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: 826 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
RADUCZ STONE has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
133 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-02.
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.
29citations taken to the federal commission · 22% of citations on record
Settled
28 · 97%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 3%
67%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
28%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$11K proposed, $8K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2009-12-29.
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: 2024-03-13
8%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
26
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz121 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg14
Show the individual readings (26)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2008-11-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
0.21
1.81
Backhoe Operator
2024-03-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.41
0.34
Utility Man
2024-03-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.42
0.38
Utility Man
2024-03-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2024-03-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.42
0.40
Utility Man
2017-12-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift Operator
2017-12-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-12-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2014-10-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift Operator
2014-10-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2009-01-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.41
0.32
Backhoe Operator
2008-11-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2007-08-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.06
0.12
Utility Man
2007-08-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2007-08-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2007-08-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2005-04-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.31
0.74
Bulldozer Operator
2005-04-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
0.33
0.97
Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-04-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-04-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.31
0.71
Utility Man
2005-04-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.38
0.45
Utility Man
2003-08-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-08-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.68
1.2
0.57
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2003-08-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-08-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.22
0.55
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-05-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Diamond Drill 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
4
2025
5
2024
5
2023
5
2022
6
2021
6
2020
6
2019
4
2018
4
2017
4
2016
3
2015
3
2014
3
2013
3
2012
4
2011
3
2010
4
2009
5
2008
7
2007
8
2006
7
2005
6
2004
6
2003
7
2001
7
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
RADUCZ STONE sits in Butler County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Butler County, Pennsylvania · Population 195,870
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$86,775
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
Employee was striking a chisel while carving a piece of stone. A small chip broke off the chisel, resulting in a minor laceration on left thumb. The chip did not exit, remaining in thumb area. Injury 5/17 - continued working. Complications caused employee to seek medical attention on 5/28/13.