Mining Incidents

North Washington Metal/Non-Metal

North Washington, Butler County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609399

North Washington has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2010–2011
Latest incident
Mar 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
48
citations
16
significant & substantial
$28,286
proposed penalties
$22,854
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,432 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
31
inspections on record
393
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: 393 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

North Washington has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-08-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 349 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,308 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,224 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,202 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,249 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,236 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,579 1 0 179.2
2015 Q2 6,154 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,808 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 7,179 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 11,271 4 0 354.9
2014 Q2 11,131 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 8,004 1 0 124.9
2013 Q4 7,812 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8,081 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 14,356 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 13,363 2 0 149.7
2012 Q4 18,747 5 3 266.7
2012 Q3 20,679 10 4 483.6
2012 Q2 23,977 7 2 291.9
2012 Q1 19,184 11 7 573.4
2011 Q4 22,089 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 25,462 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 18,589 2 0 107.6
2011 Q1 15,156 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 9,490 2 0 210.7
2010 Q3 10,121 3 0 296.4
2010 Q2 1,710 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,117 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,640 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 1 incident

March 8, 2011 PA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Aggregates Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee was assisting a mechanic in blocking equipment from movement. The employee was on his knees moving a 6x6 24" long (about 15lbs). He picked the blocking up less than a foot from the ground, and felt pain in his back. The pain, at times, went down his legs. Employee transferred himself home.

2010 · 1 incident

March 7, 2010 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Aggregates Inc. · Struck by falling object

The employee was replacing blocking material under the portable plant structure. The 6 x 6 x 4ft wooden blocking was being set in place when it slipped from the employees hands and fell down. When it fell, the employee did not have time to move his hand and the blocking fell onto the end of his left ring finger.

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