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: 548 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Schoeneck Quarry has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $362 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-05-25.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 100%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$362 proposed, $0 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2010-11-02.
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: 2011-06-08, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz7
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (9)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2011-06-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-06-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Truck Driver
2006-04-05
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.54
10
0.05
Utility Man
2005-11-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.38
10
0.04
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.77
10
0.08
Truck Driver
2005-11-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.45
10
0.05
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2002-07-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Schoeneck Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.91 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
6.16
0.00
0.000
2005 *
5.80
0.00
0.000
2004 *
6.61
6.61
0.000
2003 *
14.26
14.26
0.000
2002 *
13.10
13.10
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2017
8
2016
7
2015
6
2014
5
2013
6
2012
8
2011
8
2010
9
2009
12
2008
14
2007
14
2006
14
2005
13
2004
13
2003
13
2002
15
2001
15
2000
24
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Schoeneck Quarry sits in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania · Population 555,151
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$83,703
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
2017 Q3
1,254
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,224
1
0
817.0
2017 Q1
1,507
1
0
663.6
2016 Q4
2,140
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
2,866
5
1
1744.6
2016 Q2
4,004
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
3,192
1
0
313.3
2015 Q4
4,556
0
0
0.0
Show 62 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2015 Q3
3,530
1
0
283.3
2015 Q2
3,193
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,118
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
2,147
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
2,028
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,825
2
0
1095.9
2014 Q1
1,957
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
2,517
2
1
794.6
2013 Q3
1,908
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,974
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
2,646
2
0
755.9
2012 Q4
3,890
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
4,280
1
0
233.6
2012 Q2
4,594
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
4,332
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
4,249
1
1
235.3
2011 Q3
4,398
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
4,562
1
0
219.2
2011 Q1
3,386
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
4,332
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
4,713
7
2
1485.3
2010 Q2
4,742
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
3,124
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
4,961
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
5,262
6
1
1140.3
2009 Q2
5,306
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,776
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
5,677
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
5,534
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,424
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
4,920
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
7,670
1
0
130.4
2007 Q3
8,156
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
8,399
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
5,488
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
7,557
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
7,868
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
8,531
1
0
117.2
2006 Q1
8,509
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
9,090
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
9,527
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
8,189
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
7,651
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
9,062
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
8,080
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,651
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
5,479
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
7,194
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
7,234
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
7,468
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
6,162
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
7,152
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
8,156
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
8,156
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
7,078
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
7,383
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
8,032
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
7,842
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
5,485
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
7,030
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
5,982
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,982
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
16 on file
2017 · 1 incident
June 20, 2017PA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
A non-employee caught their fingers in the tailgate of their dump truck while cleaning it prior to getting loaded with stone. The local EMS was called to transport the non-employee to a local emergency facility for treatment. The driver works for Rittenbaugh Transport.
As the EE was helping to install a pin to hold the grapple onto the equipment another EE was using a sledge hammer to pound the pin into place. The hammer glanced off of the pin striking EE in the face causing a contusion on the R side of face.
2011 · 2 incidents
May 26, 2011PA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
while assisting to remove a screen EE felt a pop in his neck.
2009 · 1 incident
September 25, 2009PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Installing hose under loader above the belly pan, felt strain in left shoulder. This injury was not reported to me until November 5, 2009. I could not report this to MSHA until it was reported to me.
2006 · 1 incident
January 31, 2006PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was repairing safety latch for crusher. The latch was positoned in a vice. When he loosened the vice the latch slipped out and caught his left middle finger between the latch and work bench.
2004 · 1 incident
June 12, 2004PA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS OPERATING A CAT 988B LOADER, DIGGING A NEW RAMP IN VERY ROUGH MATERIAL. EE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER BOUNCING IN THE SEAT FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
2003 · 2 incidents
July 15, 2003PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS LIFTING A WATER PUMP INTO POSITION WHEN HE FELT A SUDDEN ONSET OF A BURNING SENSATION & DISCOMFORT IN HIS ABDOMEN. EE DID NOT REPORT OR SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 7/16/03.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 180 LB. STEEL HAMMER TIP TO INSTALL IN PRIMARY CRUSHER WHEN IT FELL ON LEFT HAND CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER(FRACTURE/LACERATION).
1991 · 1 incident
September 9, 1991PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING THRU YARD TO HIS JOB ASSIGNMENT WHEN HE STUMBLED & TWISTED RT KNEE RESULTING IN A TORN CARTILAGE IN HIS KNEE WILL NEED SURGERY TO REPAIR TORN CARTILAGE WORKED FROM DATE OF INJURY UNTIL 10-09-91 WHEN DOC TOLD HIM TO STOPWORKING
1989 · 1 incident
January 11, 1989PA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS