Mining Incidents

KOONS: 3 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Todd Groover Flagstone · Surface
Controlled by Todd Groover
Montrose, Susquehanna County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608928

KOONS has $282 in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 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 2005
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$282
proposed penalties
$222
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
14
inspections on record
74
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: 74 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

KOONS has $282 in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 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.
$282
proposed penalties
$282
current assessed
$222
paid to date
$60
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-10-02.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
66.7%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 33.3% moderate, 66.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Todd Groover Flagstone 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2009 0
2008 0
2007 1
2006 2
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 2
2001 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

KOONS sits in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 3.2% 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.
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania · Population 38,349
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,930
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
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 1 0
2007 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 480 1 0 2083.3
2005 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 176 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 290 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 586 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 81 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 385 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 848 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 897 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 780 0 0 0.0

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.