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Northrup Quarry: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Shawn Adams · Surface
Controlled by Shawn L Adams
Monroeton, Bradford County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609526

Northrup Quarry has $74K in proposed MSHA penalties and $20K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Sep 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
56
citations
27
significant & substantial
$73,973
proposed penalties
$12,085
paid to date
16% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $61,888 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
32
inspections on record
629
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: 629 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Northrup Quarry has $74K in proposed MSHA penalties and $20K 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.
$74K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$20K
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $60K in penalties contested before the Commission, $19K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-12-09.
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.
50.9%
significant & substantial
24.5%
high negligence or reckless
50.9%
reasonably likely or greater
60.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.2% low, 62.3% moderate, 24.5% 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.
13 citations taken to the federal commission · 23% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 38%
  • Stood as issued 8 · 62%
100%
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 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
69%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$60K proposed, $19K 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 2014-07-27.
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 2014-0845 Settlement Miller 2015 $52K → $13K
PENN 2010-640M Dismissal Lewis 2011 $5K → $4K
PENN 2014-0909 Settlement Miller 2014 $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: 2020-03-18, 6 years ago
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz93 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.02 0.5 2.04 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2019-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.82 0.51 1.61 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2019-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.75 0.36 4.86 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2020-03-18 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 2.62 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-03-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.53 0.79 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-03-18 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 1.99 Supervisor, Co. Official
2020-03-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2019-08-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.34 0.50 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2019-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 0.44 0.91 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2019-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.83 1.28 0.65 Supervisor, Co. Official
2015-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2015-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.67 0.22 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-05-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.4 0.50 Backhoe Operator
2010-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
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. Shedden Quarry 2007 to 2008
  2. T. G. Mountain Stone 2008 to 2015
  3. Shawn Adams 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 4
2018 3
2017 3
2016 6
2015 3
2014 1
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Northrup Quarry sits in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Bradford County, Pennsylvania · Population 59,971
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$62,482
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
2022 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 890 2 1 2247.2
2021 Q3 1,380 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,340 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,210 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,120 1 0 892.9
2020 Q3 1,380 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,270 0 0 0.0
Show 47 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q1 1,215 1 1 823.0
2019 Q4 1,310 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,640 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,650 4 2 2424.2
2019 Q1 1,270 3 0 2362.2
2018 Q1 1,170 2 1 1709.4
2017 Q4 336 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,230 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,992 3 1 1506.0
2016 Q4 936 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,024 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,904 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,928 1 0 341.5
2015 Q4 3,120 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,236 1 0 447.2
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 1,242 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 2 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 40 6 6 150000.0
2013 Q3 1,053 4 2 3798.7
2013 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 300 1 0 3333.3
2012 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 320 4 2 12500.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 800 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 600 11 7 18333.3
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 360 1 0 2777.8
2008 Q2 480 1 1 2083.3
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 100 1 0 10000.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 19, 2013 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
T. G. Mountain Stone · Struck against a moving object

temperature were around 70 degrees, sunny and dry day. Adding to narrative per prelim **The victim was operating a 2 1/2 ton truck up a steep roadway. He was hauling water tanks on the bed of the truck when the truck overturned on its roof and crushed him.**