Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
English Español
← Back to search

JIM MOUNTAIN QUARRY: 118 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John M Stilley
Donegal, Somerset County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3608810

JIM MOUNTAIN QUARRY has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at JIM MOUNTAIN QUARRY.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2001–2019
Latest incident
Oct 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
118
citations
22
significant & substantial
$21,164
proposed penalties
$21,164
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See AMERIKOHL AGGREGATES's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
50
inspections on record
1,008
inspection hours
11.7
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.
118 citations across 1,008 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.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2018-03-01.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

JIM MOUNTAIN QUARRY has $21K 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
116 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-08.
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.
19.0%
significant & substantial
10.3%
high negligence or reckless
19.8%
reasonably likely or greater
42.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 42.2% low, 47.4% moderate, 10.3% high, 0.0% 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.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
  • Settled 10 · 100%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $7K 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 2015-02-10.
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 2015-0134 Settlement Lewis 2016 $7K → $7K
PENN 2009-696M Settlement Harner 2012 $608 → $608
PENN 2013-303M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $338 → $338
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: 2026-06-12
4%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
52
samples
27
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz141 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg25
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz7
  • Arsenic fumes3
Show the individual readings (88)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.93 0.65 1.43 Laborer, Bullgang
2026-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-06-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.68 0.46 Laborer, Bullgang
2025-10-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2025-10-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-10-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Backhoe Operator
2025-03-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-03-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.73 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-03-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-03-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 0.64 0.92 Cleanup Man
2025-03-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.72 0.33 Laborer, Bullgang
2024-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2021-11-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2021-11-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-11-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-11-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-30 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Iron oxide fumes 1.05 20 0.05 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.51 20 0.03 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Manganese fumes 0.05 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Zinc oxide fumes 0.04 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Iron oxide fumes 0.23 10 0.02 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.1 10 0.01 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Manganese fumes 0.01 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Iron oxide fumes 2.64 20 0.13 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Arsenic fumes 4.12 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Copper fumes 3.53 300 0.01 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Magnesium oxide fumes 1.22 20 0.06 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Manganese fumes 0.13 5 0.03 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Zinc oxide fumes 0.04 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-06-30 Arsenic fumes 3.53 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-08-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-08-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 0.77 0.68 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 10 0.04 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.28 10 0.13 Backhoe Operator
2009-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2009-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2007-11-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 0.68 0.69 Laborer, Bullgang
2006-04-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.71 1.22 0.58 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-04-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.74 0.47 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-08-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 0.82 0.66 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 1.57 0.23 Truck Driver
2004-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 1.17 0.44 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.29 10 0.03 Supervisor, Co. Official
2002-08-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.05 1.99 0.53 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-08-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1 0.17 Truck Driver
2000-09-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-09-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-09-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-09-06 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.

JIM MOUNTAIN QUARRY 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
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
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 4.64 4.64 0.000
2018 * 5.51 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. Amerikohl Mining Inc 1998 to 2012
  2. Better Materials Corp 2001 to 2004
  3. Amerikohl Aggregates 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 29
2025 19
2024 17
2023 16
2022 23
2021 20
2020 23
2019 22
2018 22
2017 23
2016 29
2015 23
2014 17
2013 12
2012 13
2011 12
2010 12
2009 12
2008 9
2007 9
2006 10
2005 9
2004 6
2003 8
2002 9
2001 10
2000 13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

JIM MOUNTAIN QUARRY sits in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.6% 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.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania · Population 73,255
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$59,378
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 9,878 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 5,965 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 8,457 2 0 236.5
2025 Q3 9,581 1 0 104.4
2025 Q2 9,893 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,436 2 0 367.9
2024 Q4 7,384 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,882 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 9,173 5 0 545.1
2024 Q1 6,061 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,411 2 1 269.9
2023 Q3 8,045 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8,672 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,811 1 0 146.8
2022 Q4 9,817 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 12,015 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 11,490 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 7,559 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,821 6 1 680.2
2021 Q3 11,646 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 12,122 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 7,744 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 10,121 8 1 790.4
2020 Q3 12,487 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 10,894 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,731 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 9,875 7 0 708.9
2019 Q3 10,256 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 11,716 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 11,262 6 0 532.8
2018 Q4 9,987 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 11,516 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 8,753 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,045 9 2 1488.8
2017 Q4 7,528 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 7,842 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 9,907 1 0 100.9
2017 Q1 5,841 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 6,041 1 0 165.5
2016 Q3 11,574 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 9,758 1 0 102.5
2016 Q1 9,847 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 9,215 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 10,832 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 10,390 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,824 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 7,425 4 3 538.7
2014 Q3 9,313 3 1 322.1
2014 Q2 8,843 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,141 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,973 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,590 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,578 3 1 456.1
2013 Q1 4,439 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,159 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 9,745 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 8,087 4 1 494.6
2012 Q1 3,716 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7,561 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 11,508 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,794 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,701 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,014 2 1 332.6
2010 Q3 8,501 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 8,600 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,680 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 9,589 1 0 104.3
2009 Q2 7,573 2 1 264.1
2009 Q1 3,035 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,248 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,061 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,253 1 0 137.9
2008 Q1 3,185 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,319 3 0 694.6
2007 Q3 6,918 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,088 3 2 423.3
2007 Q1 3,007 3 1 997.7
2006 Q4 4,931 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,370 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,506 5 0 768.5
2006 Q1 3,688 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,931 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,262 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,988 3 1 429.3
2005 Q1 893 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,670 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,687 1 1 592.8
2004 Q2 5,933 5 1 842.7
2004 Q1 444 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,317 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,798 1 0 263.3
2003 Q2 5,157 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,107 2 0 391.6
2002 Q4 5,342 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,040 2 1 284.1
2002 Q2 5,958 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,747 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,513 1 1 153.5
2001 Q3 8,659 2 0 231.0
2001 Q2 4,077 2 0 490.6
2001 Q1 1,730 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,706 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,454 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,689 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2019 · 1 incident

October 31, 2019 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Amerikohl Aggregates · Struck by flying object

Mechanic was using come along to hold tension on a steel bar as they heated it with a torch , the weld broke on bar and it came back and hit them on the left leg.

2018 · 1 incident

February 19, 2018 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Amerikohl Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Operator was assisting in changing screens at wash plant. Using a pry bar to pry the bar slipped pinching operator's finger against screen

2016 · 1 incident

February 22, 2016 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amerikohl Aggregates · Struck against stationary object

Bent down to retrieve a piece of angle iron and hit right side of face on protruding piece of steel

2014 · 3 incidents

September 17, 2014 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Amerikohl Aggregates · Contact with hot objects or substances

Working from an elevated position using cutting torches when a spark came off striking the miner in right ear. The hot spark entered the ear and damaged the ear drum. No loss time took place. On 10/13/2014 the miner went back to the Doctor and received an antibiotic cream and surgery is now going to be required to fix the damage to the ear.

January 27, 2014 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Amerikohl Aggregates · Struck by flying object

Piece of Metal came off of a pin and went into the Right eye of the Employee

January 13, 2014 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amerikohl Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cut to Left Hand due to piece of metal cutting hand. Required stitches to cut

2012 · 1 incident

June 12, 2012 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amerikohl Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was getting off of the 992 Loader when his right foot turned over tearing his Achilles tendon

2007 · 2 incidents

January 10, 2007 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amerikohl Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

Dropped piece of steel on foot.

January 10, 2007 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Amerikohl Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Slip & fall on ice.

2001 · 1 incident

May 2, 2001 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Better Materials Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BACKING FROM HP300 CONE BOWL- THE BACK SLID DOWN BETWEEN FRAME AND MANTLE STRIKING RIGHT HAND. 2 BROKEN FINGERS AND LACERATIONS.