Mining Incidents

OSTOP/SCHNEIDER MINE Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Barbara J Benchek
slovan, Washington County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3610130

OSTOP/SCHNEIDER MINE has $11K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
60
citations
10
significant & substantial
$11,383
proposed penalties
$11,383
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
21
inspections on record
369
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: 369 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

OSTOP/SCHNEIDER MINE has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-18.
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
2025 Q4 3,234 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,329 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,291 2 0 607.7
2025 Q1 3,104 1 0 322.2
2024 Q4 3,215 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,329 2 0 600.8
2024 Q2 3,220 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,267 2 0 612.2
Show 34 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,876 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,163 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,253 6 0 1844.5
2023 Q1 2,899 1 1 344.9
2022 Q4 3,187 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,614 2 0 553.4
2022 Q2 3,703 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,315 11 2 3318.3
2021 Q4 3,084 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,537 2 0 565.5
2021 Q2 3,016 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,154 2 0 634.1
2020 Q4 2,987 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,155 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,762 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,622 5 1 1906.9
2019 Q4 2,868 2 0 697.4
2019 Q3 2,731 1 1 366.2
2019 Q2 3,264 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,821 2 0 709.0
2018 Q4 2,630 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,926 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,634 6 1 1651.1
2018 Q1 2,689 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,453 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,488 6 1 1720.2
2017 Q2 3,998 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,512 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,776 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,883 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,159 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,730 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,423 2 0 584.3
2015 Q3 3,317 4 3 1205.9

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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