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Hamilton: 180 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Original Fuels Inc · Surface
Controlled by David D Osikowicz Jr
Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3609386

Hamilton has $120K in proposed MSHA penalties and $56K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2006–2010
Latest incident
Dec 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
180
citations
44
significant & substantial
$120,327
proposed penalties
$48,670
paid to date
40% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $71,657 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Original Fuels Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
63
inspections on record
1,146
inspection hours
15.7
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.
180 citations across 1,146 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2025-04-07.
On record since 2025.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Hamilton has $120K in proposed MSHA penalties and $56K 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.
$120K
proposed penalties
$105K
current assessed
$49K
paid to date
$56K
outstanding
174 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $18K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-14.
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.
24.9%
significant & substantial
11.9%
high negligence or reckless
24.9%
reasonably likely or greater
49.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 31.1% low, 57.1% moderate, 10.7% high, 1.1% reckless.
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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 100%
0%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
86%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$18K proposed, $2K 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 2015-03-29.
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
PENN 2015-0185 Settlement Lewis 2017 $18K → $2K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2026-08-12
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
26
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg19
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (26)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-08-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-03-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2026-03-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2026-03-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-01-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2025-01-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-01-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.29 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2022-11-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1 0.31 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-06-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-06-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.56 0.29 Bulldozer Operator
2019-06-20 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2010-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.44 0.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-04-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2006-02-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.22 0.77 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-02-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-02-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-02-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
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.

Hamilton 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
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 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
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. Original Fuels Inc 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 12
2025 12
2024 10
2023 7
2022 6
2021 9
2020 8
2019 7
2018 8
2017 8
2016 7
2015 12
2014 15
2013 14
2012 16
2011 14
2010 13
2009 14
2008 15
2007 12
2006 18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hamilton sits in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania · Population 44,099
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$56,898
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 5,793 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,931 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 6,468 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,242 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,588 10 5 1517.9
2025 Q1 4,193 1 0 238.5
2024 Q4 5,502 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,064 15 6 2962.1
Show 74 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 6,045 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,482 3 0 1208.7
2023 Q4 4,312 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,017 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,322 6 4 1388.2
2023 Q1 3,003 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,413 5 1 1465.0
2022 Q3 4,117 6 0 1457.4
2022 Q2 3,338 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,013 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,631 6 1 1295.6
2021 Q3 6,328 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,264 3 0 569.9
2021 Q1 5,667 6 1 1058.8
2020 Q4 4,643 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,466 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,863 2 0 517.7
2020 Q1 4,385 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,719 4 1 1075.6
2019 Q3 4,259 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,715 5 0 1345.9
2019 Q1 3,287 6 1 1825.4
2018 Q4 3,706 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,450 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,801 4 1 833.2
2018 Q1 5,320 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,874 1 1 258.1
2017 Q3 5,009 18 1 3593.5
2017 Q2 4,057 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,965 3 0 604.2
2016 Q4 4,267 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,810 6 0 1247.4
2016 Q2 3,443 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,134 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,289 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,867 4 1 681.8
2015 Q2 8,064 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 7,032 5 0 711.0
2014 Q4 9,838 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 8,759 4 1 456.7
2014 Q2 10,282 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 9,166 7 4 763.7
2013 Q4 10,037 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8,028 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 9,490 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 7,815 3 0 383.9
2012 Q4 8,730 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 8,905 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 10,500 5 2 476.2
2012 Q1 8,969 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 9,503 4 1 420.9
2011 Q3 9,267 2 1 215.8
2011 Q2 7,693 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 7,306 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 8,554 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 9,194 5 2 543.8
2010 Q2 8,754 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,106 3 1 587.5
2009 Q4 7,865 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,976 4 2 501.5
2009 Q2 7,821 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 7,484 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 8,715 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 9,472 5 2 527.9
2008 Q2 9,021 1 0 110.9
2008 Q1 6,424 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,876 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,352 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,138 5 2 700.5
2007 Q1 5,643 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 10,363 4 2 386.0
2006 Q3 12,445 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 11,596 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 10,141 3 0 295.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2010 · 1 incident

December 14, 2010 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Original Fuels Inc · Fall from machine

Removing starter on 992 front-end loader; supporting w/hands; slipped, fell approx. 18" on left side of body.

2008 · 1 incident

August 12, 2008 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Original Fuels Inc · Fall from machine

Replacing track on dozer; pry bar slipped; fell backward; hit head & shoulder on ground.

2006 · 1 incident

April 17, 2006 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Original Fuels Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Getting out of machine; slipped on mud on tracks.