Sewickley Mine has $1.4M in proposed MSHA penalties and $1.3M outstanding across 12 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2021–2023
Latest incident
Sep 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
230
citations
56
significant & substantial
$1,399,539
proposed penalties
$111,977
paid to date
8% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,287,562 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
53
inspections on record
1,139
inspection hours
20.2
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.
230 citations across 1,139 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Sewickley Mine has $1.4M in proposed MSHA penalties and $1.3M outstanding across 12 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.
$1.4M
proposed penalties
$1.4M
current assessed
$112K
paid to date
$1.3M
outstanding
193 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-12.
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
3,306
1
0
302.5
2025 Q3
5,038
4
0
794.0
2025 Q2
4,000
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
4,142
1
0
241.4
2024 Q4
4,092
2
0
488.8
2024 Q3
5,004
1
0
199.8
2024 Q2
4,361
2
2
458.6
2024 Q1
3,996
20
5
5005.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
3,478
1
0
287.5
2023 Q3
4,161
53
29
12737.3
2023 Q2
4,473
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
5,346
14
5
2618.8
2022 Q4
4,037
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
4,347
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
4,945
21
3
4246.7
2022 Q1
3,836
4
2
1042.8
2021 Q4
4,382
11
1
2510.3
2021 Q3
4,810
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
5,860
18
2
3071.7
2021 Q1
3,929
8
1
2036.1
2020 Q4
3,508
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
4,374
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
4,880
16
0
3278.7
2020 Q1
3,081
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
4,491
5
1
1113.3
2019 Q3
4,608
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
5,262
10
2
1900.4
2019 Q1
3,537
5
0
1413.6
2018 Q4
3,239
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
3,064
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
2,519
6
0
2381.9
2018 Q1
1,881
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,693
2
0
742.7
2017 Q3
3,675
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
2,693
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
1,606
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
2,310
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
2,959
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,948
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,585
2
0
1261.8
2015 Q4
2,975
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
2,518
1
0
397.1
2015 Q2
2,834
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,186
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
3,159
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
2,691
4
1
1486.4
2014 Q2
3,399
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
1,464
1
0
683.1
2013 Q4
1,192
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,104
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,054
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
570
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,168
2
0
1712.3
2012 Q3
1,035
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
1,215
2
0
1646.1
2012 Q1
988
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
1,212
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
1,222
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,011
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
487
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
781
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
1,319
1
0
758.2
2010 Q2
1,120
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
825
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
747
10
2
13386.9
2009 Q3
560
1
0
1785.7
2009 Q2
512
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
64
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
520
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
869
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
644
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
September 8, 2023PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Employee disregarded lock out tag safety training and climbed into a hopper without de-energizing equipment and without notifying other workers in the area. Loader operator had no way of knowing that anyone would be inside the hopper with the feeder belt running. Employee in the hopper was buried and crushed when loader operator dumped 18 tons of stone into hopper
Employee was lying down underneath chute of stationary crusher attempting to dislodge limestone that was stuck. rock was dislodge and additional rock that employee did not see also fell striking EE in the right portion of EE's forehead
2021 · 1 incident
November 3, 2021PA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee noticed conveyor belt was slipping and ran to the disconnect switch and EE stumbled while pulling the disconnect arm. EE's glove got caught on the disconnect arm as EE fell causing a strain on EE's right shoulder & bicep.
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