Mining Incidents

Port Alleghany Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Duffy Inc · Surface
Controlled by James P Duffy
PORT ALLEGENY, Potter County, PA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3609172

Port Alleghany Mine has $66K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2008–2011
Latest incident
Mar 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
102
citations
29
significant & substantial
$65,575
proposed penalties
$49,075
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
39
inspections on record
679
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: 679 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Port Alleghany Mine has $66K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$66K
proposed penalties
$49K
current assessed
$49K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
102 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-03-28.
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
2025 Q4 1,994 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,061 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 492 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 359 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,898 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,774 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,568 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 442 0 0 0.0
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,085 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 2,873 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,452 13 1 5301.8
2022 Q4 2,352 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,500 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,615 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,624 8 1 4926.1
2021 Q3 2,006 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 158 2 0 12658.2
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 239 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 59 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 854 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,708 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,753 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,022 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,069 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,190 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 715 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 668 1 0 1497.0
2016 Q4 885 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,109 2 0 948.3
2016 Q2 1,909 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 194 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,338 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,506 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,339 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 782 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 853 2 0 2344.7
2014 Q3 2,460 3 1 1219.5
2014 Q2 2,303 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 513 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 698 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,670 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 576 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 4 0
2012 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 645 4 0 6201.6
2012 Q2 1,406 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,957 7 1 2367.3
2011 Q4 1,844 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,138 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,075 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,172 6 1 2762.4
2010 Q4 2,569 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,535 22 12 8678.5
2010 Q2 2,382 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,291 3 2 1309.5
2009 Q4 1,798 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,098 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,639 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,159 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,270 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,807 4 0 2213.6
2008 Q2 1,889 2 0 1058.8
2008 Q1 1,569 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,644 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,598 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,309 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 379 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 934 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,298 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,998 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,546 2 1 1293.7
2005 Q3 1,546 5 1 3234.2
2005 Q2 2,492 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,035 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 720 4 2 5555.6
2004 Q2 2,720 2 1 735.3
2004 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,159 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2011 · 1 incident

March 1, 2011 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Duffy Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Was going to shut machines off slipped and fell shoving heal of hand into ground. EE cont'd. to work then noticed hand was starting to swell and the ring and pinky fingers were numb. The Dr. stated to be off rest of the day and to wear a splint for 7 days.

2009 · 1 incident

December 18, 2009 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Duffy Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stepping off crusher and slipped. Twisted ankle returned home felt ok over weekend never mentioned incident. Returned to work 12/21/09 stepped off excavator track and hurt same ankle, went to Dr. on 12/22/09 sprained, doctor recommended 1 day rest and or brace.

2008 · 1 incident

September 30, 2008 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Duffy Inc · Struck by flying object

Piece of iron stock fell from lid of crusher while doing maintence and hit EE on L elbow. The EE was attempting to beat a bolt loose with a piece of steel, EE said he was fine , but foreman offered to take EE to ER, but he refused. Foremen insisted and EE get it checked out by DR. Foreman called everyday till EE went to see DR.

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The full compliance file on Port Alleghany Mine

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.