Mining Incidents

Small Mountain Quarry Inc-Salem Sand: 1 MSHA citation Metal/Non-Metal

Pennsy Supply Inc. · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Shickshinny, PA, Luzerne County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608573

Small Mountain Quarry Inc-Salem Sand has $60 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Jan 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$60
proposed penalties
$60
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16
inspections on record
134
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: 134 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Small Mountain Quarry Inc-Salem Sand has $60 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$60
proposed penalties
$60
current assessed
$60
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-09-08.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Small Mountain Quarry Inc 1996 to 1999
  2. Small Mountain Quarry Inc 1999 to 2003
  3. Pennsy Supply Inc. 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 1
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Small Mountain Quarry Inc-Salem Sand 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
2008 Q4 398 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 909 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 79 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 271 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,073 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 248 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,462 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 95 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 37 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 170 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,259 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,166 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 483 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 472 1 0 2118.6
2004 Q2 635 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 185 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 771 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 825 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 938 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 1,574 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,161 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 884 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,515 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,881 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 930 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,609 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,950 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,297 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

January 14, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Small Mountain Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS STANDING ON BACK OF LOADER IN ORDER TO REACH A BELT THAT HE WAS GOING TO SPLICE/ LACE. SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND.