Mellott-North East Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2010–2014
Latest incident
Jan 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
17
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,251
proposed penalties
$2,410
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $841 gap.
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: 185 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mellott-North East Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $662 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-05-21.
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.
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.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 29% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 80%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 20%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
59%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $662 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 2014-03-26.
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.
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: 2012-12-13, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2012-12-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2012-12-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2012-12-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-12-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.73
1.3
0.56
Washer 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.
Mellott-North East Quarry recorded 12.05 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.
Injury rate, 2014
ⓘ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.
12.05
total case rate
12.05
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In Maryland, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.78 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
2014 *
12.05
12.05
0.000
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
15.78
0.00
0.000
2010 *
14.24
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2015
4
2014
12
2013
11
2012
13
2011
10
2010
12
2009
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mellott-North East Quarry sits in Cecil County, Maryland, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Cecil County, Maryland · Population 104,366
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$91,146
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
2015 Q1
1,354
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
7,092
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
8,817
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
9,812
2
1
203.8
2014 Q1
7,471
2
0
267.7
2013 Q4
8,324
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
8,246
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
8,115
1
0
123.2
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1
4,264
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
5,782
2
0
345.9
2012 Q3
7,978
1
0
125.3
2012 Q2
7,511
1
0
133.1
2012 Q1
7,187
3
1
417.4
2011 Q4
7,057
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
6,780
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
7,446
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
4,071
1
1
245.6
2010 Q4
6,240
1
0
160.3
2010 Q3
6,240
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
7,800
1
0
128.2
2010 Q1
7,800
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
4,200
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2014 · 2 incidents
January 20, 2014MD · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was pushing the feeder back over the HP500 cone crusher. The plate that shuts the bin off had shifted enough to one side that it fell down, hitting employee on back lower part of leg below knee area.
January 20, 2014MD · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was pushing the feeder back over the HP500 cone crusher. The plate that shuts the bin off had shifted enough to one side that it fell down, hitting employee on back lower part of leg below knee area.
Employee was using a utility knife to cut open the center strip of rubber on the 8 x 20 screen. Knife slipped and cut his left palm of hand.
March 21, 2011MD · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was cleaning up debris (dirt, dust) around the jaw crusher with a flat shovel for about 20 minutes. The next day he started complaining about back pain. The following day (March 23/2011)he came to work with the same problem and was sent to see a doctor.
Employee was running toward the plant. After taking several steps, he lost his footing and fell hard on his right arm. The right forearm began swelling immediately. The fall resulted in two (2) cracked ribs and deep bruising.
July 29, 2010MD · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was getting ready to pick up 200 lb shaft with crane when another contractor pulled on sling to tighten it. While employee was looking up at the hook being lowered, shaft rolled off stand and landed on right foot behind steel toe. Other contractor didn't speak up to alert employee.
January 6, 2010MD · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was walking toward electrical room at plant on upper level when he slipped on a patch of ice that was covered by a thin layer of snow. He landed on his left side. Was transported to ER and was found to have cracked two ribs and had deep brusing.