Middle Creek Quarry Inc has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2005–2006
Latest incident
Dec 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
101
citations
35
significant & substantial
$36,026
proposed penalties
$20,581
paid to date
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $15,445 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
42
inspections on record
622
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: 622 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Middle Creek Quarry Inc has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 3 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.
$36K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
101 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $17K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-05-10.
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.
11citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
Settled
11 · 100%
50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
44%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$17K proposed, $10K 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 2015-08-19.
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: 2013-05-07, 13 years ago
44%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz94 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (11)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2013-03-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.63
0.46
1.37
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-08-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.53
0.36
1.47
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-06-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.03
0.55
3.69
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-06-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.91
0.63
1.44
Backhoe Operator
2013-05-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.55
0.53
Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-03-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
1.37
0.31
Backhoe Operator
2013-03-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2007-10-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.56
0.58
0.97
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-09-05
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.56
Backhoe Operator
2007-06-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
0.39
0.87
Backhoe Operator
2007-06-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.55
0.96
0.57
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2015
5
2014
6
2013
5
2012
4
2011
4
2010
4
2009
4
2008
5
2007
4
2006
4
2005
4
2004
4
2003
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Middle Creek Quarry Inc sits in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Wayne County, Pennsylvania · Population 51,189
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$62,182
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 Q4
783
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
663
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
644
4
4
6211.2
2015 Q1
265
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,195
4
1
3347.3
2014 Q3
1,410
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,331
5
2
3756.6
2014 Q1
1,150
3
1
2608.7
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2013 Q4
1,414
1
0
707.2
2013 Q3
1,334
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,129
1
0
885.7
2013 Q1
626
2
1
3194.9
2012 Q4
1,910
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
2,300
5
0
2173.9
2012 Q2
2,400
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
145
5
1
34482.8
2011 Q4
2,750
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,720
9
3
3308.8
2011 Q2
2,400
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
0
7
0
2010 Q4
1,285
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
2,210
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,480
4
0
2702.7
2010 Q1
100
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
2,280
7
4
3070.2
2009 Q3
960
1
0
1041.7
2009 Q2
1,402
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
480
1
0
2083.3
2008 Q4
1,662
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,690
6
3
3550.3
2008 Q2
2,430
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
2,079
8
6
3848.0
2007 Q4
2,400
1
0
416.7
2007 Q3
3,600
2
2
555.6
2007 Q1
1,000
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,700
1
1
588.2
2006 Q3
1,500
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,500
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1,000
1
0
1000.0
2005 Q4
1,250
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
1,200
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
1,700
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
1,000
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,500
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
1,500
1
0
666.7
2004 Q2
1,500
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,500
1
0
666.7
2003 Q4
2,628
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
3,230
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,000
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2006 · 1 incident
December 12, 2006PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON