Mining Incidents

Sandy Plains Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Clyde Holding Inc
Fredericktown, Washington County, PA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3609856

Sandy Plains has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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 2010
51
citations
8
significant & substantial
$12,591
proposed penalties
$10,898
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,693 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
32
inspections on record
384
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: 384 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sandy Plains has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-23.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 256 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,191 3 0 1369.2
2024 Q3 1,781 3 0 1684.4
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 40 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,318 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,391 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,756 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,609 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,258 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 830 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,051 1 0 951.5
2016 Q2 2,069 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,288 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,846 3 0 1625.1
2015 Q3 1,717 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,387 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,756 2 0 1139.0
2014 Q4 3,333 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,636 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,265 5 1 1531.4
2014 Q1 1,641 2 0 1218.8
2013 Q4 2,953 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,747 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,990 1 0 334.4
2013 Q1 2,855 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,565 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,511 4 0 1593.0
2012 Q2 4,178 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,194 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,882 4 0 1387.9
2011 Q3 3,020 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,019 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,704 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,340 19 6 14179.1

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.

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