Mining Incidents

Strodes Mill Metal/Non-Metal

Strodes Mills, Mifflin County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3603175

Strodes Mill has $4K 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
2002–2010
Latest incident
Aug 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
24
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,775
proposed penalties
$2,279
paid to date
60% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,496 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
20
inspections on record
191
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: 191 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Strodes Mill has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-15.
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 Q1 91 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,339 2 0 1493.7
2010 Q3 1,900 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,726 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 251 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,269 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,026 4 2 1974.3
2009 Q2 1,887 0 0 0.0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 446 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,549 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,626 2 1 1230.0
2008 Q2 2,043 1 0 489.5
2008 Q1 993 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,583 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,886 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,833 2 0 1091.1
2007 Q1 762 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,560 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,910 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,940 2 0 1030.9
2006 Q1 894 1 0 1118.6
2005 Q4 1,338 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,997 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,840 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 758 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,705 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,086 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,073 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,014 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,482 1 0 674.8
2003 Q3 1,970 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,885 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 656 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,440 9 0 6250.0
2002 Q3 1,595 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,863 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 721 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,477 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,708 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,687 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 596 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,769 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 562 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 562 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2010 · 1 incident

August 30, 2010 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eastern Industries Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Swinging 3 pound sledge hammer on mill screens, when he developed light shoulder pains.

2007 · 1 incident

August 8, 2007 PA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eastern Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Driving wooden wedge with 3 pound sledge hammer, hammer glanced off wooden wedge striking left ring finger.

2002 · 2 incidents

October 21, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eastern Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TRYING TO LOOSEN A STONE IN CRUSHER THE DIGGING IRON SLIPPED. THE ROCK CAME LOOSE CATCHING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN ANGLE IRON GUARD AND DIGGING IRON.

May 2, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eastern Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROCK JAMMED IN ROCK CRUSHER. EE USING PRY BAR TO LOOSEN ROCK WHEN HIS RIGHT THUMB GOT BETWEEN ANGLE IRON GUARD & DIGGING IRON.

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The full compliance file on Strodes Mill

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.