Fiddler's Elbow South Quarry has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1993–2012
Latest incident
Apr 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
43
citations
5
significant & substantial
$6,921
proposed penalties
$6,599
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $322 gap.
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: 478 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Fiddler's Elbow South Quarry has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $645 in penalties contested before the Commission, $263 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-16.
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.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 50%
Stood as issued
1 · 50%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
59%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$645 proposed, $263 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 2010-08-20.
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.
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: 2026-06-17
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz8
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-06-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2026-06-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-04-18
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
6.51
10
0.65
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-04-18
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.3
10
0.23
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-04-18
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
9.52
10
0.95
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-09-21
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.29
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-21
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.41
10
0.24
Laborer, Bullgang
2021-09-21
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.52
10
0.05
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-09-21
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.19
10
0.12
Truck Driver
2021-09-21
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.74
10
0.07
Truck Driver
2010-06-15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-06-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2010-06-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
1.06
0.25
Laborer, Bullgang
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.
Fiddler's Elbow South Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.07 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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
9.18
0.00
0.000
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
19.34
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
18
2025
17
2024
19
2023
21
2022
22
2021
15
2020
8
2015
3
2014
3
2013
6
2012
7
2011
8
2010
9
2009
10
2008
11
2007
13
2006
13
2005
16
2004
10
2003
8
2002
8
2001
13
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Fiddler's Elbow South Quarry sits in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania · Population 287,484
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$74,159
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
2026 Q2
9,111
1
0
109.8
2026 Q1
8,100
1
0
123.5
2025 Q4
7,363
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
8,207
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
8,636
4
2
463.2
2025 Q1
7,880
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
9,746
3
1
307.8
2024 Q3
10,779
0
0
0.0
Show 78 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
10,803
4
1
370.3
2024 Q1
10,127
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
9,894
3
0
303.2
2023 Q3
11,376
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
11,288
1
0
88.6
2023 Q1
11,891
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
12,207
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
13,160
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
11,745
1
0
85.1
2022 Q1
11,535
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
9,934
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
7,811
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
6,307
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
3,983
2
0
502.1
2020 Q4
3,321
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
654
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
740
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,710
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,222
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,104
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,161
1
0
861.3
2014 Q1
1,449
1
0
690.1
2013 Q4
1,593
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,170
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,550
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
3,722
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
7,216
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
6,016
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
5,598
1
0
178.6
2012 Q1
2,965
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
6,269
1
0
159.5
2011 Q3
6,557
4
0
610.0
2011 Q2
5,436
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
2,505
2
0
798.4
2010 Q4
4,957
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
5,699
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
5,883
3
1
509.9
2010 Q1
4,140
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
5,791
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
4,675
2
0
427.8
2009 Q2
5,563
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
2,129
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
4,734
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
6,870
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
5,216
2
0
383.4
2008 Q1
4,248
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
5,166
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
6,753
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
6,922
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
8,484
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
6,964
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
8,076
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
9,488
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
7,483
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
8,565
1
0
116.8
2005 Q3
9,387
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
11,083
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
9,947
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
6,526
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
7,362
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
6,740
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
5,375
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,079
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
5,462
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
5,417
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
5,091
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,022
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,309
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
7,062
2
0
283.2
2002 Q1
4,728
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
6,890
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
7,366
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
8,778
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
8,782
2
0
227.7
2000 Q4
5,919
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
7,240
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
8,591
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,336
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2012 · 1 incident
April 4, 2012PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanDISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
EE NOTIFIED ME JUNE 13,1993 THAT HIS NECK HURT WEHN HE TURNED TO LOOK CENTEN DIRECTIONS THAT WAS GOING TO HAVE IT CHECKED BY HIS DR AND WOULD LET ME KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING DR PUT HIM ON MEDIC ATION AND HE WOULD NOT COME TO WORK DUE TO MEDICATION HE WAS TAKING.
May 25, 1993PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING RUBBER CONVEYOR BELTING WITH RAZOR KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED OFF MATERIAL AND PUNCTURED EMPLOYEE'S LEG (RT) AT KNEE. NO STICHES WERE REQUIRED, BUT LEG BECAME SWOLLEN AND HE WEN T TO DR. AND WAS TOLD TO STAY HOME.
April 8, 1993PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH 24" PIPE WRENCH DIS CONNECTING TWO PIPES WHEN HE DROPPED WRENCH ON RIGHT HAND INDEX FINGER WAS NOT CUT OR OPEN JUSTSOME SWELLING AND DISCOMFORT UNTIL 4-22-93 HE HAD DISCOMFORT AND WANTED TO GO TO MEDICAL CTR TO HAVE CHECKED. RETURNED TO WORK UNTIL 4-26-93 HE TOLD TO CUT HIS FINGER OPEN AND HE WOULD BE OFF 2 WKS.