Don Burns Metal/Non-Metal
Ben Ralston
· Surface
Controlled by
Ben J Ralston
Susquehanna,
Susquehanna County,
PA
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3609607
Don Burns has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
20
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,624
proposed penalties
$2,322
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $302 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
20
inspections on record
210
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 210 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Don Burns has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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
$2K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 465 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 840 | 2 | 0 | 2381.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 824 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 645 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 723 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 690 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 736 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 670 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 840 | 1 | 0 | 1190.5 |
| 2022 Q1 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 275 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 760 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 622 | 1 | 0 | 1607.7 |
| 2021 Q1 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 243 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 935 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 840 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 420 | 1 | 1 | 2381.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 765 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 790 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 620 | 2 | 0 | 3225.8 |
| 2018 Q3 | 780 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 816 | 1 | 0 | 1225.5 |
| 2018 Q1 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,280 | 2 | 0 | 1562.5 |
| 2016 Q2 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 310 | 1 | 1 | 3225.8 |
| 2015 Q2 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q3 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 282 | 2 | 0 | 7092.2 |
| 2009 Q1 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 332 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 268 | 2 | 0 | 7462.7 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.