Mining Incidents

Titan 1800 Screenplant: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Simonds Excavating Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Richard G Simonds
Montrose, Bradford County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609512

Titan 1800 Screenplant has $812 in proposed MSHA penalties and $500 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Titan 1800 Screenplant.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
8
citations
1
significant & substantial
$812
proposed penalties
$312
paid to date
38% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
5
inspections on record
27
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: 27 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Titan 1800 Screenplant has $812 in proposed MSHA penalties and $500 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.
$812
proposed penalties
$812
current assessed
$312
paid to date
$500
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $112 in penalties contested before the Commission, $112 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-05-29.
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.
12.5%
significant & substantial
12.5%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
37.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 87.5% moderate, 12.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$112 proposed, $112 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 2013-07-30.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
PENN 2013-316M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $112 → $112
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Simonds Excavating Inc. 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 0
2013 4
2012 3
2008 4
2007 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Titan 1800 Screenplant sits in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Bradford County, Pennsylvania · Population 59,971
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$62,482
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
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 234 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 300 6 0 20000.0
2013 Q1 430 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 464 0 0 0.0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 1,182 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,112 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,230 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,030 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,118 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,274 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.