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EAST FALLS PIT: 5 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Wyoming County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3603168

EAST FALLS PIT has had no fatalities among 7 reportable incidents since 1993. MSHA has proposed $381 in penalties since 2000.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1993–1997
Latest incident
May 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$381
proposed penalties
$381
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See American Asphalt Paving Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
42
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: 42 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

EAST FALLS PIT has $381 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.
$381
proposed penalties
$381
current assessed
$381
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-06-14.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 20.0% none, 20.0% low, 60.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

EAST FALLS PIT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ 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 and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year. Employment reports reach back to 1983, but those earlier years come from MSHA's archived file format and are not used in rates.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.77 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 6.49 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.
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. American Asphalt Paving Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2002 4
2001 9
2000 10
1999 11
1998 9
1997 8
1996 9
1995 11
1994 12
1993 13
1992 13
1991 17
1990 17
1989 18
1988 18
1987 24
1985 17
1983 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

EAST FALLS PIT sits in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, 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.
Wyoming County, Pennsylvania · Population 26,075
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$70,268
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2002 Q4 1,367 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,040 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,815 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,267 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,400 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,172 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,112 1 0 163.6
2001 Q1 3,700 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q4 4,227 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,062 4 1 790.2
2000 Q2 6,908 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,951 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1997 · 1 incident

1995 · 2 incidents

October 3, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Asphalt Paving Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOSSENING MOTOR MOUNT BOLTS FROM UNDER TRUCK WITH WRENCH, PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK.

March 23, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Asphalt Paving Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING DOWN FROM TRUCK - SLIPPED TWISTING KNEE.

1994 · 2 incidents

March 10, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Asphalt Paving Company · Struck against stationary object

CHOPPING ICE OFF CONVEYOR BELT, BAR SLIPPED HIT HAND AGAINST SUPPORT.

1993 · 2 incidents