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: 249 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Palmer has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $200 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-08-22.
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.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 50%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 50%
50%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$200 proposed, $100 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2011-04-26.
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.
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: 2016-04-05, 10 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2016-04-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dragline Operator
2016-04-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.58
0.26
Washer Operator
2016-04-05
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-08-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2009-08-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
1.55
0.12
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-08-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Screen/Scalper Operator
2009-08-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Palmer recorded 9.82 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2010.
Injury rate, 2010
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.82
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.68 and the all-US-mining average was 3.20 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.32 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2016
5
2015
6
2014
4
2013
5
2012
8
2011
7
2010
10
2009
9
2008
6
2007
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Palmer sits in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Beaver County, Pennsylvania · Population 166,993
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$70,156
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
2016 Q4
3,298
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,951
1
0
253.1
2016 Q2
3,790
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,757
1
0
569.2
2015 Q4
2,289
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
4,416
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
5,161
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,892
2
0
1057.1
Show 29 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4
2,126
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,794
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
3,717
1
0
269.0
2014 Q1
1,539
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
3,306
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
3,316
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,390
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,212
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
4,636
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
4,757
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
5,086
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
3,417
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
4,442
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
4,356
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
5,138
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
3,565
1
0
280.5
2010 Q4
4,886
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
6,487
3
1
462.5
2010 Q2
6,356
7
3
1101.3
2010 Q1
2,628
1
0
380.5
2009 Q4
5,019
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
6,078
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
5,109
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,465
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
3,928
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
4,176
5
2
1197.3
2008 Q2
4,165
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
793
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
1,938
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2016 · 1 incident
August 16, 2016PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was removing 4" discharge pipe from the CFS slurry pump. After removing the pipe, the pressure that had been built up inside of the pipe let loose and hit the employee in the face with sand and water. Employee suffered burns on both cheek bones and above left eye. EE has safety glasses, hard hat and ear plugs on.
2014 · 1 incident
December 5, 2014PA · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was clearing trees when a previously cut tree which was stuck in the branches of a second tree which was being cut fell and struck employee on the back. Employee suffered several spinal fractures and two fractured ribs.
2010 · 1 incident
June 5, 2010PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was cutting a 4in rubber pipe with a utility knife when the injury occurred. He was standing and holding the pipe in front of him with his left hand, the employee was using a utility knife in his right hand to cut the pipe. The knife slipped from the pipe and struck the upper portion of his left leg resulting in a laceration requiring 7 stitches.
2008 · 1 incident
July 9, 2008PA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee opened a door to clean out screw and piched his fingers when he swung it out. He got 5 stitches on his finger where it was cut. He is expected to get full recovery.
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