Hummelstown Quarry has $61K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1987–2014
Latest incident
Jun 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
30
citations
5
significant & substantial
$61,021
proposed penalties
$36,606
paid to date
60% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $24,415 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: 714 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hummelstown Quarry has $61K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$61K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$37K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $57K in penalties contested before the Commission, $33K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-12-23.
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.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 83%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 17%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$57K proposed, $33K 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 2011-09-28.
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: 2012-05-22, 14 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (10)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2012-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2012-05-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
2.08
0.16
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2007-07-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-07-26
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Drill Operator, Rotary
2006-04-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Ball Mill Operator
2006-04-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2005-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader 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.
Hummelstown Quarry recorded 8.83 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.
Injury rate, 2014
ⓘ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.
8.83
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.05 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
2014 *
8.83
0.00
0.000
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
8.11
0.00
0.000
2011 *
23.47
0.00
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
5.93
5.93
5.929
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
9.16
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
2018
16
2015
6
2014
7
2013
8
2012
9
2011
10
2010
10
2009
9
2008
16
2007
19
2006
18
2005
22
2004
20
2003
13
2002
15
2001
18
2000
19
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hummelstown 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
Pennsy Supply Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
The employee was attempting to add a piece of angle iron to the discharge gate to the surge pile feeder. After welding, the gate did not fit properly. He crawled to the gate to investigate. He asked a co-worker for a tape measure. While waiting for the tape measure the material started collapsing around him. As a result the employee was engulfed in the material.
Employee claims to have injured left knee while climbing down from loader. Claim is very suspect, no witnesses and employee has been observed playing football. Investigation is ongoing.
2012 · 1 incident
May 15, 2012PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsy Supply Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee pinched finger while closing Mill door. Received 2 stitches in 3rd finger of left hand.
2011 · 3 incidents
May 18, 2011PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R knee contusion was suffered when ee caught his foot in 1/4" line climbing down on back air line.
March 7, 2011PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
EE was cleaning feeder pans and belt on feeder #3. He attempted to pull himself up and over metal tubing to reach debris and felt a sharp pain in his L shoulder.
2006 · 2 incidents
September 29, 2006PA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
He had just gotten off a loader. He took one step and his knee popped. He did not seek medical treatment at the time of incident. He only went to doctor in October.
Employee was loading broken plastic tubes into a loader bucket for disposal. Employee was wearing gloves at the time. A broken peice of tubing pinched the side of his hand and caused injury. Employee received 5 stitches.
EMPLOYEE WA SOPERATING A HAUL TRUCK. HIS OB WASD TO DUMP ON TOP OF THE PILE. HE BACKED TO CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE STOCK PILE AND HIS RIGHT REAR WHEEL DROVE OVER THE EDGE CAUSING TH ETRUCK T O ROLL ONTO ITS PASSENGER SIDE. THERE WAS NO BERM AT THIS POINNT. THE BERM COLLAPSED WHEN REMOVED PRODUCT UNDER IT.
1989 · 2 incidents
February 17, 1989PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
January 23, 1989PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON