Mining Incidents

Portable Wash Plant III Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Troy Adzima
Wattsburg, Erie County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3607639

Portable Wash Plant III has $2K 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
8
Years on record
1985–2004
Latest incident
Sep 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
26
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,063
proposed penalties
$2,063
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
29
inspections on record
417
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: 417 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable Wash Plant III has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-07-13.
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
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 2,944 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,704 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,164 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,144 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,565 1 0 219.1
2010 Q2 4,501 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,100 1 0 909.1
Show 40 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4 4,787 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,664 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,335 7 2 1614.8
2009 Q1 1,017 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,290 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,912 2 0 407.2
2008 Q2 4,453 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,056 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,645 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,177 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,178 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,193 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,573 3 1 656.0
2006 Q3 5,478 1 0 182.5
2006 Q2 2,170 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 344 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,483 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,312 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,775 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,080 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,578 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,364 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,917 1 0 203.4
2004 Q1 3,187 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,211 4 0 767.6
2003 Q3 5,207 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,894 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,513 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,838 1 0 206.7
2002 Q3 5,872 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,074 1 0 197.1
2002 Q1 1,723 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,871 2 1 340.7
2001 Q3 5,519 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,846 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,094 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,784 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,435 2 1 310.8
2000 Q2 5,627 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,718 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2004 · 1 incident

September 8, 2004 PA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Helping to change pulley on cable for machine, chain slipped and caught right index finger.

2002 · 2 incidents

September 30, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

WAS SHUTTING OFF ENGINE OF ROCK TRUCK AND FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF FLOOR AND FELL BACKWARDS OUT OF THE TRUCK. HE GRABBED SAFETY RAIL TO KEEP FROM FALLING AND LANDED ON RT. SHOULDER AND BACK.

2000 · 1 incident

March 9, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HOLDING TORCH WITH LEFT HAND, HOLDING PIECE OF STEEL WITH RIGHT HAND, THE STEEL BROKE AND HIS HAND WENT ACROSS THE FLAME OF THE TORCH.

1998 · 1 incident

June 29, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FIRE
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GENERATOR FIRE AT OUR BUSINESS AND WAS OVERCOME BY THE SMOKE.

1996 · 1 incident

November 23, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CLEARING ROCKS OUT OF GRIZZLEY ON FEEDER WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER. THE HAMMER BOUNCED OFFROCK AND PINCHED LEFT HAND BETWEEN FEEDER FRAME AND THE SLEDGE HAMMER.

1995 · 1 incident

May 5, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

WAS TAKING OFF DOUBLE NUT ON BOLT HOLDING DOWN ROCK CRUSHER, THE WRENCH SLIPPED & I WENT BACKWARDS FALLING ONTO A STEEL I BEAM & CONTINUED DOWN TO THE GROUND ( ABOUT 10 FT.)

1985 · 1 incident

November 26, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS USING SHOVE5 HANDLE TO TAP ON SIDE OF HOPPER WHEN IT HIT A ROCK & DEFLECTED HANDLE CAUSING SHOVEL HEAD TO HIT IN EAR

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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.