Mining Incidents

THE WATSONTOWN BRICK CO. QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wienerberger AG
Watsontown, Northumberland County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3600684

THE WATSONTOWN BRICK CO. QUARRY has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
38
citations
9
significant & substantial
$4,557
proposed penalties
$4,104
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $453 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
47
inspections on record
506
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: 506 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

THE WATSONTOWN BRICK CO. QUARRY has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 2 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$453
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
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
2025 Q4 1,270 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 742 1 1 1347.7
2025 Q2 730 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 768 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 709 3 1 4231.3
2024 Q3 791 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 634 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 709 0 0 0.0
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,103 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 691 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 832 2 1 2403.8
2023 Q1 412 3 0 7281.6
2022 Q4 482 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 775 2 0 2580.6
2022 Q1 961 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 936 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 719 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 779 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 796 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 663 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 738 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 507 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 505 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 666 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 826 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 589 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 707 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 700 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 740 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,391 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,901 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,918 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,361 1 0 423.5
2017 Q1 1,464 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,432 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,601 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,400 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,254 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,859 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,556 2 0 1285.3
2015 Q2 1,784 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,393 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,096 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,753 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,870 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,481 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,470 3 1 2040.8
2013 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,670 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,702 2 2 1175.1
2012 Q4 1,508 3 0 1989.4
2012 Q3 1,568 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,101 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 970 1 1 1030.9
2011 Q3 1,001 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 992 2 0 2016.1
2010 Q4 970 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 856 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,925 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 589 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,202 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,450 2 1 1379.3
2008 Q3 1,696 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,173 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,490 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,911 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,569 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,500 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,614 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,688 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,573 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,563 5 0 3199.0
2006 Q1 1,806 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,589 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,579 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,552 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,570 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,634 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,495 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,807 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,528 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,567 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,442 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,866 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,429 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,413 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,582 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,196 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,078 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,368 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,139 3 0 955.7
2001 Q1 2,058 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,871 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,464 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,858 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,565 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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