Mining Incidents

PAUL GUSTIN QUARRIES: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

PAUL GUSTIN QUARRIES · Surface
Controlled by Paul R Gustin
Lakewood, Wayne County, PA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3609460

PAUL GUSTIN QUARRIES has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2008
21
citations
8
significant & substantial
$3,291
proposed penalties
$3,156
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $135 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
25
inspections on record
311
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: 311 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PAUL GUSTIN QUARRIES has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $243 in penalties contested before the Commission, $108 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-21.
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.
38.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
38.1%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 38.1% low, 61.9% moderate, 0.0% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
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%
56%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$243 proposed, $108 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 2010-04-15.
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 2010-456M Settlement 2010 $243 → $108
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: 2025-03-11
75%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz43 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-02-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.52 1.12 1.36 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-02-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.51 0.74 2.04 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-02-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.63 0.56 2.91 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2025-03-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2025-03-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2015-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-04-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.37 0.81 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2010-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
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. Paul Gustin Quarries 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 2
2023 1
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 3
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PAUL GUSTIN QUARRIES sits in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Wayne County, Pennsylvania · Population 51,189
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$62,182
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 1,018 2 1 1964.6
2026 Q1 915 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,433 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,021 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,644 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 505 2 0 3960.4
2024 Q4 201 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 860 0 0 0.0
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 821 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,005 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 843 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 255 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 94 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 491 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 129 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,104 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 399 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 721 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 835 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 321 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,208 1 0 827.8
2018 Q2 785 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 1,212 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 539 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,223 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 717 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,179 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,162 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 587 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,848 2 0 1082.3
2015 Q3 1,268 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 774 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 880 1 0 1136.4
2014 Q3 1,143 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 905 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 830 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,198 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 965 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,112 1 0 899.3
2012 Q3 1,250 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,210 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 940 2 0 2127.7
2011 Q3 999 2 0 2002.0
2011 Q2 1,955 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 848 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 458 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,078 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 580 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 880 4 4 4545.5
2009 Q4 1,068 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 992 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,137 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,056 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,370 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,489 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,469 4 3 2722.9
2008 Q1 1,380 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,407 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,508 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,551 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,376 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,625 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,398 0 0 0.0

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.