Mining Incidents

Fields Quarry: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Harry Silvers Quarry · Surface
Controlled by Harry J Silvers
Herrickville, Bradford County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607953

Fields Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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 2003
15
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,035
proposed penalties
$864
paid to date
42% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,171 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
13
inspections on record
182
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: 182 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fields Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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
$864
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $83 in penalties contested before the Commission, $25 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-06-30.
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.
7.7%
significant & substantial
61.5%
high negligence or reckless
7.7%
reasonably likely or greater
30.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 38.5% moderate, 61.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
PENN20000094M Prevail Weisberger 2000 $83 → $25
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Elwood Mc Laud 1987 to 1989
  2. Robert Fields 1989 to 2004
  3. Kithcart Stone 2004 to 2008
  4. Strope's Flagstone 2008 to 2008
  5. Chuck's Rocks 2008 to 2009
  6. Harry Silvers Quarry 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 0
2009 1
2008 2
2005 1
2004 1
2003 2
2002 2
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Fields Quarry 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
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 160 1 0 6250.0
2009 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,040 2 0 1923.1
2005 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4 120 5 0 41666.7
2003 Q4 115 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 384 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 534 1 0 1872.7
2003 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 165 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 515 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 506 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 448 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 980 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,115 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,080 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 322 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 295 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 160 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.