Mining Incidents

Stitt Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Buffalo Limestone Inc · Facility
Controlled by Clyde Holding Inc
Ford City, Armstrong County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608442

Stitt Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1995–1999
Latest incident
Mar 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
16
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,510
proposed penalties
$1,510
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
28
inspections on record
325
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: 325 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Stitt Mine has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-12-22.
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
2011 Q2 1,586 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,350 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,699 1 0 370.5
2010 Q3 3,288 1 0 304.1
2010 Q2 3,681 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,628 1 0 380.5
2009 Q4 3,230 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,531 2 0 790.2
Show 38 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2 3,495 1 0 286.1
2009 Q1 2,673 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,162 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,686 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,811 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,820 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,479 1 0 287.4
2007 Q3 2,843 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,620 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,702 1 0 370.1
2006 Q4 3,485 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,286 2 0 874.9
2006 Q2 3,823 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,898 2 0 690.1
2005 Q4 3,265 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,739 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,927 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,816 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,388 1 0 295.2
2004 Q3 3,431 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,489 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,378 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,838 1 0 352.4
2003 Q3 3,525 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,394 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,822 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,536 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,375 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,374 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,820 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,558 1 0 390.9
2001 Q3 3,796 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,646 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,155 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,372 1 1 296.6
2000 Q3 3,814 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,462 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,941 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1999 · 1 incident

March 27, 1999 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buffalo Limestone Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EE WAS STANDING ON THE CATWALK HE LOST HIS BALANCE WHILE FALLING TWISTED & FRACTURED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

1996 · 2 incidents

August 8, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buffalo Limestone Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS LIFTING A ROCK OUT OF THE CRUSHER. THE ROCK SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS, AND FELL ON HIS FOOT.

May 18, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buffalo Limestone Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBIING DOWN OFF OF MQCHINE, HE SLIPPED AND TORE THE FLESH OF FOF HIS LEFT SHIN.

1995 · 1 incident

December 14, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buffalo Limestone Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WALKING BESIDE TRUCK. HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE & HIS HIS FACE ON THE BUMPER.

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The full compliance file on Stitt Mine

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.