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
106
citations
31
significant & substantial
$65,575
proposed penalties
$49,075
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,500 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: 709 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.
Of $48K in penalties contested before the Commission, $31K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-03-28.
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.
17citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
Settled
11 · 65%
Stood as issued
3 · 18%
Vacated or withdrawn
3 · 18%
79%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 14 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
50%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$67K proposed, $33K 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 2013-01-31.
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: 2025-09-04
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz31 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (6)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-07-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.58
0.41
1.41
Backhoe Operator
2025-09-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2014-07-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2004-07-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.61
0.67
0.91
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
0.45
0.69
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
3
2025
2
2024
4
2023
3
2022
4
2021
3
2020
0
2019
1
2018
4
2017
4
2016
4
2015
4
2014
5
2013
3
2012
3
2011
4
2010
4
2009
3
2008
4
2007
3
2006
4
2005
4
2004
3
2003
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Port Alleghany Mine sits in Potter County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 2.3% 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.
Potter County, Pennsylvania · Population 16,276
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$59,840
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
2,219
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
2,013
0
0
0.0
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
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
2,568
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
442
0
0
0.0
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, 2011PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP 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, 2009PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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, 2008PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
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.