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Nectarine: 59 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bedrock Mines, LP · Surface
Controlled by Targe Energy LLC
Harrisville, Venango County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608774

Nectarine has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2015
Latest incident
Jan 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
59
citations
22
significant & substantial
$13,296
proposed penalties
$10,964
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,332 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Bedrock Mines, LP's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
33
inspections on record
383
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: 383 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Nectarine has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-06-14.
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.
37.3%
significant & substantial
28.8%
high negligence or reckless
37.3%
reasonably likely or greater
52.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.3% low, 50.8% moderate, 28.8% 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.
16 citations taken to the federal commission · 27% of citations on record
  • Settled 15 · 94%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 6%
60%
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 10 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
44%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $2K 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 2010-03-01.
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 2010-334M Settlement Rae 2011 $4K → $2K
PENN20030011M Settlement Barbour 2003 $2K → $2K
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: 2015-10-08, 10 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.72 0.39 Bulldozer Operator
2001-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2001-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
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.
Ownership history
  1. Ben-Hal Mining Company 1999 to 2010
  2. Bedrock Mines, LP 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 1
2017 2
2016 6
2015 6
2014 8
2013 8
2012 5
2011 1
2010 2
2009 4
2004 0
2003 4
2002 2
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Nectarine sits in Venango County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Venango County, Pennsylvania · Population 50,096
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$61,626
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
2018 Q2 560 1 0 1785.7
2018 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,228 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,860 2 1 518.1
2016 Q3 3,361 0 0 0.0
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2 3,754 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,608 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,270 2 2 881.1
2015 Q3 1,838 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,154 8 2 3714.0
2015 Q1 7,751 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,828 3 1 514.8
2014 Q3 5,284 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,823 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,163 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,568 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,624 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,454 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,198 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,550 1 0 281.7
2012 Q3 3,971 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,101 11 2 3547.2
2012 Q1 693 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 412 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 531 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 120 1 0 8333.3
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 500 15 6 30000.0
2009 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 2,400 4 1 1666.7
2003 Q2 3,000 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,700 2 1 740.7
2002 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,080 3 2 2777.8
2002 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 910 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 890 6 4 6741.6
2001 Q2 2,180 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,815 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,325 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2015 · 1 incident

January 6, 2015 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bedrock Mines, LP · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

When exiting the loader a gust of wind blew the door closed. While trying to catch the door from closing on him, EE slipped on the stair deck. In an attempt to stop his falling, he reached for a hand hold, straining his left shoulder and bicep. And irritated a nerve in his cervical spine (neck).