HANOVER LIME PLANT has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1998–2005
Latest incident
Sep 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
34
citations
8
significant & substantial
$2,704
proposed penalties
$2,704
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 389 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
HANOVER LIME PLANT has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $122 in penalties contested before the Commission, $122 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-01-12.
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.
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: 2005-04-28, 21 years ago
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz105 over
Show the individual readings (10)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-06-17
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
57.76
10
5.78
Bagging Operator
2004-06-17
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
17.58
10
1.76
Scale Man
2004-04-07
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
14.64
10
1.46
Utility Man
2004-04-07
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
29.99
10
3.00
Bagging Operator
2004-04-07
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
12.11
10
1.21
Scale Man
2005-04-28
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
5.06
10
0.51
Bagging Operator
2005-04-28
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
8.47
10
0.85
Scale Man
2004-06-17
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.02
10
0.20
Utility Man
2004-04-07
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
3.74
10
0.37
Pipe Fitter/Millright/Plumber
2004-04-07
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.22
10
0.22
Kiln/Dryer Operator
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.
HANOVER LIME PLANT recorded 14.18 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ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.
14.18
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.16 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
2005 *
14.18
0.00
0.000
2004 *
5.63
5.63
0.000
2003 *
5.40
0.00
0.000
2002 *
10.75
5.37
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
4.96
4.96
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
2006
3
2005
11
2004
15
2003
16
2002
15
2001
16
2000
17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
HANOVER LIME PLANT sits in Adams County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Adams County, Pennsylvania · Population 105,183
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$81,071
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
2006 Q1
1,271
2
0
1573.6
2005 Q4
4,009
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
4,062
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
9,872
2
2
202.6
2005 Q1
10,267
1
1
97.4
2004 Q4
8,871
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
9,053
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
8,720
5
0
573.4
Show 17 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q1
8,908
1
1
112.3
2003 Q4
8,715
3
0
344.2
2003 Q3
8,806
3
0
340.7
2003 Q2
9,793
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
9,719
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
9,212
2
0
217.1
2002 Q3
9,449
3
1
317.5
2002 Q2
9,683
3
0
309.8
2002 Q1
8,866
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
8,626
1
0
115.9
2001 Q3
9,674
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
9,033
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
9,117
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
7,766
5
2
643.8
2000 Q3
10,717
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
11,853
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
9,999
2
0
200.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file
2005 · 3 incidents
September 7, 2005PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
March 23, 2005PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
Carmeuse Lime Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
STARTING THE LOAD OUT SCREEN, THE EE GOT LIME IN HIS EYES.
February 10, 2005PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carmeuse Lime Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Vibration from pulling slide out of crusher caused lime on objects above to become airborne, raining into employee's right eye.
2004 · 1 incident
January 13, 2004PA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carmeuse Lime Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EE WAS USING A VACUUM TO CLEANUP SPILLED MATERIAL AT A RAIL LOAD OUT STATION. HE SHUT DOWN SYSTEM TO CLEAN OUT THE BARRELL. WHEN HE WENT TO REMOVE THE 4" SUCTION LINE DUE TO THE COLD WEATHER IT WAS STUCK. WHEN FORCED, IT CAME OFF SUDDENLY SPRAYING LIME FINES INTO EE'S FACE WHICH GOT CAUGHT BEHIND GOGGLES & REACTED WITH SWEAT THERE.
2003 · 1 incident
December 16, 2003PA · Metal/Non-Metaldryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS DISMOUNTING THE FRONT END LOADER (FEL). WHILE STEPPING DOWN EE SLIPPED AND FELL FROM THESECOND STEP. SHE HIT HER ARM ON AN EXPOSED METALBEAM NEXT TO THE FEL AND CUT HER ARM.
April 18, 2002PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
DRIVER WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN HATCHES ON BULK TRAILER. DID NOT WEAR FALL PROTECTION DEVICE. FELLOFF TRAILER.
2000 · 1 incident
September 13, 2000PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
EMPLOYEE CAME DOWN LADDER AND STEPPED ON GATE HE HAD DROPPED TO THE GROUND WHICH FRACTURED ANKLE.
1999 · 1 incident
July 8, 1999PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Carmeuse Lime Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
REMOVING THERMO COUPLE TUBE WITH CRESENT WRENCH WRENCH SLIPPED SMASHING FINGER BETWEEN WRENCH & STEEL I BEAM
1998 · 1 incident
November 21, 1998PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON