New Hope Crushed Stone has $111K in proposed MSHA penalties and $116 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
26
Years on record
1986–2017
Latest incident
Feb 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
139
citations
46
significant & substantial
$111,141
proposed penalties
$91,025
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $20,116 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.
139 citations across 1,296 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
New Hope Crushed Stone has $111K in proposed MSHA penalties and $116 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.
$111K
proposed penalties
$91K
current assessed
$91K
paid to date
$116
outstanding
136 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $65K in penalties contested before the Commission, $45K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-09-25.
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.
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: 2017-01-10, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz6
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2017-01-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
1.24
0.24
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-01-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-16
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.49
10
0.05
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2011-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-09
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-04-09
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.35
Truck Driver
2004-12-15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.44
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-01-07
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.1
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-01-07
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
Scale Man
2004-01-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.8
2.18
0.37
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-01-07
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.41
Truck Driver
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.
New Hope Crushed Stone recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.
Injury rate, 2018
ⓘ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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.95 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.98 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
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
4.74
0.00
0.000
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2014 *
10.99
5.50
0.000
2013 *
5.36
5.36
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2019
9
2018
9
2017
14
2016
14
2015
13
2014
13
2013
14
2012
12
2011
14
2010
18
2009
17
2008
20
2007
22
2006
24
2005
26
2004
23
2003
21
2002
16
2001
14
2000
14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
New Hope Crushed Stone sits in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 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.
Bucks County, Pennsylvania · Population 645,993
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$111,951
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
2019 Q1
5,528
2
0
361.8
2018 Q4
6,485
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
6,053
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
6,245
8
1
1281.0
2018 Q1
4,615
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
9,133
8
2
875.9
2017 Q3
10,804
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
11,909
4
2
335.9
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1
10,341
16
9
1547.2
2016 Q4
11,101
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
12,481
3
2
240.4
2016 Q2
10,634
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
9,611
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
10,162
5
1
492.0
2015 Q3
10,270
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
9,528
2
1
209.9
2015 Q1
6,985
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
8,489
3
2
353.4
2014 Q3
9,817
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
10,110
2
2
197.8
2014 Q1
7,981
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
9,536
3
1
314.6
2013 Q3
9,650
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
9,912
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
8,186
1
0
122.2
2012 Q4
6,387
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
7,245
2
0
276.1
2012 Q2
8,071
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
7,960
2
0
251.3
2011 Q4
8,122
4
1
492.5
2011 Q3
9,703
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
9,067
1
1
110.3
2011 Q1
7,865
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
10,670
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
10,730
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
12,228
5
1
408.9
2010 Q1
9,603
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
9,686
4
2
413.0
2009 Q3
10,536
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
10,640
1
0
94.0
2009 Q1
10,627
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
11,967
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
13,890
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
12,404
5
2
403.1
2008 Q1
11,871
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
13,111
6
2
457.6
2007 Q3
14,306
4
3
279.6
2007 Q2
15,644
3
1
191.8
2007 Q1
14,421
1
0
69.3
2006 Q4
14,902
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
15,121
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
17,094
2
0
117.0
2006 Q1
16,473
2
0
121.4
2005 Q4
15,554
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
15,257
4
0
262.2
2005 Q2
15,767
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
14,955
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
15,396
3
0
194.9
2004 Q3
15,688
5
4
318.7
2004 Q2
15,315
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
11,549
3
0
259.8
2003 Q4
12,027
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
12,250
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
12,398
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
12,281
2
1
162.9
2002 Q4
12,198
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
12,598
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
14,012
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
11,530
4
1
346.9
2001 Q4
11,372
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
11,411
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
10,770
1
0
92.9
2001 Q1
8,480
2
0
235.8
2000 Q4
8,843
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
8,315
4
1
481.1
2000 Q2
8,503
1
0
117.6
2000 Q1
9,264
1
0
107.9
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
April 12, 2000PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Employee reported that he had pain in his right arm. He said he did not recollect when or how he hurt it, but believed it happened while operating one of the quarry trucks.
EE has a Dr who told him his back/neck problems result from working at quarry. No accident occurred and no accident report was filed with company. EE is still working, he has not been told by WC Dr not to work. He is doing physical therapy.
April 29, 2010PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
(DEATH - NATURAL CAUSES, BEFORE SHIFT STARTED) ILLNESS - BRAIN ANEURYSM, EXISTING CONDITION, HEALTH ISSUE - BEFORE WORK BEGAN. PLEASE REFER TO POLICE REPORT.
1993 · 1 incident
November 8, 1993PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
LIFTING WEDGE OUT OF JAW CRUSHER WHEN ROCK LET LOOSE AND CAUGHT WEDGE PULLING WEDGE DOWN AND INJURING EMPLOYEE'S BACK.
1990 · 1 incident
January 26, 1990PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS OPERATING A RUBBER TIRED FRONT END LOADER MOVING LARGE BOULDERS ONE OF THE BOULDERS FELL OUT OF THE BUCKET WHILE IT WAS IN A RAISED POSITION CAUSING THE LOADER TO BOUNCE JARRING HIM.
August 26, 1988PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
FROZEN TOP OF PILE BROKE OFF AND COVERED THE FRONT OF THE LOADER. BREAKING THE WINDSHIELD AND ENTERING PART WAY INTO THE CAB. WHILE LOADING TRUCKS FROM STOCKPILE. MINOR CUTS AND MUSCLE SP SPASMS OF NECK AND SHOULDERS
1987 · 2 incidents
September 8, 1987PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
USING A SLEDGE 2AMMER TO DISLODGE MATERIAL STICKING OT SIDES OF BIN DUST BLEW IN FACE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE BALANCE FELL BACKWARD & STRUCK RIGHT ELBOW ON STEEL LATERAL GIRDER.
May 17, 1986PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS