland · Population 155,033
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$74,157
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
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 1 0 45454.5
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 0 0 0.0
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 0 0 0.0
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 1 1 333333.3
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 0 0 0.0
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 0 0 0.0
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 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 31 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 31 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 33 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 32 2 2 62500.0
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 0 0 0.0
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.