Mining Incidents

Rozell's Quarry: 9 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

TNT Quarries · Surface
Brooklyn, Susquehanna County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609622

Rozell's Quarry has $900 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
9
citations
1
significant & substantial
$900
proposed penalties
$900
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
11
inspections on record
76
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: 76 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rozell's Quarry has $900 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.
$900
proposed penalties
$900
current assessed
$900
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $200 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-04-09.
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.
11.1%
significant & substantial
44.4%
high negligence or reckless
11.1%
reasonably likely or greater
11.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 22.2% moderate, 44.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 22% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$200 proposed, $200 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 2008-08-05.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
PENN 2008-514M Prevail Lesnick 2009 $200 → $200
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. TNT Quarries 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2013 2
2012 3
2011 3
2010 2
2009 3
2008 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Rozell's Quarry sits in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 3.2% 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.
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania · Population 38,349
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,930
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
2013 Q2 20 1 0 50000.0
2013 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 520 1 0 1923.1
2012 Q3 1,090 1 0 917.4
2012 Q2 1,010 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,090 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 988 1 0 1012.1
2011 Q3 808 1 1 1237.6
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2 780 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,170 2 0 1709.4
2010 Q2 780 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 390 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 890 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,170 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 780 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 106 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,170 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,170 2 0 1709.4

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.