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Orbisonia Quarry: 120 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Orbisonia, Huntingdon County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3600198

Orbisonia Quarry has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1987–2024
Latest incident
Aug 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
120
citations
16
significant & substantial
$21,937
proposed penalties
$21,937
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
57
inspections on record
1,113
inspection hours
10.8
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.
120 citations across 1,113 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Orbisonia Quarry has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
118 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $825 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-14.
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.
13.3%
significant & substantial
6.7%
high negligence or reckless
13.3%
reasonably likely or greater
45.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 38.3% low, 55.0% moderate, 6.7% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 71%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 29%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
20%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $825 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 2010-07-12.
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 2009-642M Settlement Bulluck 2010 $725 → $525
PENN 2010-632M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $300 → $300
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: 2026-08-04
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
50
samples
19
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg23
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz15
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz9
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (50)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-08-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2026-02-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-02-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2026-02-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2025-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-05-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Drill Operator, Rotary
2025-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-05-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-05-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-05-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.46 10 0.05 Truck Driver
2022-11-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-08-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2022-08-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Supervisor, Co. Official
2022-08-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-08-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2020-10-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.29 10 0.03 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-10-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-10-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 Truck Driver
2015-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.09 0.16 Backhoe Operator
2014-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.4 0.22 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2014-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.14 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 2.33 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2009-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 2.4 0.14 Utility Man
2006-04-05 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2006-04-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-04-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-10-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.55 0.08 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.38 0.15 Truck Driver
2003-10-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.48 0.75 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-06-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.77 1.76 0.44 Utility Man
2001-06-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 1.95 0.32 Truck Driver
2001-06-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
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. New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 9
2024 14
2023 17
2022 25
2021 23
2020 25
2019 20
2018 8
2017 8
2016 7
2015 6
2014 6
2013 7
2012 6
2011 6
2010 7
2009 7
2008 6
2007 8
2006 9
2005 7
2004 9
2003 7
2002 7
2001 7
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Orbisonia Quarry sits in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania · Population 43,844
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$65,429
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
2026 Q2 4,413 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,799 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,509 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,941 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,362 1 0 186.5
2025 Q1 2,647 2 0 755.6
2024 Q4 3,651 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,713 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,627 2 0 432.2
2024 Q1 2,574 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,868 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,887 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,615 5 1 890.5
2023 Q1 3,617 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,007 4 1 1330.2
2022 Q3 4,603 10 0 2172.5
2022 Q2 3,803 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,336 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,339 6 0 2565.2
2021 Q3 3,646 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,302 2 0 605.7
2021 Q1 1,639 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,442 4 0 1638.0
2020 Q3 4,147 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,663 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,770 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,418 6 2 1755.4
2019 Q3 3,696 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,584 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,261 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,173 4 1 1260.6
2018 Q3 3,770 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,397 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,392 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,370 1 0 421.9
2017 Q3 5,655 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,910 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,300 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,240 1 0 446.4
2016 Q3 3,640 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,640 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,612 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,253 1 0 443.9
2015 Q3 2,570 2 1 778.2
2015 Q2 3,170 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,434 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,976 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,661 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,517 3 2 1191.9
2014 Q1 1,058 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,973 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,578 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,642 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,503 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,712 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,720 8 3 2150.5
2012 Q2 3,496 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,407 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,884 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,432 6 0 1748.3
2011 Q2 1,548 1 0 646.0
2011 Q1 1,147 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,190 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,346 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,845 9 1 1857.6
2010 Q1 776 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,452 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,385 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,396 2 1 588.9
2009 Q1 1,427 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,200 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,588 3 0 653.9
2008 Q2 1,307 2 0 1530.2
2008 Q1 1,222 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,622 1 0 381.4
2007 Q3 5,177 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,070 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,590 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,360 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,628 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,817 5 1 1309.9
2006 Q1 1,102 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,067 2 0 967.6
2005 Q3 2,407 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,122 4 0 970.4
2005 Q1 1,830 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,695 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,899 3 0 769.4
2004 Q2 5,622 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,639 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,345 3 1 1279.3
2003 Q3 4,348 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,347 5 1 1493.9
2003 Q1 1,168 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,774 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,267 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,110 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,691 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,958 3 0 1532.2
2001 Q3 4,867 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,770 1 0 265.3
2001 Q1 1,399 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,627 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,478 5 0 1437.6
2000 Q2 3,184 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,693 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2024 · 1 incident

August 19, 2024 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While using a compressed air line with nozzle attached, it slipped from EE's gloved hands striking EE on the lens of the safety glasses and EE's right cheek. The impact caused bruising of EE's left eye.

2020 · 1 incident

July 24, 2020 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was shoveling dirt from the floor onto a non-moving conveyor in the surge tunnel and suffered a muscle strain in upper thigh

2012 · 1 incident

June 1, 2012 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

aggravated tendonitis in right shoulder unloading a box from delivery truck

2009 · 1 incident

October 1, 2009 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was using an impact wrench backing a bolt out of a screen deck when the length of the bolt caused the left hand of the miner to be pinched against the top area of the screen deck where he was working.

1987 · 1 incident