Mining Incidents

DELAWARE VALLEY LANDSCAPE: 31 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by J Kevan Busik
Lumberville, Bucks County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3603161

DELAWARE VALLEY LANDSCAPE has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $58 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
35
Years on record
1992–2007
Latest incident
Apr 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
31
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,734
proposed penalties
$2,676
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $58 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
24
inspections on record
312
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: 312 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DELAWARE VALLEY LANDSCAPE has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $58 outstanding across 1 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$58
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $114 in penalties contested before the Commission, $114 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-26.
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.
19.4%
significant & substantial
16.1%
high negligence or reckless
19.4%
reasonably likely or greater
48.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 3.2% none, 6.5% low, 74.2% moderate, 16.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$114 proposed, $114 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 2016-10-13.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
PENN 2017-0002 Settlement Andrews 2017 $114 → $114
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2005-10-27, 20 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz9
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-10-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.38 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Truck Driver
2005-10-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2004-02-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.48 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-02-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.67 2.89 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-02-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2003-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 3.16 0.16 Truck Driver
2003-05-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Washer Operator
2003-05-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.61 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Forklift Operator
2003-05-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.39 Backhoe 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.

DELAWARE VALLEY LANDSCAPE recorded 8.84 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.
8.84
total case rate
8.84
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 * 8.84 8.84 0.000
2002 * 6.87 6.87 0.000
2000 * 12.01 6.00 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. A L Lewis Inc 1950 to 1983
  2. Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 0
2020 0
2019 0
2018 1
2017 1
2016 0
2015 0
2014 0
2013 2
2008 1
2007 6
2006 8
2005 12
2004 14
2003 13
2002 15
2001 17
2000 18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

DELAWARE VALLEY LANDSCAPE sits in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 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.
Bucks County, Pennsylvania · Population 645,993
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$111,951
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
2024 Q4 91 1 0 10989.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 61 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
Show 71 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 110 1 0 9090.9
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 1 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 254 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 379 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 63 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 22 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 55 1 0 18181.8
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 37 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 140 1 0 7142.9
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 70 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 1,118 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,985 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,365 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,620 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,223 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,541 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,660 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,198 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,423 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,712 2 0 538.8
2005 Q3 5,293 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,240 2 0 381.7
2005 Q1 4,361 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,407 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,790 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,981 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,455 2 1 448.9
2003 Q4 5,579 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,995 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,556 5 0 899.9
2002 Q4 5,764 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,469 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 9,614 8 3 832.1
2002 Q1 6,279 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 8,971 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 9,687 3 1 309.7
2001 Q1 6,000 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,080 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,393 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 9,265 4 1 431.7
2000 Q1 6,577 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

35 on file

2007 · 2 incidents

April 11, 2007 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was grinding a piece of angle iron when a piece broke off and went into eye behind safety glasses.

2005 · 4 incidents

December 2, 2005 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Struck by flying object

After charging a battery, employee hooked a tester to it. The battery exploded blowing the top off into his face.

November 18, 2005 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING OFF ROAD BIN TRUCK WHEN HE SLID ON THE TERRAIN AND TURNED HIS KNEE.

July 12, 2005 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE was attempting to start the water truck used to keep dust down when he noticed a spider inside the cab. He grabbed a can of ether and used his own lighter to torch the spider the can exploded burning his hand and forearm.

May 9, 2005 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Employee was cleaning rocks out of a machine when he slipped and fell causing lacerations to his face and bruising to left leg.

2004 · 1 incident

2003 · 1 incident

January 30, 2003 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EXPERIENCED CHEST PAINS WHILE DRIVING OFF ROAD TRUCK. DETERMINED THAT EE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK

2002 · 1 incident

September 25, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DUMPING PRODUCT FROM DUMP TRUCK WHEN THE CAB WENT UP IN THE AIR. EE HURT LOWER BACK WHEN CAB HIT THE GROUND.

2000 · 2 incidents

March 1, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner FIRE
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIGHT A BURN PILE WHEN THE PILE UNEXPECTEDLY INGNITED

1998 · 2 incidents

August 6, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ONTO A SCREEN WHEN HE PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.

June 18, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FIRE
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS OPERATING HYDRAULIC LINE LOADER AND WHILE BACKING UP TO EAR COMPARTMENT BURST INTO FLAMES. EE SUSTAINED INJURIES WHILE TRYING TO EXIT THE CAB.

1997 · 3 incidents

September 2, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS STRAIGHTENING HOOD OF A TRUCK WHEN DIRT FLEW INTO HIS EYE.

April 17, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS GRINDING AND WELDING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHEN HE HIT HIS WRIST WITH THE GRINDER.

March 3, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS MOVING A RACK TO TAKE MEASURMENTS OF IT WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE, THE RACK SLIPPED AND HIT HIS FOOT.

1996 · 1 incident

October 30, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING A CYLINDER INTO A LOADER WHEN THE CHAIN SLIPPED SMASHING HIS FINGER

1994 · 8 incidents

November 15, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EE WAS CLIMBING INTO TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED PUT HIS HAND DOWN TO CATCH HIMSELF AND FELT SOMETHING SNAP.

November 1, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PICKING STONE AND PLACING THEM ON PELLETS WHEN HE FELT A PULL IN SHOULDER & ARM.

October 20, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO THE TRUCK WHEN A ROCK FROM THE BIN LANDED ON HIS SHOULDER.

October 19, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STACKING ROCKS WHEN HE SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN TWO ROCKS.

September 13, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING FORKS ON A FORKLIFT CLOSERTOGETHER WHEN THE FORK SLIPPED OUT OF RT HAND SMASHING LEFTHAND BETWEEN FORK & FORKLIFT

May 11, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EE WAS UNLOADING GARDEN STEPPERS WHEN HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 ROCKS.

February 25, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING MOTOR FROM A PIECE OF MACHINERY WHEN HE CUT HIS FINGER.

1993 · 6 incidents

December 15, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTLALING A CHAIN ON A CONVEYOR WHEN HE PULLED TOO HARD ON THE CHAIN AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS SHOUDLER, ARM AND NECK.

December 1, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING ROCK WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF STONE HIT HIS ARM AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN THE BONE.

February 19, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOOKING A CHAIN ONTO A MACHINE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD.

February 3, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS WELDING BRIEFLY WITHOUT HIS MASK. AS A RESULT HE SUFFERED WELDERS FLASH THE SYMPTOMS OF PAIN AND BURNING INBY AROUND EYE AREA DID NOT APPEAR UNTIL MANY HOURS LATER.

January 18, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS BURENING STEEL WITH A TORCH WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY BURNT HIS FINGER

1992 · 4 incidents

October 8, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING MANAFOLD BOLTS, WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED INTO THE FAN.

August 17, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

54736YEE WAS PICKING UP ROCKS AND PLACING THEM INTO PALLETS. WHILE LIFTING, THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK.

August 12, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

54736YEE WAS PLACING STONE IN PALLET FROM CONVEYOR. A STONE CLIPPED HIS RIGHT HAND PINKY AND SMASHED THE FINGER.

August 4, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delaware Valley Landscape Stone Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

54736YEE WAS THROWING 50 LB BAGS OF STONE FROM CONVEYOR TO PALLETS WHEN INJURY OCCURRED.