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Darlington: 52 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mark Elliott
Mercer, Lawrence County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3603164

Darlington has $5K 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
20
Years on record
1991–2006
Latest incident
Dec 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
52
citations
16
significant & substantial
$4,910
proposed penalties
$4,910
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Three Rivers Aggregates's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
25
inspections on record
436
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: 436 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Darlington has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-06-06.
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.
31.4%
significant & substantial
19.6%
high negligence or reckless
31.4%
reasonably likely or greater
51.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.8% low, 70.6% moderate, 19.6% 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: 2005-04-13, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz6
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Aluminum oxide fumes1
Show the individual readings (29)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-04-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.67 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.43 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Truck Driver
2004-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.37 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-08-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2002-07-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.37 0.51 Washer Operator
2002-07-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 2.15 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Truck Driver
2002-07-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-29 Titanium dioxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2002-01-29 Aluminum oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2002-01-29 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2002-01-29 Vanadium fumes 0.25 50 0.01 Welder, etc.
2002-01-29 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2002-01-29 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2002-01-29 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2002-01-29 Chromium, insoluble 0.01 1 0.01 Welder, etc.
2002-01-29 Cobalt fumes 0.12 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2002-01-29 Copper fumes 3.55 100 0.04 Welder, etc.
2002-01-29 Iron oxide fumes 0.25 10 0.03 Welder, etc.
2002-01-29 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2002-01-29 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2002-01-29 Manganese fumes 0.01 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2002-01-29 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2002-01-29 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
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.

Darlington recorded 9.84 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.

Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.84
total case rate
9.84
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.44 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2004 * 9.84 9.84 0.000
2003 * 9.33 9.33 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Darlington Ready Mix Company 1950 to 2001
  2. Atlantic States Materials of PA Inc 2001 to 2006
  3. Three Rivers Aggregates 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 7
2004 7
2003 8
2002 9
2001 9
2000 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Darlington sits in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania · Population 85,423
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$60,779
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
2008 Q1 2,198 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,675 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,269 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,789 1 0 358.6
2007 Q1 2,259 8 3 3541.4
2006 Q4 2,139 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,954 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,416 0 0 0.0
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1 2,281 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,997 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,727 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,812 6 1 1032.3
2005 Q1 3,151 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,281 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,788 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,273 1 0 159.4
2004 Q1 3,973 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,548 18 7 3957.8
2003 Q3 5,947 2 1 336.3
2003 Q2 7,209 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,726 4 0 1073.5
2002 Q4 5,583 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,660 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,261 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,891 4 1 817.8
2001 Q4 4,219 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,996 1 0 200.2
2001 Q2 6,107 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,927 2 0 509.3
2000 Q4 7,156 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,008 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,179 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,579 5 3 760.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

2006 · 1 incident

December 1, 2006 PA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Three Rivers Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was working on impact crusher trying to dislodge a piece of steel which was stuck with a pry bar. When the steel broke loose, he hit himself in the forehead.

2004 · 1 incident

March 16, 2004 PA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Atlantic States Materials of PA Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WELDING SAND PIPE A.M. SAND OR METAL WENT INTO EYE. WAS WEARING ALL SAFETY EQUIPMENT. HOOD AND SAFETY GLASSES.

2003 · 1 incident

April 11, 2003 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Atlantic States Materials of PA Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLED BACK MUSCLES WHILE SLIPPING OFF LADDER. HAD MUD ON HIS BOOTS.

2001 · 1 incident

January 18, 2001 PA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Darlington Ready Mix Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE ADJUSTING CRUSHER-EE WAS USING A WRENCH TO LOOSEN 2" BOLTS. STRAINED SHOULDER WHILE PULLING ON WRENCH.

1999 · 2 incidents

November 20, 1999 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darlington Ready Mix Company · Struck by falling object

REMOVING GUARD FOR REPAIRS ON CONVEYOR-GUARD FELL OFF AND FRACTURED RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

October 22, 1999 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Darlington Ready Mix Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUBJECT WAS HOLDING A SHAFT COUPLING FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO DRIVE ON WITH A SLEDGE. SLEDGE GLANCED OFF COUPLING AND HIT SUBJECTS LEFT HAND RING FINGER.

1998 · 1 incident

July 1, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Darlington Ready Mix Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WORKING ON SPLICING A CONVEYOR BELT. WHILE CUTTING BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE HE RAN KNIFE OVER LEFT THUMB.

1996 · 2 incidents

September 19, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darlington Ready Mix Company · Fall onto or against objects

REMOVED CONVEYOR TAIL SECTION GUARD AND FELL INTO TAIL PULLEY. INJURED LEFT HAND, ARM, SHOULDER.

August 27, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darlington Ready Mix Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE HELPING TO UNLOAD HIGHLIFT FROM TRAILER PICNHED FINGER WHILE PULLING CRIBBING FROM UNDER MACHINE.

1995 · 1 incident

January 25, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Darlington Ready Mix Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE WALKING AROUND FRONT END LOADER HE STEPPED ON FROZEN UNEVEN GROUND AND SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE

1994 · 1 incident

July 15, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Darlington Ready Mix Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE OPERATIN GA PORTABLE SCREENING PLANT, HE USED A 4 FT BAR TO CLEAR A CONVEYOR RETURN IDLER WHIEL THE CONVEYOR WAS RUNNING. THE IDLER GRABBED THE BAR AND FORCED IT AGAINST HTE CONVEYOR ST RUCTURE. THE BAR PINCHED THE THUMB BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR STRUCTURE.

1993 · 3 incidents

June 30, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darlington Ready Mix Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE INSTALLING A LEG ON CONVEYOR A PIECE OF STEEL FELL ON HAND

March 16, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Darlington Ready Mix Company · Fall from ladders

HAND SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING LADDER AND STRAINED SHOULDER WHILE GRASPING RUNG.

1992 · 3 incidents

November 16, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darlington Ready Mix Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE PULLING A CABLE ACROSS GROUND A MUSCLE SPRAIN OCCURRED

May 14, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darlington Ready Mix Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

68935 CLIMBING DOWN FROM DRAGLINE STRAINED SHOULDER MUSCLE.

April 4, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darlington Ready Mix Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

23919NED BACK WHILE LIFTING A SECTION OF 8" PIPE.

1991 · 3 incidents

December 17, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Darlington Ready Mix Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING TORCH WITH EYE PROTECTION AND A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED EYE.

November 26, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Darlington Ready Mix Company · Struck by falling object

UNLOADING TRAILER OF EQUIPMENT AND A STEEL BEAM ROLLED OFF STUCK ONTO LEFT FOOT.

March 13, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Darlington Ready Mix Company · Fall from ladders

LADDER SLIPPED AND FELL THROUGH RUNGS ABOUT 3 FEET WHILE CLIMBING INTO A VAN TRAILER.