Mining Incidents

Tarheel Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Tarheel Quarry LLC · Surface
Blakeslee, Monroe County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3608073

Tarheel Quarry has $192K in proposed MSHA penalties and $56K outstanding across 14 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1993–2007
Latest incident
Oct 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
324
citations
105
significant & substantial
$191,704
proposed penalties
$91,983
paid to date
48% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $99,721 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
60
inspections on record
1,225
inspection hours
26.5
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.
324 citations across 1,225 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tarheel Quarry has $192K in proposed MSHA penalties and $56K outstanding across 14 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.
$192K
proposed penalties
$148K
current assessed
$92K
paid to date
$56K
outstanding
311 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-08-29.
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
2019 Q1 770 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,189 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,836 1 0 260.7
2018 Q2 2,308 3 0 1299.8
2018 Q1 589 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 7,770 39 21 5019.3
2017 Q3 11,965 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,635 68 22 7874.9
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 857 21 4 24504.1
2016 Q4 5,119 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,824 9 0 1545.3
2016 Q2 4,740 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,863 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,920 25 6 6377.6
2015 Q3 3,360 8 3 2381.0
2015 Q2 3,320 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,880 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,491 5 2 3353.5
2014 Q3 1,465 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,476 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,595 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,812 6 4 1574.0
2013 Q3 5,171 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 10,730 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,642 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,717 6 3 1049.5
2012 Q3 5,763 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,042 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,143 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 10,260 7 4 682.3
2011 Q3 10,709 5 1 466.9
2011 Q2 8,577 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,359 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 7,361 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,799 3 1 517.3
2010 Q2 5,450 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,214 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,462 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,832 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,999 3 3 600.1
2009 Q1 1,396 8 3 5730.7
2008 Q4 5,534 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 11,377 12 0 1054.8
2008 Q2 8,602 5 2 581.3
2008 Q1 3,377 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,999 8 1 1600.3
2007 Q3 6,217 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,430 1 0 155.5
2007 Q1 2,327 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,694 39 10 8308.5
2006 Q3 4,957 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,719 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 947 1 0 1056.0
2005 Q4 2,941 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,480 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,397 11 3 2501.7
2005 Q1 922 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,511 5 2 767.9
2004 Q3 5,829 3 3 514.7
2004 Q2 6,087 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,712 6 4 3504.7
2003 Q4 3,465 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,117 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,922 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,991 2 0 668.7
2002 Q3 3,228 1 0 309.8
2002 Q2 3,256 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,445 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,717 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,912 12 3 3067.5
2001 Q2 3,939 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,810 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,120 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,660 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2007 · 1 incident

October 6, 2007 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tarheel Quarry LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Installing new conveyor belt, roll of belting slipped on chain and fell on top of left hand. Trapping hand between roll of belting and steel conveyor frame.

2004 · 1 incident

July 6, 2004 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Selig Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRAINED SHOULDER WHILE GETTING UP TO A CATWALK.

1993 · 1 incident

September 7, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Selig Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WASHING SCREEN ON SHAKER. ROCK FELL DOWN HITTING FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

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