Mining Incidents

Union Furnace Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Tyrone, Huntingdon County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3600266

Union Furnace Quarry has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2010–2024
Latest incident
Dec 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
58
citations
7
significant & substantial
$6,509
proposed penalties
$6,282
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $227 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
57
inspections on record
1,049
inspection hours
5.5
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.
58 citations across 1,049 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Union Furnace Quarry has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-07.
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 5,643 2 0 354.4
2025 Q3 3,209 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,660 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,716 2 0 349.9
2024 Q4 4,069 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,402 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,785 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,312 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,374 1 0 156.9
2023 Q3 4,238 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,754 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,107 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,364 1 0 297.3
2022 Q3 3,786 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,598 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 758 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 73 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 49 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 52 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 56 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 119 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 124 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,285 1 0 778.2
2019 Q3 2,767 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,382 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,198 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,736 2 0 731.0
2018 Q3 266 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,743 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 964 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,715 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,044 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,653 1 0 176.9
2017 Q1 1,733 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,928 1 0 254.6
2016 Q3 5,785 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,946 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,731 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,956 3 2 758.3
2015 Q3 5,179 1 0 193.1
2015 Q2 4,112 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,241 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,676 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,484 3 0 462.7
2014 Q2 5,742 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,061 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,737 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,171 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,628 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,115 1 0 472.8
2012 Q4 2,578 1 0 387.9
2012 Q3 5,554 2 0 360.1
2012 Q2 6,230 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,777 1 0 360.1
2011 Q4 3,022 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,146 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,096 1 0 140.9
2011 Q1 2,141 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,814 3 1 1066.1
2010 Q3 6,716 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,529 8 2 1225.3
2010 Q1 1,961 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,064 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,281 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,576 1 0 152.1
2009 Q1 2,889 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,140 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,102 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,557 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,185 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,492 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,569 2 0 304.5
2007 Q2 6,295 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,018 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,540 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,853 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,402 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,291 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,325 1 0 300.8
2005 Q3 7,125 2 0 280.7
2005 Q2 6,861 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,177 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,510 1 1 221.7
2004 Q3 7,294 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,546 1 0 152.8
2004 Q1 2,740 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,578 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,206 2 0 277.5
2003 Q2 7,269 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,233 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,742 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 10,265 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 8,830 1 0 113.3
2002 Q1 3,993 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,443 5 1 918.6
2001 Q3 7,717 2 0 259.2
2001 Q2 7,140 1 0 140.1
2001 Q1 5,077 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,531 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,288 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,998 3 0 428.7
2000 Q1 2,941 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2024 · 1 incident

December 12, 2024 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was attempting to cut a piece of rubber with a utility knife when the knife slipped and cut EE's wrist.

2023 · 1 incident

July 31, 2023 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee received a superficial cut to the forehead from striking a piece of metal and received an prescription antibiotic.

2016 · 1 incident

December 20, 2016 PA · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee walked behind office facilities to hand out supplies to the drivers as their trucks came on the scales and EE slipped on the ice, breaking a vertebra in neck.

2010 · 1 incident

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The full compliance file on Union Furnace Quarry

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.