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EDWARD C. GRIFFITH QUARRYING INC: 20 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Edward C Griffith
Rochester Mills, Indiana County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608233

EDWARD C. GRIFFITH QUARRYING INC has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1991–2007
Latest incident
Jul 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
20
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,455
proposed penalties
$1,455
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Edward C Griffith Quarrying Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
22
inspections on record
388
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: 388 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

EDWARD C. GRIFFITH QUARRYING INC has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-04-23.
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.
30.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
30.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 30.0% low, 70.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2007-04-24, 19 years ago
29%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
14
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz144 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (18)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.22 1.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.29 1.00 Truck Driver
2003-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 0.56 1.25 Truck Driver
2002-09-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.17 1.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.37 0.38 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.47 0.38 Truck Driver
2004-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.36 0.42 Backhoe Operator
2004-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 0.82 0.56 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.46 0.83 Truck Driver
2004-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.46 0.50 Truck Driver
2003-11-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.75 1.36 0.55 Truck Driver
2003-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.34 0.56 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.3 0.53 Backhoe Operator
2003-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-09-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.31 0.58 Truck Driver
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.

EDWARD C. GRIFFITH QUARRYING INC recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.

Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ 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.
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 4.48 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.63 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. Edward C Griffith Quarrying Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 3
2007 7
2006 8
2005 8
2004 7
2003 7
2002 7
2001 8
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

EDWARD C. GRIFFITH QUARRYING INC sits in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Indiana County, Pennsylvania · Population 83,213
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,739
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
2008 Q1 352 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,213 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,710 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,319 1 0 231.5
2007 Q1 2,294 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,823 2 0 523.1
2006 Q3 4,373 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,708 1 0 212.4
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1 3,754 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,658 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,503 1 0 222.1
2005 Q2 4,953 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,860 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,420 3 2 678.7
2004 Q3 4,590 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,649 1 0 215.1
2004 Q1 3,487 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,855 3 1 778.2
2003 Q3 3,731 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,681 2 1 427.3
2003 Q1 4,467 1 0 223.9
2002 Q4 4,136 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,603 2 1 434.5
2002 Q2 5,154 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,563 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,006 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,792 1 0 172.7
2001 Q2 5,573 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,142 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,048 2 1 494.1
2000 Q3 4,966 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,886 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,341 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2007 · 1 incident

July 10, 2007 PA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Edward C Griffith Quarrying Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE was walking down ramp haul trks use to bring stone to crusher. Tried to turn around & go back to top. About 1/2 way up, footing slipped on gravel, twisted & fell to ground, my head strking a sharp rock on road. Cut needed stitches to close.

2000 · 1 incident

1995 · 1 incident

September 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
Edward C Griffith Quarrying Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGTENING WHEEL ON TRUCK THE STUD BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL TWISTING ANKLE AS A RESULT HE BROKE HIS TIBIA JUST ABOVE ANKLE

1991 · 1 incident

November 8, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Edward C Griffith Quarrying Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING HOSE ON CAT FREE END OF HOSE SLIPPED HIT EMP IN MOUTH 2 TEETH PULLED 6 DAYS LATER