When drilling, the driller needs to lift drill rods an place on drill mast to add length, when driller was doing this he felt what he thought was a muscle "tweek". This feeling did not improve, went to doctor and found out he had a hernia.
Ober Quarry Metal/Non-Metal
M.R. DIRT INC
· Surface
Controlled by
Scott R Middendorf; Christopher L Roof
Wysox,
Bradford County,
PA
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3609796
Ober Quarry has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2011
- Latest incident
- Feb 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
58
citations
16
significant & substantial
$10,463
proposed penalties
$10,463
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
28
inspections on record
465
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: 465 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ober Quarry has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 721 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 593 | 2 | 0 | 3372.7 |
| 2025 Q2 | 773 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 607 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 895 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 765 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 993 | 1 | 0 | 1007.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q3 | 1,444 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,745 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 725 | 4 | 2 | 5517.2 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,007 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 2,145 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 932 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,279 | 4 | 0 | 3127.4 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,173 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,382 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 650 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 2,047 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 3,305 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,644 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 2,078 | 2 | 0 | 962.5 |
| 2019 Q4 | 2,763 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,718 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 2,141 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,508 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,962 | 4 | 0 | 2038.7 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,359 | 2 | 0 | 847.8 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,672 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,602 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 672 | 1 | 0 | 1488.1 |
| 2017 Q2 | 777 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 603 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 618 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 787 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 684 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 730 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,468 | 1 | 0 | 681.2 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,726 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,194 | 2 | 0 | 1675.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 592 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 2,516 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 2,809 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 3,118 | 3 | 2 | 962.2 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,965 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1,892 | 2 | 0 | 1057.1 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1,852 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,676 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1,838 | 1 | 0 | 544.1 |
| 2012 Q4 | 5,183 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 5,340 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 6,874 | 4 | 0 | 581.9 |
| 2012 Q1 | 8,090 | 5 | 2 | 618.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 7,006 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 8,261 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 11,496 | 6 | 1 | 521.9 |
| 2011 Q1 | 10,859 | 4 | 2 | 368.4 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,143 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 2,230 | 6 | 5 | 2690.6 |
| 2010 Q2 | 999 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 975 | 4 | 2 | 4102.6 |
| 2009 Q3 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2011 · 1 incident
F.S. Lopke Contracting, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects
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