Mining Incidents

Rockdale Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Clear Spring, Washington County, MD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1800679

Rockdale Quarry 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
7
Years on record
1983–2003
Latest incident
Nov 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
22
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,671
proposed penalties
$1,671
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
17
inspections on record
245
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: 245 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rockdale Quarry 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
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-07-09.
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 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,227 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 786 0 0 0.0
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3 2,314 2 0 864.3
2009 Q2 2,943 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,887 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,095 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,396 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,517 3 0 1977.6
2008 Q1 5,135 1 0 194.7
2007 Q4 3,567 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,894 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,733 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,786 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,531 1 0 220.7
2006 Q3 10,819 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,751 1 0 129.0
2006 Q1 4,691 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,537 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,134 2 0 326.1
2005 Q2 5,971 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,029 5 1 994.2
2004 Q4 4,270 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,573 3 1 656.0
2004 Q2 4,026 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,179 4 0 1835.7
2003 Q4 2,086 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2003 · 1 incident

November 12, 2003 MD · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H B Mellott Estate Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE REMOVING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON, EMPLOYEE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN ANGLE IRON AND STEEL FRAME.

1987 · 3 incidents

June 2, 1987 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
H B Mellott Estate Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS ST2CKPILING STONE.WHILE STOCKPILING ,THE EMPLOYEE WAS RAISING BED OF TRUCK,THE STOCKPILE SLOUGHED AND THE TRUCK TIPPED OVER.EMPLOYEE CUT ELBOW ON CEILING OF CAB,AND BRUISED LEG.

March 26, 1987 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H B Mellott Estate Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS BA9RING A ROCK IN SCRUSHER HOPPER, A FLYING ROCK HIT BACK OF EAR, CAUSING A LACERATION, WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.

January 31, 1987 MD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H B Mellott Estate Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS JU4PING DOWN FROM LOADER HE HURT BACK WHEN JUMPING DOWN CAUSING A SWELLED DISC.

1984 · 1 incident

December 5, 1984 MD · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H B Mellott Estate Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DRILL WHNE BENDING OVER TO PICK UP DRILL STEEL HE DISLOCATED DISC IN LOWER LUMBAR AREA OF BACK

1983 · 2 incidents

April 18, 1983 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H B Mellott Estate Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS TRYING TO MOVE SCALES AWAY FROM SIDE OF WALL AS HE WAS BENDING OVER AND BARRING THE SCALE HE STRAINED BACK CAUSING SEVERE BACK PAINS

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