Mining Incidents

Pinnacle Bluestone Metal/Non-Metal

Pinnacle Bluestone · Facility
Controlled by Joshua J Smith
Winterdale, Wayne County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609859

Pinnacle Bluestone has $1K 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 2010
10
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,078
proposed penalties
$1,078
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
7
inspections on record
70
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: 70 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pinnacle Bluestone has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-09-24.
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
2014 Q1 103 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 788 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 740 1 0 1351.4
2013 Q2 1,032 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 838 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 774 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,548 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,152 0 0 0.0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q1 1,020 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 960 1 0 1041.7
2011 Q3 1,440 1 0 694.4
2011 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 480 6 2 12500.0
2010 Q4 960 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.

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