JAW026 Bucks County has $761 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
3
Years on record
2004–2006
Latest incident
Mar 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
11
citations
1
significant & substantial
$761
proposed penalties
$706
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $55 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: 261 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
JAW026 Bucks County has $761 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.
$761
proposed penalties
$706
current assessed
$706
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $55 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-12-14.
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.
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: 2009-04-02, 17 years ago
14%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (10)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2008-03-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
3.26
2.88
1.13
Utility Man
2009-04-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-03-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.3
2.92
0.45
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-04-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
1.66
0.23
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-04-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-18
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Truck Driver
2004-08-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.69
1.43
0.48
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-18
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-03-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
1.68
0.30
Truck Driver
2003-03-06
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.45
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2011
6
2010
5
2009
1
2008
5
2007
6
2006
6
2005
6
2004
6
2003
6
2002
6
2001
6
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
JAW026 Bucks County sits in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Fulton County, Pennsylvania · Population 14,545
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$64,798
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
2011 Q1
1,300
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
2,840
1
0
352.1
2010 Q3
2,600
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
2,600
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
960
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
0
0
0
2009 Q3
0
0
0
2009 Q2
1,170
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1
90
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
2,475
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
2,925
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,380
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
4,056
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
4,075
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
3,708
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
3,423
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
2,832
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
2,767
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
4,619
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
4,787
1
0
208.9
2006 Q1
3,978
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,680
1
0
595.2
2005 Q3
3,602
2
0
555.2
2005 Q2
3,910
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,008
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,360
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
4,418
2
0
452.7
2004 Q2
4,400
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
3,347
1
0
298.8
2003 Q4
4,827
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
5,134
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
4,602
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
3,225
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,141
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
4,017
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
4,420
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,998
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
4,840
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
4,282
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
7,552
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,481
3
1
1209.2
2000 Q4
2,993
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2006 · 1 incident
March 9, 2006PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Employee was removing a grease plug from a grease jack on a conveyor belt. The plug blew out and struck the employee on the left hand, causing a laceration to the palm between the third and fourth digits. Currently investigating and procuring bleeder valves that will allow pressure to be relieved prior to removing the plugs.
2005 · 1 incident
May 11, 2005PA · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorMACHINERY