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Sterling Quarry: 49 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James D Morrissey III
Sterling, Wayne County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3606877

Sterling Quarry has $8K 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
7
Years on record
1990–2016
Latest incident
Jun 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
49
citations
14
significant & substantial
$7,531
proposed penalties
$7,531
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Eureka Stone Quarry Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
53
inspections on record
577
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: 577 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sterling Quarry has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-26.
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.
28.6%
significant & substantial
14.3%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
55.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.2% low, 75.5% moderate, 14.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2020-11-03, 5 years ago
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-08-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.72 0.52 1.38 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-11-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2011-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.24 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2006-04-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-08-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.47 0.60 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.81 0.36 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. Eureka Stone Quarry Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 6
2023 7
2022 6
2021 5
2020 8
2019 8
2018 5
2017 6
2016 5
2015 4
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 3
2010 2
2009 3
2008 4
2007 3
2006 4
2005 3
2004 3
2003 4
2002 3
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Sterling Quarry sits in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Wayne County, Pennsylvania · Population 51,189
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$62,182
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 1,577 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,638 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,550 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,587 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,579 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,613 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,287 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,569 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,487 1 0 402.1
2024 Q1 2,453 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,906 1 0 344.1
2023 Q3 3,067 1 0 326.1
2023 Q2 3,628 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,697 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,507 2 0 570.3
2022 Q3 4,032 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,446 1 0 290.2
2022 Q1 2,597 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,819 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,845 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,999 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,563 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,519 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,649 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,433 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,760 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,537 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,358 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,505 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,816 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 950 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 950 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,790 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,006 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,906 3 3 1032.3
2017 Q3 2,957 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,995 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,408 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,156 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,925 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,302 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,162 3 0 948.8
2015 Q4 4,012 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,914 2 1 511.0
2015 Q2 2,103 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,170 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,545 2 1 1294.5
2014 Q3 1,156 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,169 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,077 1 1 928.5
2013 Q4 1,076 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,047 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,341 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,241 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,650 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,396 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 698 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,158 1 0 463.4
2011 Q3 1,834 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,290 2 2 1550.4
2011 Q1 680 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,267 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,522 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,129 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,314 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,943 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,797 3 0 1669.4
2009 Q2 1,021 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,053 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,360 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,960 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,954 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 601 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,930 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,194 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,352 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 744 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,784 3 1 1077.6
2006 Q3 3,104 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,988 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,056 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,450 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,806 2 0 712.8
2005 Q2 2,437 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,217 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,649 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,232 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,418 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,054 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,986 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,408 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,431 2 0 822.7
2003 Q1 1,997 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,911 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,637 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 650 1 0 1538.5
2002 Q1 1,271 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,086 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,925 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 644 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 204 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,722 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,310 2 0 1526.7
2000 Q2 2,673 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,380 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2016 · 1 incident

June 6, 2016 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Eureka Stone Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

Employee slipped on the crusher framework and fell onto back.

1997 · 1 incident

1996 · 1 incident

1993 · 1 incident

January 14, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eureka Stone Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN MOVING A OIL DRUM CUT RIGHT AND LEFT INDEX FINGERS SUTURE NEEDED TO CLOSE CUTS.

1991 · 2 incidents

August 5, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Eureka Stone Quarry Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CUTTING GRASS AND STEPPED ON YELLOWJACKET NEST.

February 22, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eureka Stone Quarry Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE WAS CLEAING OUT A TRAILER. HAD A ALLERGICE REACTION TO SOMETHING IN THE TRAILER.

1990 · 1 incident

October 24, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Eureka Stone Quarry Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PER REQUEST;CLEANING ROCK OUT OF CRUSHER WHEN STONE FELL ON LEFT HAND AND JAMMED THUMB.