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LT3054-02: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Mellott Company · Surface
Controlled by Jonathan Schilowitz
Wampum, Lawrence County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3610032

LT3054-02 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2018
Latest incident
Jul 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
10
citations
1
significant & substantial
$3,296
proposed penalties
$3,296
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Mellott Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
7
inspections on record
98
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: 98 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LT3054-02 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $300 in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-10-02.
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.
10.0%
significant & substantial
30.0%
high negligence or reckless
10.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.0% low, 50.0% moderate, 30.0% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 30% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 33%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 67%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$300 proposed, $300 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 2015-12-01.
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 2016-0059 Default Lesnick 2016 $200 → $200
PENN 2013-319M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $100 → $100
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: 2018-10-03, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-10-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.32 0.18 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-10-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-02 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-10-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.18 0.13 Dry Screen Plant 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.
Ownership history
  1. Mellott Company 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 5
2018 8
2017 4
2016 6
2015 4
2014 2
2013 9
2012 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

LT3054-02 sits in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania · Population 85,423
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$60,779
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
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 3,166 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,650 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,988 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,824 1 0 261.5
2018 Q3 4,007 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,633 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,636 0 0 0.0
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q4 2,317 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,400 3 1 2142.9
2017 Q2 1,969 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,020 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,444 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,647 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,944 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,445 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,016 3 0 1488.1
2015 Q3 1,861 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,510 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,393 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,919 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,952 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,954 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,547 1 0 646.4
2013 Q4 1,780 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,893 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,542 1 0 648.5
2013 Q1 1,540 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 946 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2018 · 2 incidents

July 19, 2018 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mellott Company · Struck by falling object

Employee was changing the bucket on the skid steer. EE was using foot as a brace while pulling on the bucket to latch it into place. The bucket slipped before it was latched and smashed top of left foot and big toe area.

April 17, 2018 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mellott Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Taking a block of wood out from under some angle iron on a trailer. Finger got smashed between a piece of angle iron and the trailer. Tip of middle finger on left hand was torn off to the bone(nail was torn off), tip of finger was broken.