Mining Incidents

Ellis Quarry 1 & 2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Stacey McClain
Laceyville, Wyoming County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608983

Ellis Quarry 1 & 2 has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
May 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
39
citations
18
significant & substantial
$16,332
proposed penalties
$16,332
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
23
inspections on record
524
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: 524 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ellis Quarry 1 & 2 has $16K 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 952 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,685 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,472 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,901 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,802 6 3 3329.6
2022 Q3 1,926 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,987 0 0 0.0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 1,755 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,708 1 0 585.5
2021 Q3 1,900 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,560 2 1 1282.1
2020 Q4 1,250 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,890 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 543 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,160 2 1 480.8
2019 Q3 6,200 3 2 483.9
2019 Q2 6,815 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,748 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,073 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,158 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,412 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 598 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,542 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,891 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,040 1 1 961.5
2007 Q1 978 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 700 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 999 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 961 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,960 4 1 806.5
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q2 1,190 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 653 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,421 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 736 8 4 10869.6

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
May 5, 2001 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Ellis Farm · Struck by falling object

THE VICTIM WAS REPAIRING A SKID STEER LOADER WHEN THE HYDRAULICALLY-CONTROLLED LIFTING ARM WITH FORKS DROPPED, PINNING HIM TO GROUND

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The full compliance file on Ellis Quarry 1 & 2

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.