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: 528 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Taylor has $40K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$40K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
120 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $25K in penalties contested before the Commission, $16K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-09-20.
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.
40citations taken to the federal commission · 33% of citations on record
Settled
38 · 95%
Stood as issued
2 · 5%
87%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 15 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
34%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$25K proposed, $16K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2020-08-03.
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: 2016-06-16, 10 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2016-06-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
1.84
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-06-16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.57
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-06-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-06-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.29
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.
Taylor recorded 16.46 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.
Injury rate, 2011
ⓘ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.
16.46
total case rate
8.23
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.56 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.93 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
2011 *
16.46
8.23
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
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
2023
0
2022
8
2021
8
2020
8
2019
8
2018
8
2017
8
2016
8
2015
8
2014
8
2013
8
2012
10
2011
10
2010
9
2009
8
2008
8
2007
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Taylor sits in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Mercer County, Pennsylvania · Population 109,852
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$60,614
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
2023 Q2
0
0
0
2022 Q4
2,610
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
5,115
6
0
1173.0
2022 Q2
5,724
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
4,415
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
4,995
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
5,470
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
4,900
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2020 Q4
3,936
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
2,959
11
0
3717.5
2019 Q4
3,800
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
6,330
12
2
1895.7
2019 Q2
4,437
1
0
225.4
2019 Q1
3,198
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
3,276
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
5,590
6
0
1073.3
2018 Q2
5,967
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
3,710
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
3,651
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
5,490
3
0
546.4
2017 Q2
5,209
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
3,917
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
4,898
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
5,586
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
5,642
3
1
531.7
2016 Q1
2,221
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
2,932
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
4,680
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
3,637
6
4
1649.7
2015 Q1
1,656
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
2,257
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
5,672
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
4,631
7
2
1511.6
2014 Q1
1,822
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
1,974
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
5,025
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,249
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
2,444
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
2,195
1
0
455.6
2012 Q3
5,522
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
6,630
12
3
1810.0
2012 Q1
4,549
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
5,295
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
8,239
1
1
121.4
2011 Q2
6,878
1
0
145.4
2011 Q1
3,888
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
5,440
1
1
183.8
2010 Q3
6,762
2
2
295.8
2010 Q2
6,299
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
3,660
2
1
546.4
2009 Q4
5,234
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
5,044
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
6,599
9
5
1363.8
2009 Q1
2,713
3
0
1105.8
2008 Q4
3,901
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
2,986
3
0
1004.7
2008 Q2
5,564
28
6
5032.4
2008 Q1
3,873
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
3,580
1
0
279.3
2007 Q3
1,220
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2018 · 1 incident
July 19, 2018PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSTRIKING OR BUMPING
Working on plant took off hard hat, walked to control room without hat. Walking back to plant without hard hat, hit head on plant. Dr. released light duty only back 7/27/18.
2015 · 1 incident
September 16, 2015PA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Operator loading trucks in pit with excavator. Decided to get in dozer to move it to back of pit. Was on a flat area, went over a 1 inch high bump. Dozer lurched forward. He hit his head on windshield. He did not have safety belt on. A violation of company rules.
2012 · 1 incident
January 11, 2012PA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Got into back of utility truck. This is a pick-up used to carry tools. While stepping off tailgate lost balance. He got on to ground fell hurt tail bone lost his balance. Told me he will be back 1-16-12.
2011 · 2 incidents
September 17, 2011PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Terra Resources, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee changing screen on plant reached for screen caught finger between screen and safety rail. Received 3 stitches.
March 31, 2011PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Terra Resources, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Drive belts were slipping on small rinsing shaker. Employee grabbed belts. Belts moved he caught his nail in pulley