Deep Creek Quarry has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1996–2010
Latest incident
Nov 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
92
citations
17
significant & substantial
$25,919
proposed penalties
$22,125
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,794 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: 820 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Deep Creek Quarry has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 10 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
92 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
Of $19K in penalties contested before the Commission, $15K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-04-23.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
18citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
Settled
17 · 94%
Stood as issued
1 · 6%
67%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
22%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$19K proposed, $15K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2012-06-25.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2012-04-26, 14 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz13
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (24)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2012-04-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.4
0.10
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-04-26
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Truck Driver
2012-04-26
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.35
10
0.14
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-04-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2009-05-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.02
1.12
0.91
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.31
0.87
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-05-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.37
10
0.14
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-05-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.49
1.74
0.28
Shovel Operator
2005-05-25
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.35
10
0.04
Truck Driver
2005-05-25
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2005-05-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.72
0.18
Bulldozer Operator
2005-05-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.65
0.28
Shovel Operator
2005-05-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.38
0.10
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
1.65
0.24
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.94
0.29
Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-04-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2004-04-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scale Man
2004-04-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
0.77
0.61
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-09-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.66
1.24
0.53
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-09-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Diamond Drill Operator
2002-09-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
1.05
0.39
Truck Driver
2002-09-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
1.3
0.13
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.
Deep Creek Quarry recorded 7.55 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ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.
7.55
total case rate
7.55
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Maryland, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.46 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
2008 *
7.55
7.55
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
8.12
0.00
0.000
2004 *
7.02
7.02
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
7.60
7.60
0.000
2001 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2014
0
2013
7
2012
7
2011
11
2010
9
2009
10
2008
13
2007
12
2006
12
2005
11
2004
13
2003
11
2002
12
2001
12
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Deep Creek Quarry sits in Garrett County, Maryland, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Garrett County, Maryland · Population 28,713
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$69,031
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
2014 Q4
0
0
0
2014 Q3
0
0
0
2014 Q2
0
1
0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
2,203
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
2,993
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,294
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,278
1
0
782.5
Show 52 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4
2,775
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
4,651
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,835
7
2
1825.3
2012 Q1
1,223
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
4,777
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
7,158
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
5,431
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
2,594
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
4,582
12
2
2618.9
2010 Q3
6,609
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
4,809
1
0
207.9
2010 Q1
2,085
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
3,678
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,973
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
6,110
1
0
163.7
2009 Q1
3,964
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
6,982
2
0
286.5
2008 Q3
5,985
2
0
334.2
2008 Q2
7,705
2
0
259.6
2008 Q1
5,834
6
2
1028.5
2007 Q4
7,327
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
6,570
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
7,839
2
1
255.1
2007 Q1
4,017
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
6,872
1
0
145.5
2006 Q3
5,860
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
7,315
3
0
410.1
2006 Q1
4,632
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
6,156
5
2
812.2
2005 Q3
6,439
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
8,441
2
0
236.9
2005 Q1
3,598
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
7,066
1
0
141.5
2004 Q3
8,636
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,127
1
0
140.3
2004 Q1
5,676
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,079
5
1
822.5
2003 Q3
7,196
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
6,018
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
5,938
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
5,657
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
8,133
2
0
245.9
2002 Q2
6,127
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
6,394
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
6,011
4
0
665.4
2001 Q3
7,511
3
1
399.4
2001 Q2
7,099
8
4
1126.9
2001 Q1
3,106
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
4,869
1
0
205.4
2000 Q3
6,978
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
5,352
7
2
1307.9
2000 Q1
5,385
7
0
1299.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
13 on file
2010 · 1 incident
November 11, 2010MD · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorMACHINERY
A pipe being lifted by a crane. Fell pinning the victims wrist underneath it. His wrist hurts now. He also has lumps in his arm. The doctors have given him pills for.
EE was using a pry bar to correct the skirting on a conveyor belt. When the bar slipped, EE lost his balance and fell to the ground, landing on his head, breaking several vertebrae, and also broke his left wrist.
CAME IN LUNCH ROOM AT LUNCHTIME FOR LUNCH. STOPPED AND LEANED AGAINST DOOR FRAME - WALL. LIGHTNING STRUCK SOMETHING AND CAME IN BUILDING THROUGHWHERE EMP WAS STANDING.
June 6, 1996MD · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
STEPPED DOWN OUT OF TRUCK. ICE ON STEP FELL OFF ONTO GROUND, HURT SHOULDER.
March 2, 1996MD · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT