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.
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.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2017-11-17.
On record since 2017.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, 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.
Of $160K in penalties contested before the Commission, $107K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-08-29.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
157citations taken to the federal commission · 48% of citations on record
Settled
146 · 93%
Stood as issued
8 · 5%
Vacated or withdrawn
3 · 2%
80%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 71 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$160K proposed, $107K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2018-02-06.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2017-06-12, 9 years ago
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz124 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (15)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2009-03-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.72
0.38
1.89
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-03-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.98
0.41
2.39
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-03-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.33
0.4
3.33
Truck Driver
2005-05-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
0.42
1.14
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-06-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-04-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.33
0.70
Truck Driver
2009-04-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-04-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
0.58
0.83
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-03-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
1.36
0.35
Backhoe Operator
2005-05-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.33
0.79
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0.11
Truck Driver
2005-05-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.35
0.83
Laborer, Bullgang
2001-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
1.14
0.22
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
0.38
0.92
Utility Man
2001-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
0.61
0.77
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Tarheel Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2017.
Injury rate, 2017
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.99 and the all-US-mining average was 2.48 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.66 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
9.93
9.93
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2019
2
2018
6
2017
22
2016
10
2015
6
2014
3
2013
12
2012
10
2011
15
2010
10
2009
10
2008
15
2007
9
2006
8
2005
8
2004
8
2003
5
2002
7
2001
6
2000
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Tarheel Quarry sits in Monroe 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.
Monroe County, Pennsylvania · Population 167,784
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$82,374
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
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 quartersHide 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
34
7
7243.3
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, 2007PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING 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, 2004PA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS