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: 271 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Paradise Plant has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-09-08.
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.
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: 2004-03-18, 22 years ago
43%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
14
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz116 over
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz2
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (18)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2002-07-24
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
30.78
10
3.08
Bagging Operator
2002-07-24
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
30.03
10
3.00
Laborer, Bullgang
2002-04-17
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
24.55
10
2.46
Laborer, Bullgang
2002-04-17
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
36.8
10
3.68
Bagging Operator
2001-11-27
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
72.98
10
7.30
Pelletizer Operator
2001-11-27
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
60.8
10
6.08
Bagging Operator
2004-03-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
2.12
0.17
Pelletizer Operator
2004-03-18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
Forklift Operator
2004-03-18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
Bagging Operator
2003-07-31
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
4.53
10
0.45
Bagging Operator
2003-07-31
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.63
10
0.06
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-04-09
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
15.12
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-04-09
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
50.51
Bagging Operator
2002-10-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.83
2.95
0.96
Pelletizer Operator
2002-10-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
2.4
0.14
Forklift Operator
2002-04-17
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
4.3
10
0.43
Pelletizer Operator
2002-04-17
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
5.81
10
0.58
Utility Man
2001-11-27
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.87
10
0.29
Bagging 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.
Paradise Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
Injury rate, 2003
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.56 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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
8.05
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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
2004
9
2003
10
2002
8
2001
9
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Paradise Plant sits in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania · Population 555,151
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$83,703
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
2004 Q2
3,671
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
6,568
3
1
456.8
2003 Q4
3,624
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,414
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
7,952
2
1
251.5
2003 Q1
6,650
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
5,024
4
0
796.2
2002 Q3
4,169
1
0
239.9
Show 10 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2002 Q2
4,750
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
5,388
2
0
371.2
2001 Q4
5,360
10
0
1865.7
2001 Q3
4,885
3
0
614.1
2001 Q2
7,079
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
7,515
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
6,559
1
0
152.5
2000 Q3
4,664
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
5,077
1
0
197.0
2000 Q1
4,928
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2001 · 1 incident
April 21, 2001PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
EE WAS USING AN ELECTRICAL GRINDER TO GRIND THE NUTS OFF OF A TURBO. HE WENT TO PUT THE HAND HELD GRINDER DOWN WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE TRIGGER TURNING ON THE GRINDER AND IT CUT HIS KNUCKL E ON HIS RIGHT POINTER FINGER. HE WAS TAKEN TO TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE RECEIVED ONE STITCHE ON HIS FINGER.
1999 · 3 incidents
October 26, 1999PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS CLEANING 3RD FLOOR IN THE PLANT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED CHEST PAINS SHORTNESS OF BREATH & PANS IN LEFT ARM. WE IMMEDIATELY CALLED AMBULANCE &HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSP. EE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL ONTO A PILE ON THE 3RD FLOOR OF THE PLANT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED THE PAINS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE HAD CHEST WALL MUSCLE STRAIN. ON 10/28 IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HEWAS TO BE OFF WORK
September 30, 1999PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EE WAS OPERATING THE PULVERIZED BAGGER MACHINE AND DUST PIPE BECAME CLOGGED AND AREA BECAME DUSTY. EE REMOVED HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND WIPED HIS EYES WITH HIS SHIRT AND NOTICED AN IRRITATION IN HIS LEFT EYE.
March 23, 1999PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING THE TURBOLIZER WITH A SMALLWRENCH ON 3-1-99 AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK. ON 3-19 HE WAS REPLACING A CONVEYER BELT AND AGAIN EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK BUT CONTINUED TO WORK. ON 3-22 HE REPORTED THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING HIM. HE WAS ENCOURAGED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.
1998 · 1 incident
August 31, 1998PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE HAD JUST COMPLETED CLEANING OUT BUILD-UP FROM THE DISCHARGE CHUTE IN THE PELLETIZING DISC. HE WAS EXITING THE WORK PLATFORM WHICH REQUIRED CLIMBING OVER A HANDRAIL TO GET TO THE NEXT WALKWA Y. EE HAD TO STEP UP 16" AND ACROSS A 16" SPACE. WHEN HE STEPPED UP TO THE HANDRAIL, HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX 38" TO THE NEXT WALKWAY.