Mining Incidents

Dunn Bluestone: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Dunn Bluestone · Surface
Controlled by Scott A Dunn
Wysox, Bradford County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609567

Dunn Bluestone has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
15
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,868
proposed penalties
$1,868
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
18
inspections on record
168
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: 168 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dunn Bluestone has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-03-28.
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.
6.7%
significant & substantial
6.7%
high negligence or reckless
6.7%
reasonably likely or greater
40.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 26.7% low, 66.7% moderate, 6.7% 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 · 7% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 2008-06-25.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
PENN 2008-444M Default Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
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: 2020-07-01, 6 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-07-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2018-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
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. Dunn Bluestone 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 2
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 2
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Dunn Bluestone sits in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Bradford County, Pennsylvania · Population 59,971
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$62,482
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
2022 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 19 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 23 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 22 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 29 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 105 0 0 0.0
Show 50 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q2 340 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 136 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 293 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 348 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 365 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 372 1 0 2688.2
2018 Q4 361 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 411 2 1 4866.2
2018 Q2 436 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 361 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 437 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 460 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 359 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 416 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 441 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 402 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 436 1 0 2293.6
2015 Q4 426 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 384 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 422 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 432 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 429 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 476 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 396 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 351 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 338 1 0 2958.6
2013 Q2 419 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 420 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 379 1 0 2638.5
2012 Q3 245 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 309 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 324 3 0 9259.3
2011 Q4 410 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 390 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 319 1 0 3134.8
2011 Q1 446 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 419 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 532 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 480 2 0 4166.7
2010 Q1 487 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 504 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 418 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 463 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 431 1 0 2320.2
2008 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 385 1 0 2597.4
2008 Q1 485 0 0 0.0

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.