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S M Rinehimer: 117 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Randy R Rinehimer
Berwick, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3605944

S M Rinehimer has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2004–2026
Latest incident
Apr 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
117
citations
31
significant & substantial
$43,693
proposed penalties
$32,478
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,215 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Riverview Block, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
568
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: 568 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

S M Rinehimer has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 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.
$44K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
116 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $27K in penalties contested before the Commission, $16K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-30.
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.
26.7%
significant & substantial
25.9%
high negligence or reckless
26.7%
reasonably likely or greater
58.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.8% low, 60.3% moderate, 25.0% high, 0.9% 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.
14 citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
  • Settled 14 · 100%
100%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
48%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$22K proposed, $11K 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 2011-11-28.
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 2009-785M Settlement Bulluck 2010 $10K → $7K
PENN 2012-68M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $6K → $807
PENN20020170M Settlement Zielinski 2002 $4K → $3K
PENN 2009-786M Settlement Bulluck 2010 $3K → $3K
PENN 2010-122M Settlement Bulluck 2010 $2K → $540
PENN20020069M Settlement Barbour 2002 $1K → $1K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2023-03-30, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-11-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.8 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2014-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2011-06-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.37 0.51 Truck Driver
2011-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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.
Ownership history
  1. Donald Rinehimer 1950 to 1985
  2. Riverview Block, Inc. 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 5
2024 5
2023 5
2022 5
2021 5
2020 6
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 5
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
2012 5
2011 4
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 4
2005 2
2004 3
2003 3
2002 4
2001 4
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

S M Rinehimer sits in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 325,978
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,321
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
2026 Q2 968 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 48 2 0 41666.7
2025 Q4 404 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,028 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 648 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 164 4 1 24390.2
2024 Q4 644 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,010 5 1 4950.5
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 528 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 166 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 608 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 788 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 482 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 248 2 0 8064.5
2022 Q4 968 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 808 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,012 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 488 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,200 4 1 3333.3
2021 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,420 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 484 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 980 2 0 2040.8
2020 Q3 2,040 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,840 1 0 543.5
2020 Q1 648 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,640 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,800 2 1 1111.1
2019 Q2 1,360 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,240 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 520 2 0 3846.2
2017 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 600 1 0 1666.7
2016 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 808 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,925 1 1 519.5
2015 Q3 2,015 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 848 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 724 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,514 3 2 1981.5
2014 Q3 2,117 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,460 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 970 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,284 3 1 2336.4
2013 Q3 3,040 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 177 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,200 2 1 909.1
2012 Q3 2,081 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,960 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,430 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,606 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,470 5 2 3401.4
2011 Q2 1,980 4 2 2020.2
2011 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 200 5 2 25000.0
2009 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 475 12 3 25263.2
2009 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 960 6 4 6250.0
2008 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 500 4 0 8000.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 512 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,024 16 0 15625.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q3 640 4 1 6250.0
2005 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 495 3 0 6060.6
2004 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 480 4 2 8333.3
2003 Q2 585 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 570 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 576 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 528 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 800 14 6 17500.0
2001 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 520 5 0 9615.4
2001 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 300 1 0 3333.3
2000 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2026 · 1 incident

April 16, 2026 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Riverview Block, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee got finger pinched in belt.

2004 · 1 incident

December 21, 2004 PA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Riverview Block, Inc. · Fall from machine

EE STEPPED OUT ON CHUTE TO HOOK CRANE. BOLTS WERE RUSTED OFF. CHUTE BROKE AWAY AND EE FELL. HE LANDED ON PILE OF FROZEN MATERIAL.