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Montrose Quarry: 77 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Pennsy Supply Inc · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Montrose, Susquehanna County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608076

Montrose Quarry has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2009–2010
Latest incident
Dec 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
77
citations
22
significant & substantial
$13,957
proposed penalties
$13,957
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Pennsy Supply Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
31
inspections on record
516
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: 516 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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: 2014-05-20.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Montrose Quarry has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-10-17.
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.
28.9%
significant & substantial
42.1%
high negligence or reckless
28.9%
reasonably likely or greater
48.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.3% low, 52.6% moderate, 42.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2014-09-18, 11 years ago
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz61 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-08-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.83 0.67 1.24 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.33 0.73 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.51 0.35 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2005-08-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.52 0.37 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-08-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 1.87 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.72 0.22 Front-end Loader 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.

Montrose Quarry recorded 0.00 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below 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 Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.05 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 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 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. Ronald Powers 1989 to 1997
  2. Powers Stone Inc 1997 to 2011
  3. Pennsy Supply Inc 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 1
2019 0
2018 2
2017 3
2016 4
2015 6
2014 9
2013 11
2012 11
2011 14
2010 7
2009 5
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 3
2004 4
2003 4
2002 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Montrose Quarry sits in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 3.2% 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.
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania · Population 38,349
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,930
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
2020 Q3 33 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 294 0 0 0.0
Show 58 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q2 809 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 606 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 775 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,593 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 792 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 647 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 976 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,339 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,211 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 576 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,143 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,404 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,471 2 1 809.4
2015 Q1 2,504 1 0 399.4
2014 Q4 5,053 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,367 1 0 186.3
2014 Q2 6,418 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,532 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,113 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 7,440 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 8,064 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,906 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,000 1 1 166.7
2012 Q3 7,210 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,644 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 8,543 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,512 11 4 3132.1
2011 Q3 10,400 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 9,240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,500 3 1 857.1
2010 Q4 4,500 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,200 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,450 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,800 5 1 2777.8
2009 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 400 2 0 5000.0
2008 Q3 2,600 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,250 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,100 1 1 476.2
2007 Q3 3,510 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,300 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 970 1 0 1030.9
2006 Q3 1,100 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 950 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 200 2 1 10000.0
2005 Q4 1,120 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,040 2 1 1923.1
2005 Q2 1,490 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 1 0
2004 Q4 910 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 750 2 0 2666.7
2004 Q1 920 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 900 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 68 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 800 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2010 · 1 incident

December 13, 2010 PA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Powers Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Door to drill was frozen shut. When person tried to open door, door handle broke off and person cut finger.

2009 · 1 incident

June 25, 2009 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Powers Stone Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee sustained low back strain injury when the excavator he was operating lifted slightly off ground and then came down hard, jarring employee.