MBK Associates LLC Metal/Non-Metal
MBK Associates LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Michael R Mirch; William F Mirch
Equinunk,
Wayne County,
PA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3608563
MBK Associates LLC has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
61
citations
24
significant & substantial
$10,737
proposed penalties
$8,481
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,256 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
42
inspections on record
577
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 577 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
MBK Associates LLC has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
61 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q3 | 2,595 | 1 | 0 | 385.4 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,374 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,994 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,277 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,538 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,706 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,419 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 2,127 | 2 | 0 | 940.3 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q3 | 2,480 | 1 | 0 | 403.2 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,749 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,890 | 3 | 0 | 1587.3 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,321 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 2,359 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,001 | 1 | 0 | 499.8 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,653 | 1 | 0 | 605.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,666 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,804 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 2,354 | 9 | 7 | 3823.3 |
| 2021 Q1 | 2,240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 2,309 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 2,377 | 1 | 0 | 420.7 |
| 2020 Q2 | 2,352 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,835 | 4 | 2 | 2179.8 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,708 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,156 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,975 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,330 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,746 | 2 | 1 | 1145.5 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,022 | 1 | 0 | 494.6 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,715 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,283 | 2 | 1 | 1558.8 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,541 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,878 | 1 | 1 | 347.5 |
| 2017 Q2 | 2,659 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,319 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 3,181 | 2 | 0 | 628.7 |
| 2016 Q3 | 3,350 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,501 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 2,520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 3,076 | 2 | 0 | 650.2 |
| 2015 Q3 | 3,113 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 2,540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1,618 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 2,761 | 4 | 1 | 1448.8 |
| 2014 Q3 | 2,988 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 2,063 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,732 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 2,434 | 2 | 1 | 821.7 |
| 2013 Q3 | 894 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 2,167 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,835 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,515 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 2,089 | 1 | 0 | 478.7 |
| 2011 Q4 | 3,165 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,901 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 3,043 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 1,862 | 2 | 0 | 1074.1 |
| 2010 Q4 | 2,266 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,194 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 2,740 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 2,345 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 2,822 | 2 | 1 | 708.7 |
| 2009 Q3 | 2,910 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 2,946 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 2,265 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 2,705 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 2,660 | 2 | 0 | 751.9 |
| 2008 Q2 | 2,608 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,656 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 481 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,441 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,121 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 961 | 2 | 1 | 2081.2 |
| 2005 Q3 | 2,081 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 1,446 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 799 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 481 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 521 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 481 | 11 | 8 | 22869.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q4 | 481 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 521 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 481 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 321 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 481 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 521 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q4 | 481 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 521 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 809 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q4 | 716 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 1,614 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 363 | 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.
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The full compliance file on MBK Associates LLC
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