Mining Incidents

Holbert Bros. Bluestone Co. Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wayne Donald Holbert
Lackawaxin, Pike County, PA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3609596

Holbert Bros. Bluestone Co. has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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 2008
53
citations
12
significant & substantial
$8,329
proposed penalties
$7,617
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $712 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
24
inspections on record
367
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: 367 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Holbert Bros. Bluestone Co. has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-23.
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
2025 Q3 1,192 2 0 1677.9
2025 Q2 1,192 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,182 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,245 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 948 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,280 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,312 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 209 0 0 0.0
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4 1,138 4 0 3514.9
2022 Q3 1,249 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 610 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 423 2 0 4728.1
2021 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 252 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 97 1 0 10309.3
2020 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 251 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 791 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 233 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 466 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 897 1 1 1114.8
2019 Q2 671 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 251 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 605 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 744 3 0 4032.3
2018 Q2 624 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 144 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 678 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,497 6 3 4008.0
2017 Q2 469 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,592 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,226 2 0 1631.3
2016 Q2 796 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 295 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 739 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 958 1 1 1043.8
2015 Q2 712 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 537 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 675 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 327 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 82 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 996 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,290 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,173 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 597 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 914 1 0 1094.1
2012 Q3 1,236 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 483 2 0 4140.8
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 397 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,481 4 0 2700.9
2011 Q2 75 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 907 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,647 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 454 3 0 6607.9
2010 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 872 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 992 10 2 10080.6
2009 Q2 61 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 930 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,414 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,045 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 236 9 5 38135.6

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.

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