Pittston Quarry has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
2005–2020
Latest incident
May 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
142
citations
29
significant & substantial
$26,645
proposed penalties
$26,192
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $453 gap.
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.
142 citations across 1,093 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Pittston Quarry has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$453
outstanding
138 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $300 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-03.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 67%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 33%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$300 proposed, $200 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2012-09-10.
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: 2024-12-11
43%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
29
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz53 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg20
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (29)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2014-05-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.72
0.24
3.00
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-06-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
0.38
1.18
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-08-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.22
0.53
2.30
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-12-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2024-12-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-12-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2024-12-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2021-09-21
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.29
Truck Driver
2021-09-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2021-09-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2019-04-25
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
3.1
10
0.31
Laborer, Bullgang
2019-04-25
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.74
10
0.17
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-04-25
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.56
10
0.06
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-04-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
Utility Man
2018-04-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-07-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2014-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2013-09-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2013-09-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2013-09-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-09-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mobile Crane Operator
2011-06-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2011-06-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-08-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.36
0.75
Truck Driver
2005-08-03
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.
Pittston Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.07 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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
2026
9
2025
12
2024
11
2023
13
2022
12
2021
14
2020
11
2019
17
2018
19
2017
17
2016
16
2015
15
2014
12
2013
12
2012
13
2011
14
2010
14
2009
13
2008
19
2007
19
2006
19
2005
24
2004
17
2003
11
2002
19
2001
12
2000
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Pittston Quarry sits in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 325,978
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,321
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
7,409
3
1
404.9
2026 Q1
3,291
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
8,751
3
1
342.8
2025 Q3
9,254
2
0
216.1
2025 Q2
9,738
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
7,302
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
8,541
6
0
702.5
2024 Q3
9,621
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
8,810
11
2
1248.6
2024 Q1
4,858
2
1
411.7
2023 Q4
8,214
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
10,341
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
11,324
6
1
529.8
2023 Q1
4,827
1
0
207.2
2022 Q4
9,386
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
9,528
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
9,533
9
0
944.1
2022 Q1
6,438
5
0
776.6
2021 Q4
10,247
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
11,537
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
11,326
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
6,311
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
7,362
1
0
135.8
2020 Q3
10,568
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
7,542
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
4,405
1
0
227.0
2019 Q4
8,337
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
11,180
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
4,609
2
0
433.9
2019 Q1
5,321
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
8,693
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
12,870
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
13,596
3
0
220.7
2018 Q1
6,280
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
7,723
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
14,131
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
11,311
1
0
88.4
2017 Q1
6,066
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
10,864
3
0
276.1
2016 Q3
13,112
2
0
152.5
2016 Q2
10,753
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
4,836
2
0
413.6
2015 Q4
12,346
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
10,703
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
8,881
4
1
450.4
2015 Q1
4,520
2
1
442.5
2014 Q4
7,579
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
8,129
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
7,408
2
1
270.0
2014 Q1
3,074
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
4,750
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
10,309
7
3
679.0
2013 Q2
11,518
1
1
86.8
2013 Q1
6,410
2
1
312.0
2012 Q4
9,441
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
11,070
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
10,906
2
0
183.4
2012 Q1
5,846
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
8,155
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
10,392
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
9,456
2
0
211.5
2011 Q1
5,484
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
8,425
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
8,916
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
8,375
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
4,400
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
4,189
1
1
238.7
2009 Q3
10,234
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
6,110
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
5,648
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
7,332
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
9,602
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
9,602
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
8,689
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
11,973
7
2
584.6
2007 Q3
13,413
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
13,066
1
0
76.5
2007 Q1
10,254
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
10,005
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
11,395
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
13,931
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
10,813
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
11,139
3
0
269.3
2005 Q3
14,740
1
0
67.8
2005 Q2
12,984
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
13,504
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
13,618
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
14,448
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
11,153
1
0
89.7
2004 Q1
5,444
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,807
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
8,126
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
7,264
4
1
550.7
2003 Q1
3,531
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
5,368
2
2
372.6
2002 Q3
8,746
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
8,592
3
0
349.2
2002 Q1
4,495
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
4,628
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
8,301
13
4
1566.1
2001 Q2
7,230
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
1,480
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
4,109
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
7,073
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,556
7
3
4498.7
2000 Q1
4,998
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
18 on file
2020 · 1 incident
May 29, 2020PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techOTHER
Employee was walking from Primary tower and slipped on a rock and twisted knee.
2013 · 5 incidents
September 28, 2013PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was installing a new hose under crusher CR-3. The hose became stuck and the employee pulled on the hose to free it. The hose broke loose and the employee lost his footing and fell back against the side of the crusher. Employee suffered back strain.
August 6, 2013PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
Employee was holding screen in place and was struck on finger with hammer.
2012 · 1 incident
August 20, 2012PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was welding wear strips to floor of primary feeder, took shield off and began to chip slag. A piece of slag got behind his safety glasses and into his left eye. It irritated his left eye.
2007 · 2 incidents
October 5, 2007PA · Metal/Non-Metalassayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer managementSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was checking spray bar, slipped on an incline and banged right leg on a bolt that was sticking out which caused a contusion on his right lower leg.
June 27, 2007PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pennsy Supply Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Was removing a nitrogen cylinder for the ElJay crusher. Oil under pressure burst from the cylinder into his eye. Eye protection was being worn at the time.
2005 · 2 incidents
October 6, 2005PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS