Prospect Park Quarry & Mill has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
1983–2009
Latest incident
Dec 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
30
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,461
proposed penalties
$2,461
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: 482 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Prospect Park Quarry & Mill has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $950 in penalties contested before the Commission, $800 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-02-23.
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.
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: 2010-05-25, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (12)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-05-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-05-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
Backhoe Operator
2010-05-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2010-05-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-11-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.43
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
2.51
0.15
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-10-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
2.32
0.16
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.03
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.9
0.12
Truck Driver
2003-10-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.28
0.11
Laborer, Bullgang
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.
Prospect Park Quarry & Mill recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.
Injury rate, 2011
ⓘ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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.56 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In New Jersey, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.31 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
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
6.56
6.56
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
3.47
0.00
0.000
2004 *
3.79
3.79
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
2011
11
2010
13
2009
15
2008
18
2007
22
2006
24
2005
24
2004
20
2003
20
2002
23
2001
23
2000
26
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Prospect Park Quarry & Mill sits in Passaic County, New Jersey, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Passaic County, New Jersey · Population 518,289
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$87,137
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
Due to severe weather conditions the scalehouse to the Quarry was closing. The employee had removed the trash and was walking back to the scalehouse when he fell in the parking area. An ambulance was called and the employee was taken to the hospital.
2007 · 1 incident
January 29, 2007NJ · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOTHER
While lifting the hood of a water truck to do preshift inspection, employee felt a strain in his arm. Employee was able to work within the boundries of his job capacity until 10/25/04 at which time his doctor placed him out of work for further treatment of this injury.
2001 · 2 incidents
January 15, 2001NJ · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS CLEANING OFF GUARD BY BRUSHING IT WITH HIS HANDS. ANOTHER EE WAS ASSISTING BY TAPPING GUARD WITH HAMMER TO LOOSEN IT. HAMMER SLIPPED STRIKING THE FIRST EMPLOYEE'S LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
January 10, 2001NJ · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS EXITING PERSONAL VEHICLE TO BEGIN DAY SHIFT. HE SLIPPED & FELL ON ICE. (HE WAS LAID OFF DUE TO LACK OF WORK ON THE FOLLOWING DAY. HE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO WORK ON MARCH 19, 2001 AT WHICH TIME HE WENT TO THE WORK COMP. DOCTOR & WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY).
1999 · 1 incident
October 11, 1999NJ · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS ADJUSTING TAIL PULLEY UNDER #1 BELT WHEN A SINGLE ROCK BEING CONVEYED TO SCHRREN #1 ROLLED BACKWARD AND FELL OFF OF CONVEYOR HITTING EE IN HARD HAT. ROCK WEIGHED 15 LBS.
1998 · 2 incidents
August 8, 1998NJ · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE UTILIZED A TEMPORARY WALKWAY TO GAIN ACCESS TO A CHUTE. THE AREA HAD NO RAILS AND THE EE FAILED TO WEAR FULL PROTECTION. EE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF THE CHUTE.
January 6, 1998NJ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tilcon New York Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON A DUMP TRUCK TAILGATE. TAILGATE HAND AN AIR PRESSURIED BRAKE & A BACK-UP MANUAL RELEASE. EE DID NOT TURN THE PRESSURE OFF, THIS CAUSED PRESSURE TO BE MAINTAINE D ON THE MANUAL RELEASE. EE TOOK THE SAFETY RING OFF THE MANUEL RELEASE LENS CAUSING IT TO QUICLY MOVE FORWARD UNDER PRESSURE LACERATED EE'S HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING LOADER BUCKET TOOTH. CUT IT WITH WELDER AND STRUCK REMAINING PORTION WITH SLAG HAMMER. SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S CHEEK.
July 24, 1997NJ · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE CROSSED OVER BLOCKED OFF PORTION OF AN OLD CONVEYOR WALKWAY NO LONGER IN USE WITH A SECOND EE IN ORDER TO REPAIR A BELT. THE WALKWAY BROKE AND THE EES FELL 3-7'. ONE EE INCURRED A REPORTABL E INJURY. THE WALKWAYS SUPPORT HAD ROTTER OUT. THE WALKWAY HAS BEEN REBUILT WITH STEEL.
July 9, 1997NJ · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tilcon New York Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
2 MEN ENTERING AND EXITING A DOORWAY AT THE SAME TIME. DOOR HIT ONE LEFT HAND CAUSING A CHIP FRACTURE TO THE 4TH DIGIT OF THE LEFT HAND.
Tilcon New York Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE ASSISTED IN REPLACING A STEEL PLATE UNDERNEATH THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. PLATE WAS FIRST LOWERED IN PLATE HOWEVER APPROX. 2 INCHES FORM FLOOR AS THE EE AND HIS FELLOW WORKER ATTEMPTED TO GUIDE T HE PLATE TO ITS RESTING POINT. THE EE CAUGHT HISRIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE PLATE AND THE WALL. PLATE WAS LOWERED IN A HOIST.
1995 · 1 incident
February 14, 1995NJ · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN LEFT EYE BY FORIEGN BODY WHILE ASSITING REMOVAL OF A BEARING. TEMPORARILY REMOVED SAFETY GLASSES NEAR FELLOW EMPLOYEE SING HAMMER AND CHISEL.
1992 · 1 incident
February 26, 1992NJ · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON