Mining Incidents

Norton Stone Company Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Tammy L Norton
New Milford, Susquehanna County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608621

Norton Stone Company has $8K 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
1997–1999
Latest incident
Apr 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
25
citations
8
significant & substantial
$8,389
proposed penalties
$8,389
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
13
inspections on record
190
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: 190 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Norton Stone Company has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-10-27.
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
2011 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 121 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 401 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 360 8 4 22222.2
2009 Q3 2,560 2 0 781.2
2009 Q2 971 5 1 5149.3
2003 Q4 0 0 0
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 670 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 957 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,005 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 229 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,145 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,046 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,705 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 247 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,376 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,234 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1999 · 1 incident

April 4, 1999 PA · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Norton'S Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE PUT HIS HAND BETWEEN A SAW & ROCK HE WAS GUIDING SAW WITH HIS HAND THIS A NOT PROPER PROCEDURE.

1997 · 1 incident

April 24, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Norton'S Stone Company · Struck by falling object

WORKER WAS LYING A TREAD STONE DOWN WHEN ANOTHER TREAD FELL ON HIS FINGER. HIS FINGER WAS CUT AND NEEDED STICHES.

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