PLAIN GROVE SAND & GRAVEL has $4K 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
32
Years on record
1983–2004
Latest incident
Aug 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
38
citations
15
significant & substantial
$3,858
proposed penalties
$3,858
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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.
Rate withheld: 314 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
PLAIN GROVE SAND & GRAVEL has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-08-26.
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: 2001-10-11, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2001-10-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.57
2.69
0.21
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-10-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
1.11
0.23
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.
PLAIN GROVE SAND & GRAVEL recorded 8.08 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.
Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ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.
8.08
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.48 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.63 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
2001 *
8.08
0.00
0.000
2000 *
16.22
8.11
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
2006
2
2005
2
2004
9
2003
10
2002
13
2001
12
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
PLAIN GROVE SAND & GRAVEL sits in Lawrence 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.
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania · Population 85,423
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$60,779
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
2006 Q1
144
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
234
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
997
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
904
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
834
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,325
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
3,957
4
2
1010.9
2004 Q2
6,193
6
2
968.8
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q1
1,955
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
3,762
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,544
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
7,456
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
3,200
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
3,048
1
0
328.1
2002 Q3
8,006
18
9
2248.3
2002 Q2
6,703
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
1,271
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
4,687
1
0
213.4
2001 Q3
7,580
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
8,615
2
1
232.2
2001 Q1
3,858
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
5,824
2
0
343.4
2000 Q3
8,167
2
0
244.9
2000 Q2
6,353
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,324
2
1
462.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
32 on file
2004 · 4 incidents
August 6, 2004PA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
OPERATOR WAS APPROACHING LOADER, DUCKED UNDER LAND CONVEYOR & RAISED HIS HEAD PREMATURELY & HIT HIS HEAD. SAID NECK WAS SORE. WENT TO HOSPITAL & DID NOT RETURN. HE HAD WEEKS VACATION. WHEN HE RET'D TO WORK HE SAID NECK WAS STILL SORE. WE SENT HIM TO DR & HE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY 8/17/04.
May 20, 2004PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
TIGHTENING BOLT ON SCREEN DECK. WRENCH SLIPPED OFF CAUSING IT TO PINCH PALM OF RIGHT HAND AND CUTTING PALM OF RIGHT HAND.
March 3, 2004PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CAME TO WORK WATER RUNNING OUT GARAGE DOOR FROZEN WATER LINE CAME INTO OFFICE SHUT OFF WATER WENT BACK OUT TO MY TRUCK & SLIPED ON ICE FROM THE RUNNING WATER.
2001 · 2 incidents
September 17, 2001PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
PUTTING TEETH ON DRAG BUCKET STRUCK END OF TOOTH WITH HAMMER A CHIP OF STEEL STRUCK HIM RIGHT OF HIS RIGHT EYE. HIS SAFETY GLASSES SLID DOWN WHEN HE SWUNG HAMMER.
SHOP DOOR STUCK. TRIED TO PUSH TOP OF DOOR TO OPEN IT AND NAIL STAPLE WENT INTO LEFT WRIST (TRIMWAS MISSING AROUND WINDOW). THE SHOP DOOR HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF.
2000 · 2 incidents
September 25, 2000PA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
DURING OPERATION OF CRUSHER A ROCK FLEW OU T & BROKE A WINDOW. EE PUSHED ON THE WINDOW & HIS HAND WENT THROUGH GLASS CUT HIS HAND WHEN HE PULLEDIT BACK
1998 · 1 incident
September 8, 1998PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
LEANED OVER TO LOOK AT BELT SCALE HARD HAT FELL OFF PICKED UP HARD HAT STOOD UP TO PUT HARD HAT ON WAS HIT ON HEAD WITH ROCK. WHERE ROCK CAME FROM UNKNOWN. POSSIBLY CAME FROM BELT.
1997 · 2 incidents
July 21, 1997PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
HE WAS GROUNDMAN. WHILE HOSING THE WET PLANT CONVEYORS, A ROCK CAME OFF THE BELT AND HIT HIS LEFT LEG QUITE HARD. HIS SHIN SWELLED AND WAS BLACK AND BLUE FROM KNEE TO ANKLE.
May 20, 1996PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WORKING ON DEISTER SHAKER, THERE WAS A SHORT. WHEN SLICING A WIRE WITH A KNIFE IT CAME UP AND SLICED HIS FACE. INJURY RESULTED IN 3 STITCHES TO THE CHEEK.
1995 · 2 incidents
November 28, 1995PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
EE WAS GOING TO DO REPAIRS ON THE ASPHALT SAND CHUTE. AS HE WAS WALKING UNDER THE MAIN SCREEN HE GOT STUCK IN THE MUD COMING OFF OF THE MAIN FEEDER AND HE FELL FORWARD. HIS LEFT LEG HIT THE CO RNER OF THE SCREEN GUARD FOR THE CRUSHER CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY. A PIECE OF STEEL PUNCTURED HIS LEFT LEG WHICH HE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF AND CONTINUED ON HIS WORK
1993 · 5 incidents
July 12, 1993PA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
96322 JAMMED BOTTOM OF HOPPER. TRIED TO PRY WITH SPUD BAR. BAR SLIPPED, SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN BAR AND SCALPING SCREEN. MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND. BROKE FINGER TIP BONE, NAIL.
June 15, 1992PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS