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Manhattan Quarry - Penn Slate: 154 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Penn Slate, Inc · Surface
Controlled by William T HIll
Slatington, Lehigh County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3600207

Manhattan Quarry - Penn Slate has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $19 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
36
Years on record
1983–2022
Latest incident
Jun 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
154
citations
51
significant & substantial
$39,198
proposed penalties
$31,940
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,258 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
88
inspections on record
1,322
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.
154 citations across 1,322 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.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2010-12-21.
On record since 2010.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Manhattan Quarry - Penn Slate has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $19 outstanding across 8 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.
$39K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$19
outstanding
150 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $17K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-18.
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.
34.0%
significant & substantial
17.3%
high negligence or reckless
34.0%
reasonably likely or greater
54.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.7% none, 18.0% low, 64.0% moderate, 17.3% 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.
17 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 17 · 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 11 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
44%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$15K proposed, $8K 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 2026-05-17.
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 2010-394M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $6K → $2K
PENN 2010-337M Settlement Rae 2011 $5K → $3K
PENN 2004-183M Settlement Zielinski 2004 $2K → $1K
PENN 2007-292M Settlement Melick 2008 $2K → $2K
PENN 2011-200M Settlement Lewis 2011 $872 → $872
PENN 2026-0070 Settlement 2026 $302 → $302
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: 2024-10-16
38%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
30
samples
24
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz249 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (30)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-04-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.77 0.65 1.18 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-04-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.02 0.63 3.21 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-03-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.94 0.5 1.88 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-03-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 0.46 1.09 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-03-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 3.31 0.59 5.61 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-03-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 0.43 1.28 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-03-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 0.51 1.14 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-01-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.44 1.16 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.83 0.47 1.77 Jackhammer Operator
2024-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2024-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-08-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2018-08-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-02-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 0.48 0.96 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2016-02-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2016-02-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.7 0.44 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-08-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-04-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 0.89 0.54 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-03-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.74 1.03 0.72 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-03-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.77 0.57 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-01-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.49 0.45 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-01-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 0.46 0.89 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 0.71 0.56 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.78 0.32 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.83 0.37 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-11-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.47 0.55 Jackhammer Operator
2008-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.49 0.90 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2008-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.67 0.49 Jackhammer Operator
2008-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.58 0.88 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2001-04-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.59 0.44 Laborer, Bullgang
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.

Manhattan Quarry - Penn Slate recorded 9.58 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2022.

Injury rate, 2022
ⓘ 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.
9.58
total case rate
9.58
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.12 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.45 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
2022 * 9.58 9.58 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 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. Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc 1950 to 2022
  2. Penn Slate, Inc 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 7
2024 8
2023 10
2022 11
2021 12
2020 10
2019 10
2018 11
2017 13
2016 15
2015 16
2014 19
2013 24
2012 28
2011 29
2010 30
2009 30
2008 35
2007 39
2006 39
2005 34
2004 32
2003 33
2002 34
2001 37
2000 33
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Manhattan Quarry - Penn Slate sits in Lehigh 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.
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania · Population 375,408
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$77,493
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 2,650 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,258 2 0 885.7
2025 Q4 3,554 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,970 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,744 5 0 645.7
2025 Q1 1,209 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,703 1 0 370.0
2024 Q3 4,121 1 0 242.7
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,260 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,780 2 1 719.4
2023 Q4 2,743 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,223 8 2 2482.2
2023 Q2 5,619 1 0 178.0
2023 Q1 4,856 3 0 617.8
2022 Q4 5,002 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,406 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,213 1 0 191.8
2022 Q1 5,251 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,354 1 0 157.4
2021 Q3 6,722 1 0 148.8
2021 Q2 5,734 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,693 3 0 639.2
2020 Q4 10,447 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,530 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,186 1 0 192.8
2020 Q1 4,406 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,018 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,791 2 0 417.4
2019 Q2 4,690 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,000 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,968 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,112 1 0 195.6
2018 Q2 5,403 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,971 2 0 503.7
2017 Q4 6,889 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,983 2 1 401.4
2017 Q2 5,688 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,654 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 7,472 2 0 267.7
2016 Q3 7,605 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,997 4 2 667.0
2016 Q1 6,171 3 0 486.1
2015 Q4 8,073 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8,691 2 0 230.1
2015 Q2 7,110 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 7,915 1 0 126.3
2014 Q4 8,693 1 0 115.0
2014 Q3 11,110 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 8,665 4 3 461.6
2014 Q1 7,459 2 0 268.1
2013 Q4 10,263 1 1 97.4
2013 Q3 11,557 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 9,388 1 1 106.5
2013 Q1 12,238 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 12,406 12 7 967.3
2012 Q3 14,770 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 13,050 2 1 153.3
2012 Q1 14,405 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 12,680 2 1 157.7
2011 Q3 14,826 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 13,496 2 0 148.2
2011 Q1 11,999 3 1 250.0
2010 Q4 16,558 3 2 181.2
2010 Q3 14,563 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 15,543 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 10,614 9 5 847.9
2009 Q4 16,471 6 5 364.3
2009 Q3 13,784 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 15,458 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 13,165 1 0 76.0
2008 Q4 17,682 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 15,958 1 1 62.7
2008 Q2 18,244 1 0 54.8
2008 Q1 15,211 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 20,497 1 0 48.8
2007 Q3 17,126 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 20,480 5 2 244.1
2007 Q1 16,552 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 21,268 11 4 517.2
2006 Q3 16,116 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 19,616 3 0 152.9
2006 Q1 16,119 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 18,559 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 15,517 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 18,082 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 14,874 2 0 134.5
2004 Q4 16,643 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 18,872 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 14,725 7 1 475.4
2004 Q1 18,854 3 2 159.1
2003 Q4 16,833 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 18,712 3 0 160.3
2003 Q2 14,460 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 17,178 4 0 232.9
2002 Q4 16,333 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 19,954 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 17,018 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 20,123 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 18,188 5 3 274.9
2001 Q3 21,011 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 15,272 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 19,107 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 17,345 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 19,169 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 15,744 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 19,276 10 5 518.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

36 on file

2022 · 1 incident

2012 · 1 incident

August 21, 2012 PA · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was lifting stones off of saw table after they had been cut to size.

2005 · 3 incidents

January 15, 2005 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Thumb was caught between chain and sprocket.

2004 · 1 incident

2003 · 3 incidents

February 26, 2003 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLIPPED IN MUD AND TWISTED KNEE REPORT WAS NOT SUBMITTED IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE EXTENT OF INJURY WAS NOT KNOWN. HE WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE SURGERY ON HIS KNEE WHICH WILL CAUSE SO ME LOST TIME.

2001 · 1 incident

November 28, 2001 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS ACCIDENT WAS DETERMINED BY THE COURT THAT IT WAS RELATED TO HIM BEING EE BY US. ANY INFORMATION NOT INCLUDED ON THIS FORM WE DO NOT HAVE. EE NEVER RETURNED TO JOB. PLEASE FOR FURTHER EXPL ANATION.

1996 · 2 incidents

November 4, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN CHAIN & STONE WHILE CRANE LIFTED STONE

July 9, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Struck by falling object

PLACE SHIMS UNDER STONE WHEN STONE FELL ON HIS FINGER.

1995 · 2 incidents

August 11, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

UNLOADING SLATE FROM TABLE SAW TO PUT ON PALLET.

1994 · 3 incidents

December 8, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOOK IN A STONE.

June 24, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON CONCRETE FOONDATION.

1993 · 3 incidents

December 6, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

NO ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED UNTIL 12-8-93, HE SAID IT HAPPENED ON 12-6-93. HE SAID HE BUMPED HIS KNEE, HE WORKE DON 12-7-93 ON 12-8-93. HE SAID HE HAD PAIN IN KNEE AND HE WAS SENT HOME TO GO TO DR. HE WENT TOT HE DR ON 12-10-93.

November 8, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING ACROSS QUARRY, SMALL STONES ROLLED DOWN, HE BECAME FRIGHTENED WALKED TO LEDGE AND JUMPEDABOUT 8 FT.

September 7, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING STONE WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE- CLAIMS THAT HE HURT BACK.

1992 · 1 incident

1991 · 2 incidents

November 21, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Struck by flying object

PUTTING HOOK ON STONE. S TONE SLIPPED OUT OF HOOK AND HIT LEFT LEG.

October 2, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PULLINF HOOK FROM STONE, GOT HAND PINCHED BETWEEN STONE AND TRUCK.

1990 · 1 incident

January 24, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HANDLING STONE,GOT SMALL FINGER ON RIGHT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN HOOK AND STONE.WAS WEARING GLOVE.

1989 · 1 incident

March 2, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HOOKING STONE TO CRANE, GOT INDEX FINGER RIGHT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN HOOK AND STONE.

1988 · 4 incidents

February 12, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS PLACING SLATE BLOCKS ON PALLET SLATE BLOCK OPENED AND SLIPPED HE TRIED TO CATCH IT WITH HIS HAND CUT MIDDLE FINGER RT HAND

1987 · 3 incidents

1985 · 1 incident

1984 · 1 incident

1983 · 2 incidents

October 20, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING TO FINISHING MACHINE OVERTREAD ANKLE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE FELL AGAINST METAL BOX

June 20, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penn Big Bed Slate Company Inc · Struck by falling object

BLOCKING A STONE WHILE 2 MEN LIFTED IT UP. CORNER OF STONE BROKE & CUT & BROKE LEFT ARM & SCRATCHED RIGHT ARM.