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WAI Plant #2: 55 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Wilkinson Aggregates, Inc. · Surface
Waterford, Erie County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3604033

WAI Plant #2 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2007
Latest incident
Mar 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
55
citations
11
significant & substantial
$5,934
proposed penalties
$5,934
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
492
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: 492 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WAI Plant #2 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-10-05.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
1.8%
high negligence or reckless
21.8%
reasonably likely or greater
54.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 38.2% low, 60.0% moderate, 1.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
PENN20000131M Settlement Weisberger 2001 $3K → $3K
PENN20000069M Settlement Weisberger 2000 $588 → $588
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2013-10-24, 12 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
22
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz9
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz6
Show the individual readings (22)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-10-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2013-10-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2013-10-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2009-09-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.34 0.10 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-09-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1 0.24 Truck Driver
2007-10-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Truck Driver
2007-10-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Truck Driver
2005-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.59 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2005-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.11 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.51 0.11 Truck Driver
2004-10-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.37 Truck Driver
2004-10-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.74 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.28 0.09 Truck Driver
2003-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.74 0.22 Truck Driver
2003-07-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.53 0.53 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.15 0.14 Rotary Bucket Ex. 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.
Ownership history
  1. Union City Sand & Gravel Inc 1950 to 1995
  2. Troyer Sand & Gravel Ltd 1995 to 2020
  3. Wilkinson Aggregates, Inc. 2020 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 0
2023 0
2022 0
2021 5
2020 3
2019 9
2018 7
2017 9
2016 10
2015 11
2014 12
2013 12
2012 13
2011 11
2010 11
2009 11
2008 10
2007 11
2006 11
2005 11
2004 8
2003 8
2002 7
2001 9
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WAI Plant #2 sits in Erie County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Erie County, Pennsylvania · Population 269,544
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,476
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
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 89 2 0 22471.9
2021 Q3 591 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,146 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,185 1 0 843.9
2020 Q3 502 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,014 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,695 1 0 371.1
2019 Q3 4,799 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,984 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,625 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,415 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,561 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,951 2 0 506.2
2018 Q1 1,457 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,540 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,346 3 0 690.3
2017 Q2 4,312 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,164 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,619 1 0 381.8
2016 Q3 4,339 10 1 2304.7
2016 Q2 4,117 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,346 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,448 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,333 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,417 2 0 452.8
2015 Q1 1,284 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,818 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,115 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,862 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,903 4 2 1377.9
2013 Q3 4,521 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,960 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 995 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,617 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,496 5 2 1112.1
2012 Q2 5,816 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,157 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,887 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,080 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,002 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 791 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,996 2 0 667.6
2010 Q3 4,975 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,959 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 746 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,753 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,268 2 1 612.0
2009 Q2 2,897 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 692 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,150 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,140 1 0 318.5
2008 Q2 3,876 1 0 258.0
2008 Q1 2,095 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,150 1 0 465.1
2007 Q3 3,734 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,266 2 1 468.8
2007 Q1 1,062 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,354 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,354 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,327 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,012 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,594 3 1 834.7
2005 Q3 5,834 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,319 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,702 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,044 2 1 494.6
2004 Q3 5,315 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,374 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,086 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,843 1 0 351.7
2003 Q3 3,443 2 0 580.9
2003 Q2 3,963 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 699 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,734 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,497 1 1 222.4
2002 Q2 3,562 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 355 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,880 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,097 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,574 1 0 218.6
2001 Q1 489 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,813 1 0 551.6
2000 Q3 3,301 2 1 605.9
2000 Q2 1,860 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 465 2 0 4301.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2007 · 1 incident

March 27, 2007 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Troyer Sand & Gravel Ltd · Contact with hot objects or substances

Spark from welding fell on pant leg. Employee has no feeling in this leg due to a prior injury and did not feel it. When he discovered it, he did not feel it was a problem. Later he developed an infection.

2000 · 2 incidents

September 26, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver MACHINERY
Troyer Sand & Gravel Ltd · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

HAND SLIPPED WHILE, UNPLUGGING JAW CRUSHER TO A FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN BELTS AND CRUSHER DRIVE PULLEY.

September 12, 2000 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Troyer Sand & Gravel Ltd · Fall from machine

EE FELL ABOUT 5' WHILE STANDING OR BOTTOM OF CONVEYOR GREASING ANOTHER CONVEYOR.